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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“First sitting President in US history to be declared legally incompetent to stand trial,” says text over an image of Biden shared March 4, 2024 on X, formerly Twitter.
“Are you still wearing AirPods? These devices work by emitting and receiving radio frequency microwaves radiation, which can heat and damage your body’s tissues,” says the text accompanying a February 25, 2024 Instagram video with nearly 50,000 likes.
“I hate how China controls all of our politicians. They make them go touch the Great Wall of China and swear allegiance to the CCP,” reads the caption of a photo collage shared on an Australia-based Facebook page on February 20.
“Palestine is no longer listed in the option of countries on the new Canadian passport, instead ‘No Country of Origin’ must be selected,” the text in a February 28, 2024 Instagram photo says.
“Polio stopped when they stopped dousing the population woth DDT not some injection,” said a misspelled Instagram post on January 22, 2023.
In a Facebook video shared January 16, 2023, Mike Adams instructs viewers to “take a standard nebulizer” and inhale hydrogen peroxide and a small amount of iodine.
“As an experienced emergency physician, I want to remind the public that athletes being incapacitated or dropping dead was not a ‘thing’ prior to 2020,” said Simone Gold, founder of America’s Frontline Doctors, a group that has previously promoted Covid-19 misinformation, in a January 3, 2023 tweet.
“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.”
“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.
“With all the past UFOs shot down this past week, this just seems crazy,” says a February 12, 2023 tweet sharing a video of three circular cloud holes set against a blue sky.
“URGENT — Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel Admits Company Produced 100,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses In 2019 Before The Pandemic Started,” says James Cintolo, a Boston-based nurse who has previously spread vaccine misinformation, in a February 7, 2023 tweet.
“Polio stopped when they stopped dousing the population woth DDT not some injection,” said a misspelled Instagram post on January 22, 2023.
“Nephilim giant tribe discovered in Romania,” reads the Korean-language caption to the image posted here on Naver Band, a South Korean forum, on December 12, 2023.
“BE Aware! If you have an iPhone and have done the recent iOS 17 update, they have set a new feature called NameDrop to default to ON. This allows the sharing of contact info just by bringing your phones close together,” says digital creator Samantha Couturier in a November 26, 2023 Facebook post.
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.
“Ukrainian army destroys its own drilling platform,” reads a simplified-Chinese Weibo post shared on June 21.
“Russia’s KFC changed its name to SFC (literal translation: Siberian Fried Chicken) to stay in business,” reads a simplified-Chinese tweetposted on March 14.
“The president of Poland has declared military mobilisation. Poland will enter Ukraine and join the Ukrainian military resistance!” reads the simplified-Chinese language claim posted on a Chinese microblogging website Weiboon May 8, 2022.
The work of independent researchers and analysts who study content that has a potential to cause harm to individuals, groups of people or the whole society is indispensable for democracy. Since the spread of mis- and disinformation became one of the key societal threats, a strong community of experts has emerged with a capacity to study all ABCDEs (actors, behaviours, content, degree and effect) linked to malign content. However capable, the community is still strongly dependent on one factor – data availability (open APIs, web-based repositories) of the platforms where the content, including disinformation, spreads. The degree of openness of data – and the choice of which data would be available for research and in which form (API, dashboard, etc.) – has been dependent upon each platform’s decision.
