Pro-fact

Research, education, fact-checking and debunking of disinformation narratives related to COVID-19 in Croatia

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19. May 2022.
European perspectives: Fight against disinformation by improving standards in journalism and empowering citizens

The conference concluded that regulation disinformation is not enough; we need to empower media, media literacy and democratic political culture.

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17. May 2022.
How did COVID-19 disinformation change over time?

In his second study of the disinformation ecosystem, professor Mato Brautović from the University of Dubrovnik tracked the spread of disinformation over time, in order to determine the interconnectedness of disinformation spreaders.

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16. May 2022.
Pro-fact conference: Leading European experts on the impact of disinformation on democratic and digital environment health

Follow the conference "European Perspectives: The Impact of Disinformation on the Health of Democracy and the Digital Environment" on May 19th, held in HND, on Gong Networks.

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13. May 2022.
What can we find in the Croatian COVID-19 disinformation ecosystem?

The research of Mate Brautović, professor from the University of Dubrovnik, on Croatian sources of disinformation pointed to the existence of influential creators of disinformation and disseminators of the same, connected in strong communities.

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6. May 2022.
Disinformation as a superorganism: Results of research into the disinformation universe on Facebook presented

Facebook-based disinformation uses populist narratives and conspiracy theories, while successfully resisting the measures, according to research by the Pro-fact project.

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28. April 2022.
How to map the disinformation ecosystem: Research seminar held in Sweden

Professor Mato Brautović, from the University of Dubrovnik, gave a lecture to the teachers of the Swedish Linnaeus University about the methodology used to map disinformation, and the preliminary Pro-fact results.

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