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Finnish far-right videos highly recommended by YouTube during the Presidential race
Explore concerning trends in Youtube’s search and recommendation algorithms in the context of the 2024 Finnish Presidential election campaign. More recommendations for the far-right and right-wing candidates and a funnelling effect, steering users to a limited set of channels.
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.
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[INTERVIEW] EU DisinfoLab
EuDisinfoLab is a Belgian NGO specialised in investigative disinformation campaigns
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[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.