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Kalina Bontcheva
The InVID/WeVerify Verification Plugin wins the U.S. Paris Tech Challenge against disinformation

The U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement Center’s 2021 U.S.-Paris Tech Challenge against disinformation and propaganda took place on September 29-30, 2021. The aim was to

Sam Gregory, WITNESS
Jochen Spangenberg
Interview with Sam Gregory of WITNESS about synthetic media and disinformation

Sam Gregory is Program Director of WITNESS, an organisation that works with people who use video to document human rights issues. WITNESS focuses on how

Jane Lytvynenko, BuzzFeedNews
Jochen Spangenberg
Interview with Jane Lytvynenko, factchecking expert at BuzzFeedNews

Here’s an interview conducted by Deutsche Welle’s Julia Bayer with Jane Lytvynenko, senior reporter with Buzzfeed News. Its focus: online mis- and disinformation and the

Kalina Bontcheva
WeVerify partner contributes to First Draft’s Analysis of Misinformation and Online Abuse

In the run-up to the UK 2019 general election, the WeVerify partner University of Sheffield carried out a longitudinal quantitative analysis of abusive tweets targeting

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Special Issue on Disinformation, Hoaxes and Propaganda within Online Social Networks and Media

CALL FOR PAPERS Elsevier - Online Social Networks and Media Journal Special Issue on Disinformation, Hoaxes and Propaganda within Online Social Networks and Media Submission

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WeVerify at Truth and Trust Online

On the 4th and 5th of October 2019, WeVerify members participated in the first Truth and Trust Online conference (TTO) in London, UK. TTO is

London summer school participants
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London Summer School on Computational Misinformation Analysis

The WeVerify and SoBigData (http://www.sobigdata.eu/index) projects co-organized a summer school on misinformation analysis in London. The event took place at King's College at the end

The panel. Photo by Giorgia Mazza #ijf19
Jochen Spangenberg
International Journalism Festival, Perugia, Italy

This year saw the 19th edition of the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy. The five-day event brings together thousands of journalists and media people