PRIMED is a three-year program that supports the development of healthier information ecosystems where public interest media content reaches people freely and widely in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Sierra Leone. The initiative addresses the challenges faced by local media and seeks to build their resilience to political and economic threats. A major component of the projects … Continued
This project provides vetted and culturally relevant information to citizens to counter disbelief and misinformation, catalyze citizens’ actions and solidarity, and combat stigmatization. Led by the Africa CDC and Co-Creation Hub (CCHub) and facilitated by the GIZ Office to the African Union, the project enables technology and communication start-ups to support last-mile communications focused on … Continued
The project aims to strengthen resilience to misinformation in countries vulnerable to conflict, protecting the health of members of fragile societies and avoiding the destabilization of peace processes. It is a short-term project linked to the temporality of COVID-19 crisis and deployed in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. The initiative is funded by … Continued
The #CoronaVirusFacts Alliance is the largest collaborative fact-checking project ever seen and it’s led by the International Fact-Checking Network. The Alliance unites 99 fact-checking organizations from all over the world in publishing, sharing and translating facts surrounding the novel coronavirus. Launched in January 2020, when the spread of the virus was restricted to Asia but … Continued
We build open tools, connect and promote relevant actors, and steer international governance towards proportionate and effective regulation in order to reduce vulnerabilities to information manipulation. Information manipulation (disinformation, misinformation, “fake news”…) aims at disrupting the social cohesion and electoral processes that keep democratic societies together. We thus work towards online spaces that allow freedom … Continued
Access to reliable information can save lives. This is even more true during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a focus on using social media for good, the EU supports international and local efforts to bring fact-checked information to populations in conflict and crisis-affected communities and to debunk myths and rumours. We also help establish trust and … Continued
The TNI is an industry collaboration of major news and global tech organisations working together to stop the spread of disinformation where it poses risk of real-world harm. It is the only forum in the world where global tech platforms and publishers are talking about disinformation in real time. The TNI has a shared early … Continued
The Co-Inform project contributes towards the ambitious goal of tackling misinformation on social media by focusing on a trans-European, multidisciplinary effort targeting three key stakeholder groups: policymakers, journalists, and citizens. The objective is to foster informed and engaged communities, which constitute the foundations of a healthy democracy, and together find a solution to misinformation.
Radio Al-Salam 94.3 FM is a local radio station led by and dedicated to internally displaced persons, refugees and returnees, in the North of Iraq. Founded in March 2015, the station broadcasts in Erbil, Dohuk and Nineveh governorates, on its website and via its smartphone application. 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, in … Continued
Throughout the history of Pakistan, secrecy has been the rule, and the disclosure of information an exception. KPIC took a lead role in designing an innovative intervention with the Center for Law and Democracy (CLD) to assess implementation of RTI laws. Despite being well established, current evaluation methodologies developed for SDG 16.10.2 still lack the … Continued
