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The TikTok effect: How The App Shaped Political Discourse During Finnish European Elections
After focusing on YouTube & Google, a new report by Faktabaari and CheckFirst as part of the CrossOver Finland project has uncovered worrying trends around TikTok’s possible impact on the 2024 European elections in Finland.
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”.
Event: CrossOver at EDMO Belux
On June 9th, the CrossOver project will present the results of its first investigation to the EDMO Belux network.
Event: CrossOver at the Apache Day
On June 4, Apache Day will take place in Kunstencentrum Vooruit in Ghent with in-depth debates, a film screening and much more food for thought
Odysee monitoring and more data visualisation: the new dashboards are out
In February, we released the first version of the dashboards for the CrossOver project. This second version enhances the first one, and adds a new platform monitored: Odysee
Events: CrossOver at the heart of this weekend’s debates
CrossOver will be part of two discussions this week-end in Toulouse and Antwerp!
How does the Apache team investigate the algorithms of social media
and which messages these algorithms push under our noses?
“The Belgian ‘Freedom Convoy” is an imported product
Discover the conclusion of Apache’s first investigation based on CrossOver’s dashboard data.
How the data is presented in the dashboards
Once the data is collected in 2 different ways – through API and through user simulation, it shall be presented in an understandable way.
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.