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Posted on: 2024-10-10

Science Feedback Participates in New Project to Measure the Amount of Misleading Information on Large Online Platforms

Science Feedback participates in the Structural Indicators to Monitor Online Disinformation Scientifically Project (SIMODS), a collaborative initiative funded by the European Media and Information Fund, aimed at developing indicators measuring online misinformation across platforms and countries. SIMODS brings together eight leading fact-checking and research organizations from across Europe to create methodologically rigorous tools to track the prevalence of misinformation on major platforms.
Posted on: 2024-10-10

Science Feedback Launches French Website to Empower the Public to Verify the Credibility of Scientific Information

Expanding its reach, Science Feedback introduces a dedicated French-language version of its site to provide reliable science-related information on critical health, climate and energy issues.
Posted on: 2024-09-23

European Fact-Checking Standards Network Announces First Annual Conference

23 September 2024 – The European Fact-Checking Standards Network has announced its first annual conference to take place in Brussels,…
- Climate
Posted on: 2024-06-03
Farmers’ Protests Weaponized to Spread Climate Misinformation, Report Finds

Farmers’ protests in several European countries have been weaponized to spread false or misleading claims to discredit political action against climate change and fuel deep-seated distrust towards the European Union, according to a report on climate disinformation related to the protests.
- Climate
Posted on: 2024-05-30
Science Feedback Participates in Project Leveraging AI to Combat Climate Misinformation

FactCRICIS aims to support fact-checkers in identifying and debunking disinformation campaigns related to climate change and other crises, fostering more rapid, impactful and coordinated responses within and across European borders.
- Climate
Posted on: 2024-05-22
European Fact-Checking Organisations Launch Climate Disinformation Database

European fact-checkers have joined forces to combat climate disinformation with the launch of Climate Facts Europe – a public database and alert system supported by the European Climate Foundation.
Posted on: 2024-04-29

Science Feedback participates in creating biggest fact-checking database for European Elections

Ahead of the 2024 European Parliament elections, Science Feedback has partnered with the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) and over 40 organizations to create Elections24Check – a comprehensive open database of fact-checks, debunks, and reports on disinformation narratives across the continent.
Posted on: 2023-11-27

Science Feedback releases datasets of Web domain credibility

Assessing the reliability of online sources of information at scale is a necessary precondition for improving the quality of the…
Posted on: 2023-06-22

Science Feedback invited to speak at the European Science-Media Hub Summer School 2023

Flora Teoh, PhD, Science Editor at Health Feedback, was invited to speak at the session on “Best practices in science…
- Climate
Posted on: 2022-11-07
Google’s demonetization of misinformation: one year on

ProPublica finds that Google still monetizes many websites and articles that promote harmful misinformation, much of which is in direct breach of its stated demonetization policy. Enforcement of its own rules on languages other than English is particularly lacking.