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Fondation Descartes

The Fondation Descartes is a citizen-based, non-partisan, and independent European foundation dedicated to information-based issues.

Operation and governance

La Fondation Descartes est animée par trois organes : un Conseil d’Administration présidé par Jean-Philippe Hecketsweiler ; un Conseil Scientifique encadré par Gérald Bronner et d’une équipe permanente, dirigée par Laurent Cordonier, Directeur de la recherche.

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La Fondation Descartes est une initiative citoyenne, apartisane, indépendante et européenne dédiée aux enjeux de l’information, de la désinformation et du débat public dans une société démocratique.

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Events

The Descartes Foundation lists significant events, in France and internationally, particularly related to the topics of disinformation, interference and media literacy.

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Our podcasts

Selection of 'must-listen' podcasts on the Descartes Foundation's fields of research, in French, English or German.

Actors

The Descartes Foundation offers you a cartography of the main actors involved in researching on the quality of information, or in fighting against disinformation, in France and throughout the world.

Initiatives

Fact checkers, web extensions, journalistic standards... The Fondation Descartes offers you a map of initiatives in France and around the world involved in asserting the quality of information or in fighting against disinformation.

Our references and resources

The Fondation Descartes' experts select and comment on key publications on disinformation, trust in the media and the Foundation's other research topics. This data base is available online to members of the Foundation and in the Foundation's documentation centre.

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ACTORS

The Descartes Foundation offers you a cartography of the main actors involved in researching on the quality of information, or in fighting against disinformation, in France and throughout the world.

Qui sont les artisans en France, en Europe et dans le monde d'une info responsable, sourcée et exacte ? Quelles sont les organisations luttant contre les manipulations de l'information ?

Afin de vous simplifier la recherche, ces acteurs sont triés selon leur type et leur origine géographique. Nous vous les présentons et vous expliquons leurs spécificités. Il vous est également possible de les trier facilement grâce à notre système de filtres.

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Country

24 Jun 2020

The global disinformation index

Indexation project aiming to catalog the news media outlets of every country so as to classify them according to the degree of trust their readers should place in them.

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24 Jun 2020

Conspiracy Watch

Conspiracy Watch is an offspring of the Observatoire du Conspirationnism (association under the French law of 1901), with the support of the Foundation for the Remembrance of the Holocaust.

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18 Jun 2020

Société Française des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication

The SFSIC provides a reflection and a platform for conversation on questions pertaining to the role of information, communication, and digital technology.

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18 Jun 2020

UNESCO - International Programme for the Development of Communication

UNESCO, in its International Programme for the Development of Communication, assists developing countries in establishing a pluralistic and qualitative media environment. L'UNESCO dans son Programme international pour le développement de la communication aide les pays en développement à accéder à un environnement médiatique pluraliste et qualitatif.

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18 Jun 2020

Open Society Foundation

The Open Society Foundation financially supports organizations in various domains (information, technology, journalism) that promote civil liberties, in an effort to cultivate more inclusive and more democratic societies.

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18 Jun 2020

National Endowment for Democracy

The NGO explores the different types of democratic responses to attempts by anti-liberal powers to manipulate and influence information.

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18 Jun 2020

Yale University Law School - Abrams Institute & Information Society Project (ISP)

The Information Society Project is a think-tank affiliated to Yale University, which describes itself as an "intellectual center". It consists of academics concerned with the complex relationships between law, technology, and civil society. It notably cooperates with the Abrams Institute on topics relating to freedom of expression and information.

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18 Jun 2020

Center for European Policy Analysis - Stratcom Program

Think-tank dedicated to the promotion of Euro-Atlantic interests in Eastern Europe. The concept of the Russian "info[rmation] war" is of paramount importance to the think-tank, which launched the Stratcom/#Disinfonet project.

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18 Jun 2020

Democracy Fund

The Democracy Fund invests in projects related to the consolidation of democracy, such as the reliability of news media.

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18 Jun 2020

Alliance for Securing Democracy, Hamilton 2.0 Dashboard

The Hamilton 2.0 Dashboard is a project within the German Marshall Fund that seeks to monitor Russian propaganda on social networks, on websites sponsored by the Chinese or Russian governments, or in official declarations to the United Nations. The initiative aims to develop a symmetrical response to the actions undertaken by Sino-Rusians actors with regards to information.

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