31 May 2022 12:39
A new report has been published as part of Maynooth University’s STOPFARRIGHT project, which looks at strategies for resisting and countering the Far Right in Ireland. The project
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10 February 2022 12:21
Provenance Disinformation Lead, Dr Eileen Culloty was invited to present expert testimony to a Joint Oireachtas Committee meeting on online disinformation and media literacy in Ireland. Eileen spoke alongside Media
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24 November 2021 09:45
The European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) has released a new report with recommendations for changes they would like to see implemented in the new EU Code of
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30 September 2021 12:47
A new report published by DCU FuJo and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland examined how digital platforms implemented the EU’s monitoring programme for Covid-19 disinformation. The authors
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30 August 2021 01:00
There are many aspects to the fight against disinformation. One problem that fact-checkers and researchers are grappling with is how best to label false information. After a piece of
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10 August 2021 01:00
Over its long history, print media has developed visual conventions that help consumers differentiate between different kinds of news. Visually speaking, a broadsheet and a tabloid both look very different
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07 July 2021 01:00
Misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines are not being fact-checked on Facebook, a new study finds. Further analysis highlights inconsistencies in the application of Facebook’s policies.
A
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01 June 2021 11:34
Disinformation is defined as the deliberate attempt to mislead. The consequences of it to democracy, humanitarianism and journalism are far-reaching – and nothing new.
Disinformation has existed for centuries,
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01 June 2021 01:00
Two Provenance partners, DCU and Newswhip, have been chosen by the European Commission to be part of the first ever network of hubs established by the European Digital Media
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05 May 2021 11:29
Launching their new book ‘Disinformation and Manipulation in Digital Media’, Dr Eileen Culloty and Professor Jane Suiter, part of the Provenance consortium from Dublin City University
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19 April 2021 00:00
Provenance is pleased to support the Be Media Smart campaign coordinated by Media Literacy Ireland.
The campaign encourages people to Stop, Think and Check that the information that they read,
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14 April 2021 00:00
As coordinator of Provenance, the FuJo Institute in DCU has provided feedback to the EU consultation on the revised Code of Practice on Disinformation. The FuJo submission calls for the
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29 March 2021 00:00
Eileen Culloty and Jane Suiter have a chapter on anti-immigrant disinformation in The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism.
The book edited by Howard Tumber and Silvio Waisbord
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11 March 2021 13:21
Provenance Consortium Partner Newswhip has been profiled in the Irish Times for the role they are playing in helping identify and track both misinformation and disinformation worldwide.
Part of
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03 February 2021 14:43
Provenance coordinator Dr Jane Suiter was one of three experts invited to speak to parliamentary committee about Ireland’s proposed Electoral Reform Bill. The bill aims to protect the
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27 January 2021 10:05
Twitter is piloting a new initiative, called Birdwatch, to crowdsource the identification of misleading tweets. Running in the US only, the crowdsourced evaluations will be visible on the Birdwatch site
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15 January 2021 11:02
The Irish far-right is exploiting the death of George Nkencho to promote its racist ideology. First they presented George Nkencho as a hardened criminal, but he had no previous
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18 December 2020 00:00
On the 17th of December, Provenance sponsored a panel on countering disinformation at the CEST Age of Misinformation conference.
The panel was chaired by Provenance's Eileen Culloty and
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03 December 2020 13:02
Provenance is pleased to support a new Irish-based campaign on disinformation and freedom of expression. Young activists from all over Ireland have teamed up with the international NGO ARTICLE
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29 November 2020 11:00
Provenance is sponsoring a panel on countering disinformation at the CEST Age of Misinformation on 17 December 2020.
CEST, with the support of the University of Florence, is organizing
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25 November 2020 01:00
A virtual consortium meeting was held on 23 and 24 November. The meeting had been scheduled to take place in Graz. The consortium met to discuss the technical implementation required
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24 September 2020 09:17
Thousands of social media users have shared warnings about a phishing scam after it was erroneously linked to sex trafficking. There is no evidence to suggest the scam has any
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04 September 2020 12:45
FuJo and the Provenance project have made a submission to the European Commission’s public consultation on the Digital Services Act (DSA).
The DSA is
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04 August 2020 15:38
The following was posted on the Media Literacy Ireland website. Media Literacy Ireland is a network of media literacy stakeholders that is supported by the Broadcasting Authority of
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09 June 2020 08:46
Last week the European Commission launched a public consultation for the Digital Services Act (DSA), an overhaul of how the EU regulates digital platforms.
A new regulatory framework
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14 May 2020 16:16
Two recent reports may shed some light on the future of the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation after a year of monitoring, so where does the future lie for
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11 May 2020 14:19
You are kindly invited to participate in an online survey on a new verification-based warning system for disinformation. This research is carried out in the context of the European
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30 April 2020 10:02
Provenance lead researcher, Dr Eileen Culloty, has contributed to the development of an information kit to help older people in Ireland avoid misinformation relating to Covid-19.
Working with
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06 April 2020 14:47
John Crowley at the Ethical Journalism Network has interviewed fact-checkers and verification experts to understand the major issues surrounding COVID-19 mis/disinformation.
The article ‘Tacking
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06 April 2020 14:02
Fact-checkers are proving that the competition is not with each other, but with disinformation.
In an interview with this researcher, Cristina Tardáguila – the associate
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03 April 2020 14:20
Disinformation is thriving during the COVID-19 pandemic. While a panoply of false rumours, hoaxes, and phishing scams have targeted health care and social distancing measures, some actors are manipulating
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01 April 2020 14:56
Like any other industry, media organisations around the world are trying hard to adapt to the shockwave created by the spread of COVID-19: confined journalists rearranging their homes into
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30 March 2020 15:35
The pace at which the ongoing COVID-19 crisis evolves has left governments, media and experts struggling to adapt their communication strategies to effectively ensure the public remain properly informed
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24 March 2020 13:08
For years, the major social platforms have been criticised for failing to counteract harmful content. Their COVID-19 response demonstrates that they can do more to police their platforms, but
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23 March 2020 10:30
Provenance partner NewsWhip is monitoring coverage of COVID-19 on the web and social media. COVID-19 has been one of the most written about events in the modern era,
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16 March 2020 18:09
As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, many people are actively searching for updates and anticipating what they need to do to protect themselves and their loved ones. Disinformation is thriving
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05 October 2019 01:00
A meeting of the Provenance consortium took place in Prague on October 5-6. The consortium met to discuss the technical implementation required for the success completion of the
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23 January 2020 08:14
Provenance researchers have participated in the development and launch of an online campaign pledge directed towards all Irish parties and candidates contesting the 2020 general election.
The Fair Play
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28 November 2019 01:00
Provenance’s Eileen Culloty will participate in the Royal Irish Academy Oireachtas Science Pairing Scheme. The aim is to connect policymakers (TDs and Senators) with experienced scientists, providing parliamentarians
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07 November 2019 14:14
A paper by Dr Eileen Culloty and Dr Jane Suiter was presented at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in Madrid. The paper '
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27 September 2019 12:53
Papers by Dr Eileen Culloty and Dr Jane Suiter were presented at two recent conferences: the 2019 ECPR General Conference and the Fifth Conference of the International Journal of Press/
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05 September 2019 01:00
Jane chaired a session on countering disinformation at the Digital Summit Dublin. The Digital Summit Dublin 2019 was a one-day event featuring a number of preeminent international speakers who
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25 July 2019 14:22
Provenance is undertaking survey research to better understand the factors that influence people's willingness to believe and share disinformation about immigration. