Lauri Tierala, Programme Director of The European Digital Media Observatory, discuss various themes of disinformation, including COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, climate change, and election misinformation in Germany and France that undermines trust in the political system, and presents how fact-checkers can play a role in combating election misinformation.
1:45 - Defining mis- & disinformation
3:25 - Statistics on disinformation
5:50 - A story of fake news and Trump
6:58 - Election misinformation in Europe
8:10 - Fact checking and its limitations
9:38 - Responsibility of tech companies
10:50 - Political misinformation
12:58 - European regulation
14:50 - A bad case of Twitter
17:45 - What to expect in Finland and Finnish election
22:25 - Q&A: How to protect against misinformation
24:20 - Q&A: Balancing fact checked open dialogue and moderation
28:38- Q&A: Implementation
The European Digital Media Observatory is an organization that combats misinformation in Europe. They work with around 150 organizations, including fact-checkers, researchers, universities, and media literacy groups. The focus of their work is intentional misinformation, which is created and disseminated to gain economic gain or cause harm to society.
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