An investigation to demonstrate how French speaking Belgians were hinted at searching for dubious sources when looking up the word “Donbass” in the Google search bar.
CrossOver will be part of two discussions this week-end in Toulouse and Antwerp!
and which messages these algorithms push under our noses?
Discover the conclusion of Apache’s first investigation based on CrossOver’s dashboard data.
Once the data is collected in 2 different ways – through API and through user simulation, it shall be presented in an understandable way.
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.
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.
EuDisinfoLab is a Belgian NGO specialised in investigative disinformation campaigns
Check First is a Finnish software and methodologies start-up that helps journalists, citizens and policy makers fight disinformation all around the globe.
Savoir*Devenir is a French NGO specialised in media literacy
Apache.be is a small media organisation, undertaking journalistic investigations in disinformation, polarisation, and radicalisation in Belgium, as well as into disinformation in general.
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