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Old photoshoot shared in false posts about ‘Gaza crisis actors’
A video showing a photoshoot has been falsely labelled on social media as “Pallywood” — a derogatory term adopted by conspiracy theorists to accuse Palestinians of faking casualties. The footage...
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Video shows Ukrainian entrepreneur in Dubai, not official’s son dodging...
A satirical video posted by a tech entrepreneur living in Dubai has been shared by pro-Russian accounts falsely claiming it shows the son of a high-ranking Ukrainian official shirking military duty in...
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Zelensky prison photo comes from fictional TV series
A widespread post on X claims to show a mug shot of Volodymyr Zelensky in a Russian prison that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson broadcasted online. This is false; the image comes from a fictional...
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Navalny’s death was ordered “from above”; nearly two-thirds of the Czech...
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What are the trends in the development of disinformation narratives in the...
In our current quarterly brief, we have published findings that show what proportion of the population in the Czech Republic and Slovakia was affected by partial false news circulating on the internet...
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Climate skeptic misleads on severity of Great Barrier Reef bleaching
Scientists predict recent bleaching at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will be the worst on record, but skeptics online dismiss the damage by claiming coral populations are at a record high. This is...
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More than a third of the citizens of the V4 countries perceive foreign...
Exactly one month from today, the results of the European Parliament elections will be finalized. In the context of the European elections, the Central European Digital Media Observatory (CEDMO)...
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Experts rubbish claim Greta Thunberg related to non-existent Rothschild
There is no evidence that Greta Thunberg is related to the Rothschild banking dynasty, contrary to social media posts targeting the climate activist with the baseless claim. The posts said Thunberg’s...
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Germany did not ‘admit’ there was no Covid-19 pandemic
The German government did not “admit” there was no coronavirus pandemic, contrary to social media posts that misrepresented documents from the country’s disease control agency. The baseless claim,...
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Annual EDMO Conference and EDMO hubs meeting in Brussels
From 13th to 17th May, CEDMO representatives participated in so called ´EDMO week´ in Brussels (Belgium). While Monday and Tuesday were dedicated to ´2024 EDMO Annual Conference´ the rest of the week...
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Disinformation threatening human lives: „Mammograms are destroying women’s...
The original false information about mammograms harming women’s health first appeared in Romanian media in 2016. According to the World Health Organisation, this particular diagnosis accounts for 16%...
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Four out of ten Czechs and Hungarians (41%) think that the information war is...
From 6 to 9 June 2024, European Parliament elections will take place in twenty-seven European countries. The Central European Digital Media Observatory (CEDMO), based at Charles University in Prague,...
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Data show 2023 broke heat record, despite claims online
US and European climate agencies say 2023 was the hottest year on record and that they are observing a global warming trend. Online claims that record temperatures in 1997 contradict this are...
View ArticlePreliminary Risk Assessment ahead of the 2024 European elections
As the 2024 European Parliament elections approach, this Risk Assessment report is aimed at analyzing the interconnected landscape of systemic vulnerabilities and specific electoral risks, which...
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CEDMO is expanding the number of partners and the range of activities. It now...
Thirteen organizations from six European countries have joined forces to expand the international multidisciplinary consortium Central European Digital Media Observatory (CEDMO), which has been...
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Workshop “AI as an assistant for fact-checking”
In the context of the spread of disinformation, misinformation, deepfakes and hoaxes, the rapid development of AI technologies poses serious risks. At the same time, however, AI tools can be of...
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Report ahead of the European Parliament Elections. Disinformation and Democracy
The report examines the use of news media, social media behaviors, and perceptions of democracy among citizens of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary ahead of the European Parliament...
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A third of the population declares willingness to defend the Czech Republic...
A third of respondents (33%) to the latest wave of the representative CEDMO Trends survey declare their willingness to defend the Czech Republic with a weapon in hand if it is attacked. 43% of the...
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Video of Joe Biden at G7 event is deceptively edited
Right-leaning media organizations and critics of Joe Biden are claiming a video shows him aimlessly straying from other world leaders during a skydiving demonstration at the G7 summit in Italy. But...
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Tuberculosis and the myths surrounding it
Tuberculosis, abbreviated as TB, is a tricky disease that primarily affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. The disease is caused by bacteria in the genus Mycobacterium...
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