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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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14 May 2021

GAPMIL (UNESCO)

UNESCO has partnered with members of the UNESCO-led Global Alliance for Partnership on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL) to launch the MIL Alliance response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This response includes a series of webinars and a set of educational resources.

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14 May 2021

ZOTERO - “Fake news, epidemics, coronavirus.”

This digital library provides free access to resources specifically related to disinformation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

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14 May 2021

KID - “Verification Project”

This project aims to counter the spread of disinformation by promoting media and information literacy (MIL) and by exploring artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve the processes by which information is verified.

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14 May 2021

Institute for Strategic Dialogue - “Developing a Civil Society Response to Online Manipulation.”

This report discusses two important elements in the fight against disinformation: (1) the technological capabilities needed to conduct useful research on the dangers of online information manipulation; and (2) the human capabilities and funding needed to carry out this research in a meaningful way.

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14 May 2021

Institute for Strategic Dialogue - "The 101 of Disinformation Detection"

Intended for any NGO committed to the fight against disinformation, this report serves as a “toolbox” for those seeking new research tools and methods to counter disinformation.

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14 May 2021

EJO - “Verification Handbook

This handbook aims to provide journalists with the necessary knowledge and skills to investigate social networks, bots, private messaging applications, deepfakes and other forms of manipulation and disinformation.

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14 May 2021

TV5 Monde - “Media and information literacy”

How to be well informed? What is an editorial line? What is freedom of speech? Should we be afraid of social networks? How to decipher an ad? This report offers a compilation of pedagogical resources meant to help introduce media and information literacy in the classroom.

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14 May 2021

DANE & CLEMI - Media literacy and misinformation awareness

The goal of this project is to educate junior high school students about disinformation through playful and hybrid approaches. It offers an interactive series that raises awareness of fake news and a pseudo social network.

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14 May 2021

Global Disinformation Index

Created in 2019, this nonprofit organization aims to “disrupt, defund and down-rank disinformation sites.” The organization has just published a report on the reliability of some of the main French news websites.

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14 May 2021

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.

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