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What did disinformation look like during the 2022 French presidential election? An overview based on fact-checking articles
This blogpost looks into 169 disinformation items linked to the 2022 French presidential elections to better understand the main actors and narratives of these electoral hoaxes, together with their formats and characteristics.
Research is a core part of what we do. It involves identifying, uncovering, and explaining disinformation campaigns and networks, using open source investigation techniques (OSINT) and social media network analysis methodologies. We disseminate our findings via our partnerships with the media and leading experts in the field.
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- Blog Posts
- June 28, 2022
This blogpost looks into 169 disinformation items linked to the 2022 French presidential elections to better understand the main actors and narratives of these electoral hoaxes, together with their formats and characteristics.
- Blog Posts
- June 23, 2022
A growing anti-Russian sentiment has been reported in several European countries since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The scenario is complex and diverse across Europe.
- Technical Documents
- June 10, 2022
The EU DisinfoLab impact-risk index offers an approach to assess the potential impact of single hoaxes. The method goes through a list of eight indicators related to the virality and engagement of a single disinformative content.
- Technical Documents
- June 7, 2022
This Digital Services Act User-Guide will answer all the questions you might have about the upcoming DSA, a groundbreaking law on internet safety and platform accountability.
- Blog Posts
- June 7, 2022
This article reviews how users can appeal (in)action taken against content and/or accounts on four major social media platforms. It provides policy advice in the context of the next steps of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), in particular Article 17 concerning internal complaint handling and redress mechanisms.
- Blog Posts
- May 31, 2022
The investigation identifies online groups that offer users the possibility to become members of the Illuminati upon payment of a membership fee. The study unveils an under-investigated phenomenon, which combines potential online scams and dangerous conspiracy beliefs about the deep state.
- Studies
- May 10, 2022
The VUB and EU DisinfoLab have joined forces under the EDMO Belux project to publish an investigation, “From Infodemic to Information War”, about the evolution and convergence of disinformative narratives around the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
- Blog Posts
- May 4, 2022
Ana Romero-Vicente, Researcher at EU DisinfoLab
Executive Summary
The study tackles a dozen disinformation websites to explore a fairly under-researched phenomenon on the rise in wake of the pandemic: requesting donations from readers in the form of cryptocurrencies.
- Blog Posts
- April 20, 2022
During the 2021 German federal elections, satirical campaigns, set up by activists group, spread online and offline. When does satire become disinformation?
- Blog Posts
- April 8, 2022
The last French presidential election five years ago was marked by the Macron Leaks and the spectacular dissemination of data. Even before the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, securing the 2022 presidential election was a priority, for state actors, civil society, and platforms alike.