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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“You at the airport,” says text over a picture of a transportation security agent watching a woman pass through a full-body scanner.
“AWWW… THANK YOU!!!” says a February 4, 2024 post on X, formerly Twitter, from an account called “il Donaldo Trumpo.”
“Stop buying all aquatic and processed products from Europe,” read Chinese text overlaid on a TikTok video uploaded on December 12, 2023.
“Boycott Israeli products! Easy way to identify Israeli products. If there are 729 numbers at the beginning of Barcode! It means Israeli product (sic),” reads a Facebook post from Nigeria shared alongside an image of a barcode.
Across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, women and girls wanting to increase the size of their chests, hips and thighs discuss how they have “tried everything” to gain a few pounds without success until they discovered a “miracle product” which allowed them to go from 110 to 135 pounds in a matter of weeks.
“Apeel is the latest food tech from Bill Gates! It’s designed as an edible film to keep produce from going bad,” says an April 20, 2023 tweet. “Do you trust it to be safe!? I would avo!d it like the pl@gue!”
“I tested Chick-fil-A on my continuous glucose monitor and it took my blood sugar to the moon. I was absolutely shocked how many people in the comment section thought it was normal. For the record, I am not diabetic, I am very fit and healthy,” says Jason Wittrock, who goes by @bloodsugarking on TikTok, in a May 24, 2022 video viewed 3.4 million times.
“Yemen bombed the Israeli cargo ship ‘Unity Explorer’ American military ships and other Western bases came to Djibouti trying to rescue the Israeli cargo ship Unity Explorer, which has now sunk in the Red Sea,” says a December 3, 2023 post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The image appearing to show a child trapped under concrete blocks was posted here on Facebook on October 19, 2023, and has since been shared more than 4,000 times.
“Turkiye is now sending support to (Palestinians),” says text over the October 30, 2023 TikTok video, showing an icon of a Palestinian flag.
“Apeel is the latest food tech from Bill Gates! It’s designed as an edible film to keep produce from going bad,” says an April 20, 2023 tweet. “Do you trust it to be safe!? I would avo!d it like the pl@gue!”
“Bitcoin mining has zero carbon emissions,” says an April 10, 2023 tweet from Riot Platforms Inc.
“I tested Chick-fil-A on my continuous glucose monitor and it took my blood sugar to the moon. I was absolutely shocked how many people in the comment section thought it was normal. For the record, I am not diabetic, I am very fit and healthy,” says Jason Wittrock, who goes by @bloodsugarking on TikTok, in a May 24, 2022 video viewed 3.4 million times.
The image appearing to show a child trapped under concrete blocks was posted here on Facebook on October 19, 2023, and has since been shared more than 4,000 times.
“FESTIVAL ATTENDEES RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES #PRAYFORISRAEL,” says text over an October 7, 2023 TikTok video, which shows a crowd of people rushing through a gated area.
“Why would mosquitoes have serial numbers unless they’re used as a bio weapon. We are under full attack,” says a post shared to Gettr, a conservative social media platform, on September 22, 2023.
One Facebook post shared October 6, 2022 includes a series of images that show a journalist wearing a helmet and a bulletproof vest lying on the ground while speaking to a camera. In the background, a woman stands up and watches him.
The photos have been shared more than 600 times after they were posted here on September 16, 2022.
The clip was viewed more than 30,000 times since it was shared on Weibo on July 22, 2022.
