EDMO BELUX monitors disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg by bringing together a cross-community network of experts from journalism, academia, and civil society. The hub aims to understand and minimize the impact of disinformation campaigns by publishing fact-checks on a daily basis and by presenting in-depth investigative reports. Likewise, its objective is to raise awareness about disinformation by promoting educational materials, and by organizing media literacy training events and campaigns. Through multidisciplinary research, the hub finally measures the impact of disinformation and platform responses on democratic processes.
Disinfocheck is a website by EDMO BELUX, a research hub that monitors disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg by bringing together international experts from the fields of academia, civil society, media and journalism, fact-checking, and media literacy.
Here you will find the hub’s latest fact checks, investigative reports, academic research, media literacy materials, as well as announcements of upcoming events.
After one year of research and a first scientific workshop (in October 2022)EDMO BELUX is pleased to release the executive summaries of the first wave of scientific reports. As not all the reports are publicly available at this stage, the four executive summaries allow researchers, experts, journalists, media educators and citizens alike to have a quick glance at what the EDMO BELUX researchers have been doing so far on the research side
EDMO BELUX monitors disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg by bringing together a cross-community network of experts from journalism, academia, and civil society. The hub aims to understand and minimize the impact of disinformation campaigns by publishing fact-checks on a daily basis and by presenting in-depth investigative reports. Likewise, its objective is to raise awareness about disinformation by promoting educational materials, and by organizing media literacy training events and campaigns. Through multidisciplinary research, the hub finally measures the impact of disinformation and platform responses on democratic processes.
Disinfocheck is a website by EDMO BELUX, a research hub that monitors disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg by bringing together international experts from the fields of academia, civil society, media and journalism, fact-checking, and media literacy.
Here you will find the hub’s latest fact checks, investigative reports, academic research, media literacy materials, as well as announcements of upcoming events.
After one year of research and a first scientific workshop (in October 2022)EDMO BELUX is pleased to release the executive summaries of the first wave of scientific reports. As not all the reports are publicly available at this stage, the four executive summaries allow researchers, experts, journalists, media educators and citizens alike to have a quick glance at what the EDMO BELUX researchers have been doing so far on the research side
“The mRNA vaccines are being injected into livestock and companion animals,” says an article published January 13, 2023. “That means, if you consume the vaccinated animal, the mRNA vaccine enters your body.”
“American Airlines Ceases Multiple Routes: ‘Our Pilots Are Dropping Dead From COVID Jabs,'” is the headline of a January 9, 2023 article on NewsPunch, a website formerly known as YourNewsWire, that has published misinformation and conspiracy theories in the past.
“Injecting lipid nanoparticle-based mRNA vaccines is asking for irreparable trouble!” reads a Chinese language Twitter post alongside a video shared on September 26. It has been viewed more than 3,800 times.
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