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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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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.

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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.

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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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07 May 2021

Online Platforms: Economic and societal effects

This report, commissioned by the European Parliament, provides a summary of the legislation in place at the European level to regulate digital platforms. The report recommends, among other things, that current legislations give more authority to national institutions so as to facilitate regulatory procedures.

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07 May 2021

The Long Fuse: Misinformation and the 2020 Election

This report by the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) examines how the events of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 were prepared for and enabled by the misinformation circulating on social networks during this period.

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07 May 2021

Weaponized: How rumors about COVID-19’s origins led to a narrative arms race

Within the scope of a joint project by the DFRLab and the Associated Press, this report examines the way in which four countries – China, the United States, Russia, and Iran – mutually accused one another of causing the Covid-19 pandemic.

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07 May 2021

One Year Onward: Platform Responses to COVID-19 and US Elections Disinformation in Review

This report provides a timeline of the mechanisms put in place by major digital platforms to fight against disinformation between January 2020 and February 2021.

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07 May 2021

Trump’s False Posts Were Treated with Kids Gloves by Facebook

According to The Markup, the labels used by Facebook meant to flag questionable or false information are not always adequate, which reflects the challenges that the social network faces in controlling the fake news circulating its platform.

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07 May 2021

Misinformation on Parler

heir analysis indicates that 87% of news links shared on the social network Parler came from sources that frequently publish false information.

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06 May 2021

The Willingness To Get Vaccinated Against the COVID-19 Rises with the Trust in Public Authorities

According to this GLOBSEC report, which covers the results of opinion polls from nine countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, more than one-third of respondents believe in conspiracy theories related to COVID-19. These results also indicate that the trust of these populations in their respective public authorities is a central factor in their acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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06 May 2021

How some of the world’s largest brands funded the misinformation behind the Capitol riot

NewsGuard demonstrates that advertising revenues stemming from major companies funded the online disinformation campaigns that led to the storming of the U.S. Capitol.

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06 May 2021

5G, Twitter and YouTube: The Challenge of Moderating Conspiracy Claims on the Origins of COVID-19

This blogpost of the EU DisinfoLab explores the shortcomings of content moderation on Twitter and YouTube.

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06 May 2021

NewsGuard’s Top Ten Disinformers – and Top Ten Straight Shooters With The Most Online Engagement

NewsGuard has published a report that provides a list of the 10 sources of disinformation and the 10 reliable sources of information that generated the most engagement on social networks in France in 2020.

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