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EDMO Ireland @edmoireland.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

1/4 🧵 What if we actually enforced the EU Digital Services Act? @aidanobrien.bsky.social from EDMO Ireland explored this question at the EDMO BELUX 2.0: Countering Disinformation, Raising Democratic Resilience conference, held at the Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies on 7 September.

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

These are some of the topics covered in the July '26 Newsletter published by the Bulgarian-Romanian Observatory of Digital Media. Check them all and subscribe for the BROD's montly newsletter to receive every issue directly in you inbox: brodhub.eu/en/newsletter

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

* How the Romanian governmental crisis was coordinately amplified on Facebook * Monitoring Media Pluralism 2026: Indicators and Findings on the Media Landscape in Bulgaria * Some publications make a misleading comparison between water prices in Bulgaria and Israel

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European Digital Media Observatory @edmo-eu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🛡️ #Election related #disinformation remains a major challenge to #democracy. Monitoring and countering it marks a key objective for EDMO and its Hubs that cover 30 European countries – but what does this look like in practice? 1/4

Learn more about our work: What are the EDMO Hubs doing to safeguard information integrity around elections?

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Fact-checks of persistent narratives in the Romanian and Bulgarian media and information ecosystems, conferences, research, new resources — follow us and subscribe to the newsletter so you don’t miss out on some of the most interesting results of our work. 🛰️ brodhub.eu See less

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The Bulgarian-Romanian Observatory of Digital Media aims to create a multinational, multi-stakeholder, and multidisciplinary regional hub for detection, analysis and combating disinformation circul...

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The June issue of our newsletter is here, and you can view the previous eight issues in the archive of the Bulgarian-Romanian Digital Media Observatory’s monthly newsletter in the archive. 🇷🇴 🇧🇬 🇪🇺 brodhub.eu/en/newsletter

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European Digital Media Observatory @edmo-eu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

In the latest Weekly Pulse: 🔥Social media posts seem to be the amplifiers of violent and riots in Dublin, Belfast and England. 👉 But also disinformation around elections in Latvia and Armenia, online harassment of politicians and much more. Read this edition: tinyurl.com/3kb9fp7a

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European Digital Media Observatory @edmo-eu.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

📕 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱: why are #factchecking and #communitynotes not interchangeable – and why should we care? 👉 Take a look at the new special issue of Communication & Society, co-edited by @salaverria.es @iberifier.bsky.social: revistas.unav.edu/index.php/co...

Communication & Society: Crowdsourced validation is not fact-checking: Understanding the difference

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

On May 29th, a drone hit a residential apartment block in Romania. BROD's 🇷🇴 partner Funky Citizens monitored more than 14,000 social media posts and identified two coordinated networks amplifying alarmist and misleading narratives related to the event. Read their report: brodhub.eu/en/research/...

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The Galați Drone Incident: What Happened Online Before and After the Drone Struck a Residential Building

InformationCo -Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01...

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The 🇷🇴🇧🇬🔭 BROD's monthly newsletter latest issue is now published and can be found here together with the previous issues highlighting activities, innitiatives, results, fact-checks, media literacy resources produced under BROD 2. Subsribe and follow our work: brodhub.eu/en/newsletter/

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Research, events, fact-checks, and educational materials in English, Romanian and Bulgarian in the April issue of the monthly newsletter of the Bulgarian-Romanian Digital Media Observatory. Subscribe and don't miss out on the highlights of BROD's work brodhub.eu/en/newsletter/

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Forty-six students participated in DisInfoHack 2026, divided into seven teams. They were joined by the special team of winners from DisInfoHack 2025, who presented a report titled Narrative Hunters. brodhub.eu/en/news/the-...

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The American University team "Sixth Sense" lead by AFP Fact Check reporter Bozhidar Angueloff won Disinfohack 2026. Re-watch the grand finale here

Published Tuesday 28 April 2026 at 12:53

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Registration is required: forms.gle/LPQBjRr5HQb6...

