fake news Archives

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Featured Publications, Media developments 23/08/2019

Bosnia’s Professional Liars

The fake news phenomenon hasn’t spared the Balkans. In Bosnia & Herzegovina, it fuels a lucrative industry. Many people have a somewhat morbid habit to…

Featured Publications 31/10/2018

New report sets guidelines for EU effort to tackle disinformation

Access Now, Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) and European Digital Rights (EDRi) issued a joint report evaluating the work done by the EU institutions to tackle online disinformation. They found…

Media developments, Serbia 23/10/2018

How Russian Government Funds Foreign News Websites

Using companies incorporated in Serbia and Cyprus, in recent years the Russian government has been funding a bevy of news websites in Eastern Europe to…

Featured Publications 11/10/2018

Easy Resources for Navigating the ‘Post-Truth’ Era

Overwhelmed by and struggling to understand the avalanche of material on disinformation, misinformation and “fake news?” Check out the sample of resources SEENPM picked. We hope…

Featured Publications 10/10/2018

How is Europe fighting fake news? New legal report

What rules and initiatives exist in Europe to help ensure the accuracy and objectivity of news and current affairs reporting? Report by the European Audiovisual…

Media developments, Romania, Uncategorized 30/09/2018

Romanian Government Funds Sputnik-Affiliated Website

Last year, the Ministry for the Romanians from Everywhere allocated €20,000 to fund the website Usd24.ro, a website that republishes all the articles from the…

Featured Publications 25/09/2018

Journalism, ‘Fake News’ and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training

This new publication by UNESCO is a timely resource and highly topical subject for all those who practice or teach journalism in this Digital Age….

Featured Publications 03/09/2018

Public Service Media and Information Disorder

Public service media (PSM) institutions around the world exist in challenging conditions: not only do the commercial counterparts claim that PSM is distorting the market,…

Featured Publications 03/08/2018

ICFJ learning module takes readers through the history of ‘fake news’ and disinformation

While the concept of ‘disinformation wars’ dates back to ancient Rome, the 21st century has seen information weaponized on an unprecedented scale. A new resource…

Macedonia, Media developments 30/07/2018

The Secret Players Behind Macedonia’s Fake News Sites

A joint investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and partners has uncovered new information that rewrites the story of the fake…