PHEME project

Project on modelling and identification of phemes (internet memes with added veracity), as they spread across media, languages,
and social networks

[WeV3rify_H2020_Project @WeVerify]

Join us virtually and for free on Dec 8th at 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET for a tutorial on the latest @InVID_EU /@WeVerify verification plugin features. Registration here: https://t.co/l6vgmGJrip #disinformation #OSINT

[Kalina Bontcheva @kbontcheva]

We are running online training on #NLProc for social media, online abuse, and disinformation analysis in late Feb @SoBigData @WeVerify

[Iknoor Singh @IknoorJ]

Fantastic work by @GateAcUk and @firstdraftnews for tracking data deficits in the COVID-19 pandemic. Glad to have been involved. #TTOCon

[WeV3rify_H2020_Project @WeVerify]

Almost 3 years ago, we launched our verification plugin (in @InVID_EU #H2020 project) in a @firstdraftnews event. We have now more than 29k users and more @WeVerify tools are coming soon. To our users, especially at #GlobalFact7 could you please tell us who you are ?:

[WeV3rify_H2020_Project @WeVerify]

. @WeVerify open source content verification plugin is instrumental in debunking #coronavirus #misinformation https://t.co/JZu7QAhdqq

[Kalina Bontcheva @kbontcheva]

Congratulations! Great to see the stance and rumour analysis work with did together in @PhemeEU will now be extended to new languages. Looking forward to our cooperation in the context of the @WeVerify project

[Carolina Scarton @carolscarton]

@WeVerify being presented at @TTOConference. Great feedback from the audience! A lot of new ideas! #TTOCon

[svetla.tanova @SvetlaTanova]

13 EU Projects against disinformation. Check for more the European Science-Media Hub article and the STOA/ESMH studies https://t.co/QpWwHwyOMw

[Kalina Bontcheva @kbontcheva]

Registration now open for the summer school on computational #misinformation analysis, with lecturers from the @SoBigData and @WeVerify projects. Taking place in June in London, UK https://t.co/zgMOZ1f3KQ

[PHEME project @PhemeEU]

Technology developed during Pheme is being adapted by project alumnus @LeonDerczynski to watch for #misinformation during upcoming national elections in Denmark. #dkmedier

[TjekDet @TjekDet]

Nyt våben i kampen mod #fakenews!

TjekDet indgår samarbejde med @LeonDerczynski og @ITUkbh om at holde de kommende valg #fv19 og #ep2019 fri for falske nyheder #dkpol #dkmedier https://t.co/iPlOfpJbxc

[media.eu @MediaEu]

Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Final Report published -
News from Parliament - UK Parliament
@CommonsCMS
https://t.co/mpxFvex1hT via @UKParliament
#disinformation

[The Alan Turing Institute @turinginst]

NEW VIDEO uploaded to our @YouTube channel: @BuzzFeedNews' @CraigSilverman's recent #TuringLecture on Information manipulation: How the media ecosystem is being gamed and exploited. cc @BuzzFeed @BuzzFeedPR https://t.co/42kTCfeaHU

[Diana Maynard @dianamaynard]

Source code and info about our winning system for hyperpartisan news detection is now available. https://t.co/oSdBH08VYL #hyperpartisan @gateAcuk @sheffieldnlp @shefcompsci

[Kalina Bontcheva @kbontcheva]

Our latest research on the IRA/Russian Twitter bot dataset and #Brexit: Partisanship, Propaganda and Post-Truth Politics: Quantifying Impact in Online Debate. Misinformation from politicians was 10 times more impactful than Russian bots #EUtackleDisinfo https://t.co/ZorHAAnoqs

[GATE (gate.ac.uk) @GateAcUk]

Team @GateAcUk wins the SemEval/PAN task on Hyperpartisan News Detection. #1 out of 42 participants! Big success for our new project @WeVerify #NLProc #EUTackleDisinfo https://t.co/ailUS9vX6j

[WeV3rify_H2020_Project @WeVerify]

These two slides by @kbontcheva, shown at #EUTackleDisinfo event in Brussels, outline very well
a) how technology can facilitate the detection of false information,
and
b) what we plan to develop: a set of verification tools and services

[WeV3rify_H2020_Project @WeVerify]

.@kbontcheva of @SheffieldNLP on how technology can facilitate the detection of false information,
and where we come in: by developing and providing a set of verification tools. Building on @InVID_EU work, @RevealEU, @PhemeEU and integrating with @trulymedia
#EUTackleDisinfo

[WeV3rify_H2020_Project @WeVerify]

Getting ready for @EU_Commission event “Countering online disinformation - Towards a more transparent, credible and diverse digital media ecosystem”. We’re represented by @kbontcheva @dteyssou @nikossarris and @jospang.
9am start. Live stream available.
https://t.co/neJuEN3NXV

[Jochen Spangenberg @jospang]

#Factcheckers and academics play a very important role when it comes to fighting #disinformation.
However, they’re rather limited in what they can do when they have no access to content that resides on social platforms!
Says Giuseppe Abbamonte @ #EuTackleDisinfo event in Brussels

[media.eu @MediaEu]

Countering online disinformation - Towards a more transparent, credible and diverse digital media ecosystem
Brussels, 29 January
Good to know, the event will be webstreamed!
🎥https://t.co/Gk38vdRoSc
⏰: https://t.co/LOyWxNmmth
via @EU_MediaLit
#EUTackleDisinfo