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The discussion will bring together political communication consultant Dr Johannes Hillje, data scientist Nikola Tulechki and investigative journalist Maya Dimitrova, under the moderation of Mimi Shishkova-Petrova.

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

How is artificial intelligence transforming the forms and uses of political propaganda? How does such content circulate across networks and platforms? And what effects does it have on public debate?

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The round table is part of the regional project Strengthening Democratic Media in the Black Sea Region, supported by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and implemented in partnership with Agence France-Presse (@afp.com @factcheck.afp.com) with the support of the BROD.

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AI and political propaganda: a public round table about tools, networks and influence

Published Saturday 11 April 2026 at 15:18

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AFP Fact Check @factcheck.afp.com · 10/04/2026

The Justice Ministry and an independent expert rejected online claims that Bill C-9 will "criminalize the Bible," telling AFP that the bar for what constitutes hate speech has been set intentionally high based on court rulings. Read more: u.afp.com/SEJA

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

🛑 Chatbots are not fit for giving voting advice 🗳️ Latest study from @liberties.eu on the Hungarian election shows lack of transparency and reliability in the advice. Our research shows that 10-15% by now use chatbots for advice, for young voters up to one quarter. www.liberties.eu/en/stories/h...

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Should AI Tell You Who to Vote For?

Open Ai's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini do not provide reliable political guidance on the 2026 Hungarian elections, our latest research finds.

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Our partners @csdbuildbridges.bsky.social are monitoring the information environment in Bulgaria during the current campaign for the parliamentary elections on 19 April. You can now read their first report, that presents and explains trends identified in the last two months. brodhub.eu/en/research

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The @edmo-eu.bsky.social brings together more than 70 fact-checking organizations and fact-checking is one of the three core areas of the network of centers committed to the information integrity and resilience of the European Union. Thank you, dear colleagues, we salute you! 🇪🇺

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AFP Fact Check @factcheck.afp.com · 01/04/2026

Happy International Fact-Checking Day! Check out these highlights from our digital investigation annual report👇

International Fact-Checking Day 2026

Highlights from AFP's annual impact report

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Follow us on brodhub.eu, here on Facebook, on LinkedIn and Bluesky and don't miss the regular fact-checks, news, updates and research publications of BROD. Subscribe for the monthly newsletter of BROD: brodhub.eu/en/newslette...

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The March issue of BROD's monthly newsletter is now available: brodhub.eu/en/newslette... There are fact-checks in Romanian and Bulgarian, but also reports and news articles around events and initiatives. The previous issues are also there, in the Archive tab.

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

General elections are scheduled to be held in Denmark on 24 March 2026, and in less than a month parliamentary elections are to be held in Hungary and in Buglaria. And there are more coming later in 2026, so this warning is relevant and timely for much more MSs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...

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Category:2026 elections in Europe - Wikipedia

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Disinformation narratives evolve and reflect the zeitgeist (the spirit of the times), but the more examples people see, the more likely they are to recognize them on their own next time and understand where they are vulnerable to. Don't miss out @edmo-eu.bsky.social's #monthlybriefs

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Follow BROD on social media, subscribe to the BROD's fact-checks RSS [brodhub.eu/get/XWiki/FactCheck/Rss?…] and newsletter [brodhub.eu/en/newsletter] and never miss new research, fact-check and ML publications from the Bulgarian-Romanian hub of the @edmo-eu.bsky.social

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

It outlines actionable recommendations – grounded in the European DSA Elections Toolkit and comparative European experience – for closing the gap between awareness and operational preparedness.

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

It maps the architecture of manipulation operating in the Bulgarian information space, identifies the irregular warfare narrative pressure points most likely to be exploited during the campaign

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A new report by the BROD partner Center for the Study of Democracy provides an anticipatory threat assessment for the April and November 2026 votes, drawing on its extensive Kremlin Playbook research & methodology, network & algorithmic analysis, and narrative monitoring. brodhub.eu/en/research/...

