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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.

Thematic overviews

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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Events

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

Our partnerships

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.

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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Category: Initiatives

Le livre scolaire.fr

List of resources regarding fake news and conspiracy theories. This page, powered by lelivrescolaire.fr, a collective of teachers that publishes various textbooks, offers a set of video or game-based resources, articles and tools to learn about disinformation. The page also offers a series of media education brochures provided by lelivrescolaire.fr.

Harmony Square – by DROG and the University of Cambridge

A media literacy game meant to educate individuals about political disinformation. This project is led by Roozenbeek and Van Der Linden, two researchers from Harvard’s psychology department who have created other similar games alongside the company DROG.

Top COVID-19 Vaccine Myths

NewsGuard debunks the top myths regarding the COVID-19 vaccine.

Task Force Covid-19

A team of specialists (doctors, biologists, researchers …) publishes a video regarding the virus every day at 6 p.m. to help coordinate the views of the scientific community.

Digimind

Digimind has created a free guide to help detect fake news and to better fight against disinformation.

Carnegie Endowment for International peace

The Carnegie Endowment for International peace publishes a list of the initiatives currently aiming to counter influence operations (Mapping Worldwide Initiatives to Counter Influence Operations).

The Markup

Founded in 2020, this organization, which describes itself as a “nonprofit newsroom,” combines investigative journalism with data analysis to lead investigations into major digital firms.

Disinfo Cloud

An open-source platform that provides an overview of the main tools available to fight against disinformation and propaganda.

News Evaluator

Researchers at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, have developed a tool called The News Evaluator, which trains its users to evaluate news, images and videos circulating on social networks.

France Info – “Complorama” Podcasts

France Info has launched a new series of podcasts, Complorama, which deciphers conspiracy theories and movements related to current events.

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