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The disinformation landscape in Spain
Find out more about the disinformation landscape in Spain.
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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This blogpost provides an analysis of ‘disinformation entrepreneurs’, i.e., YouTube users that have found the fastest way to grow their accounts by spreading pro-Russian disinformation on the war in Ukraine.
- Blog Posts
Amidst the rush to organise the snap Italian elections on September 25, here’s the review of the handful of initiatives that have been put forward by stakeholders to protect the vote from disinformation and foreign interference.
- Technical Documents
This Technical Document by CORRECTIV.Faktencheck digs on the learnings from 5 years of monitoring of disinformation during the German elections, and provides the key takeaways from the 2021 German Federal Elections.
- Blog Posts
This piece draws on a 2022 RightsCon session co-organised by EU DisinfoLab and the Dangerous Speech Project. It brought together disinformation experts from Greece, Poland, and Sri Lanka to share their own experiences debunking mis/disinformation, focusing on how such content can contribute to intergroup violence.
- Blog Posts
This blogpost investigates the main disinformative trends circulating between January and June 2022 in France, Germany, and Spain.
- Technical Documents
Thanks to this technical document, you will get access to the codebook guiding the work of the EU DisinfoLab Research Team.
- Blog Posts
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
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
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
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
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
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.