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Are YouTube Algorithms Addicted to State-Controlled Media?

Since the ban of Russia Today and Sputnik in the EU, the CrossOver project has been observing that CGTN Français, a Chinese State-run media, replaced the Russian fed content on Youtube when looking up the word “Russia”.

What methods are used for data collection

As previously stated in the blogpost “What data is collected”, the idea is to put oneself in the shoes of a Belgian user, to collect data the same way Belgian users would see it.

What data is collected in the dashboards ?

After 2 years of pandemic – and associated infodemic that spread out virulently, a lot of people have been confronted with dubious content on the internet.

[INTERVIEW] EU DisinfoLab

EuDisinfoLab is a Belgian NGO specialised in investigative disinformation campaigns

[INTERVIEW] Check First

Check First is a Finnish software and methodologies start-up that helps journalists, citizens and policy makers fight disinformation all around the globe.

[INTERVIEW] Savoir*Devenir

Savoir*Devenir is a French NGO specialised in media literacy

[INTERVIEW] Apache

Apache.be is a small media organisation, undertaking journalistic investigations in disinformation, polarisation, and radicalisation in Belgium, as well as into disinformation in general.

CrossOver: Assessing the role of content recommendation in the spread of disinformation

Crossover is a European project to monitor, analyse and combat algorithmic disinformation.