About CEDMO
The Central European Digital Media Observatory (CEDMO), as an independent non-partisan multidisciplinary hub, aims to identify, research and prioritise the most critical sources and causes of information disorders in Central Europe (mainly the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland). This international consortium was created to propose a set of short and longer-term actions, as well as recommendations to help civil society, public institutions and the private sector respond to the declining trust in key institutions and help society to resist the effect of increasing exposure to mis- and disinformation.
By interacting and coordinating with European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and other regional EDMO hubs in EU, CEDMO will contribute to curbing threats posed by information disorders, including disenchantment with the democratic processes, and discord in civil society in Europe, and to building community and nation-wide resilience while protecting information ecosystems.
About CEDMO
The Central European Digital Media Observatory (CEDMO), as an independent non-partisan multidisciplinary hub, aims to identify, research and prioritise the most critical sources and causes of information disorders in Central Europe (mainly the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland). This international consortium was created to propose a set of short and longer-term actions, as well as recommendations to help civil society, public institutions and the private sector respond to the declining trust in key institutions and help society to resist the effect of increasing exposure to mis- and disinformation.
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About CEDMO
The Central European Digital Media Observatory (CEDMO), as an independent non-partisan multidisciplinary hub, aims to identify, research and prioritise the most critical sources and causes of information disorders in Central Europe (mainly the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland). This international consortium was created to propose a set of short and longer-term actions, as well as recommendations to help civil society, public institutions and the private sector respond to the declining trust in key institutions and help society to resist the effect of increasing exposure to mis- and disinformation.
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Some ultrarealistic images of news events have already been mistaken for real ones and shared on social media platforms.
“Awful young looking boy in a dress Mr Former vice President, what were you two doing on that plane??” says a March 15, 2023 tweet sharing a clip viewed more than 560,000 times.
“Global elites are trying to create a panic as an excuse to transition to CBDC total control,” says a March 12, 2023 Instagram post sharing a clip of InfoWars founder Alex Jones interviewing former Donald Trump aide Michael Flynn, who has promoted a range of conspiracy theories.
“Putin Orders Destruction of All Covid-19 Vaccines in Russia,” reads the headline of an article shared on Facebook.
“President Putin in South Africa,” reads the Facebook post, which has been shared more than 400 times since it was published on July 15, 2022 and features a video of Putin and his delegation disembarking from a plane.
“Corruption is strong for the liberals through the world,” says a June 29, 2022 Facebook post.
“OMG,” said Kelli Ward, chair of Arizona’s Republican Party, in a June 18, 2022 tweet with an image of what appears to be a headline published by The Atlantic, a US magazine.
“I can’t believe Meghan went there,” says a tweet published September 8, 2022.
The claim was widely shared alongside an image of the purported nurse in Serbia, New Zealand, Australia, the US, the Philippines and Canada.
The one-minute, 56-second video was shared on Facebook here by a Malaysia-based user on June 29, 2022.