The organizers of the fourth Global Summit on Disinformation met on July 10 for the webinar in Spanish “Strengthening the truth: challenges of disinformation globally” in which they offered ideas on how to strengthen all information verification mechanisms, especially in the face of the rise of artificial intelligence, increasingly used by those who seek to […]
“[Investigative journalism organization] Agência Pública has been targeted by a disinformation campaign allegedly led by federal congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro and other allies since it published the report ‘U.S. Republicans and Bolsonaro's son collaborate to punish Brazil on allegations regarding free speech,’ on April 11, 2024. [...] After publication, Eduardo Bolsonaro and former anchor of [far-right […]
“In September 2023, the Third Global Summit on Disinformation presented a series of meetings that addressed the current state of disinformation, how it affects journalism and news readers and what strategies are used today to combat it. Five months later, the Gabo Foundation, an ally of the event, and Proyecto Desconfío, which organizes it annually […]
“The Consortium to Support Independent Journalism in the Region (CAPIR, for its acronym in Spanish) is receiving expressions of interest from independent Latin American journalistic media that want financing, mentoring and training to investigate how disinformation works, who finances it and who is behind it. ... The selected media outlets will have to carry out […]
"The third edition of the Global Summit on Disinformation, organized by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Foundation for Journalism (Bolivia) and Proyecto Desconfío (Argentina), will be held on Sept. 27-28, 2023. The event is online and free of charge with previous registration in this link. [...] The event is aimed especially at journalists, […]
“From Argentina, where a far right libertarian candidate has emerged as the frontrunner in the general election this fall, to Mexico, India and the U.S. in 2024, the results of pivotal upcoming elections will have implications for democratic norms globally. As the campaigns ramp up, so too will disinformation seeking to deceive voters. Meanwhile, major […]
"From the dissemination of manipulated data amplified by troll accounts to the establishment of coordinated disinformation networks, governments are increasingly involved in dishonest practices in virtual spaces. This phenomenon has repercussions in everyday life, going beyond a digital scenario with misleading narratives that feed social polarization. In this scenario, the role of the independent press […]
"Fake news in the science universe is dangerously popular. Misleading data about drugs and vaccines became even more common in the COVID-19 pandemic, but misinformation about biology, chemistry, physics, computer science and mathematics also goes viral with force, often hand-in-hand with fake studies and low-quality research. It was because of this scenario that the International […]
"In 2018, information on social networks was decisive for part of the Brazilian electorate to choose who to vote for: according to a survey by the DataSenado Institute, about 45 percent of respondents decided on their vote considering what they saw on some network. According to the survey, 79 percent used WhatsApp as one of […]
"The battle over what is true or false, who gets to decide, and whether and how to punish offenders, is tearing at the very fabric of [Brazil's] young democracy. Fake news is badly eroding the public’s faith in Brazil’s voting system ahead of presidential elections in 2022. It is also at the heart of a […]
Registration is open for the 2021 Global Disinformation Summit, a free online event that takes place on October 1st and 2nd. The event will be attended by 20 speakers and 30 organizations, with eight training workshops on digital strategies and tools to face and identify disinformation campaigns. Learn more about the event
"Representatives of electoral institutions from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru signed a declaration in Quito with the aim of jointly combating false news and disinformation generated around electoral processes. [...] Among the commitments of the meeting, the participants reiterated their intention to continuously apply good regional practices for verifying information (factchecking) and actions against disinformation […]