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Случаят „Петрохан-Околчица“ – изследване на възприятията за медийно-информационната среда в България през призмата на медийната грамотност: forms.gle/H5NxDRd7qaCt...

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Learn all the details about this inspiring initiative and how closely it aligns with BROD's dimensions and objectives here 👉 brodhub.eu/en/news/disi...

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DisinfoHack 2.0: the second edition of the 'slow' hackathon to combat disinformation kicks off on March 23

Published Monday 23 February 2026 at 17:07

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Follow us on brodhub.eu, here on Bluesky, LinkedIn and Facebook and don't miss the regular fact-checks, news, updates and research publications of BROD. Subscribe for the monthly newsletter of BROD: brodhub.eu/en/newslette...

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Nine publications – three in English, three in Romanian, and three in Bulgarian – are featured in the newly published February edition of BROD's monthly newsletter: brodhub.eu/en/newslette...

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Two documentaries were screened during the first evening of the series "Europe: Landmarks and Values in a Chaotic World," held on February 17 at the French Institute in Sofia – Maya Dimitrova's Architects of Chaos and ARTE's Data Sources. Watch them online, following the links in the comments:

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Data Sources - Who Are the Social Media Fraudsters? - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English

They sell hacked profiles, provide fake comments and likes and boost fake news. Investigation into the social media fraudsters based in Vietnam.

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Learn more about the 40 Panel members here: www.un.org/independent-...

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Panel Members | Independent International Scientific Panel on AI

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Established on 26.08.2025, the UN's Independent International Scientific Panel on AI serves as the first global scientific body on AI, bringing together leading experts with the international expert on children’s rights in digital contexts Sonia Livingstone among them. www.un.org/independent-...

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Panel Members | Independent International Scientific Panel on AI

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

While 85% of Europeans agree tackling climate change should be a priority to improve public health, a 2023 study found unchallenged climate misinformation in the mainstream media reached 4.4 bln. people in 6 months. Learning from and promoting the Climate Facts Matter Handbook can make a difference.

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Някои от важните изводи в три доклада на Globsec за Румъния 🇲🇩, Молдова 🇷🇴 и България 🇧🇬, представени в сравнителен план чрез данни, визулизирани с помощта на ИИ на Google. Пълните доклади – ключов страком ресурс и за трите държави, както и за институциите на ЕС – са закачени в коментари.

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Read the full article authored by University of Cambridge Department of Psychology's Sanders van der Linden and Jon Roozenbeek, and 🇺🇸 Reality Team here: misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/wp-content/u... #medialiteracy #prebunking

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Memory is a leading predictor of inoculation decay and a single technique such as emotional manipulation is easier to remember and recognize. Yet, although misinformation often explicitly exploits emotions, it is possible for content to be emotionally charged without being fallacious per se

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

💡 Prior research on the longevity of inoculation effects has found that shorter, single-tactic inoculations are narrower but achieve longer-lasting impacts than more complex multi-technique interventions that are broader but harder for people to memorize.

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Instagram users in the treatment group were significantly and substantially better than the control group in correctly identifying emotional manipulation in a news headline. 💡The treatment effect remained stable at the group-level for 5 months. misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/preb...

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Prebunking misinformation techniques in social media feeds: Results from an Instagram field study | HKS Misinformation Review

Boosting psychological defences against misleading content online is an active area of research, but transition from the lab to real-world uptake remains a challenge. We developed a 19-second prebunki...

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BRODhub @brodhub.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Rig It is an engaging, free, browser-based educational game similar to Go Viral!, Bad News, Harmony Square and Cat Park that can be played in under 10 minutes. All content was created under the concept and supervision of @globsec.bsky.social and DROG. #inoculation brodhub.eu/en/news/rig-...

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Rig It! Win elections through manipulation in a new game from the creators of Bad News, Harmony Square, and Cat Park

Published Monday 2 February 2026 at 18:24

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