The Role of Pro-Russian Hackers in Hybrid Warfare
New attacks on institutions and companies show how cyberspace plays a strategic role in geopolitical balances
Los Angeles Fires Between Climate Crisis and Social Disinformation
The difficulties of taming the fire and the environmental emergency fuel the denialist theories of digital users
Cecilia Sala al centro delle tensioni tra Italia, Iran e Stati Uniti?
Le autorità iraniane hanno confermato l’arresto della giornalista italiana, accusandola di aver violato le leggi della Repubblica Islamica. Sala, arrivata in Iran con un visto giornalistico il 13 dicembre
Luigi Mangione: From Murder Charges to the Social Media Phenomenon
The 26-year-old accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthCare faces the death penalty. With IDMO, we analyzed the trends generated by the phenomenon of the “anti-hero”
November 2024 Disinformation Suggests Election Fraud and Unnatural Disasters
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND SPAIN FLOODING ARE MOST TARGETED TOPICS BY FALSE STORIES The four Italian editorial projects that published fact-checking content, and contributed to this report*, published a total of 199 fact-checking articles as of November 2024. Of these, 7 (3.5%) dealt with cases of disinformation regarding the war in Ukraine, 10 (5%) with […]
Disinformation about the floods in Spain goes viral in November
The main disinformation phenomenon in November was the catastrophic foods that hit southern Spain, partly contributing to the increase in climate-related disinformation that almost doubled in two months, passing from 7% in September to 13% in November
Media literacy to counter online Hate Speech, a FIDU initiative
The Italian Federation for Human Rights, through its ‘New Media Literacy Strategies to Counter Antisemitism’ project, developed a report aimed at countering the growing phenomenon of anti-Semitism online
Guiding Principles for the EDMO Network
all members of the EDMO Network are committed to the following guiding principles: independence, integrity, transparency, neutrality, pluralism, diversity and inclusion, scientifically grounded interventions
Oltre i confini. Il Mar Nero, un campo di battaglia globale per la sicurezza internazionale
Guerra, disinformazione e intelligenza artificiale. Una conferenza per affrontare le sfide del presente attraverso la cooperazione internazionale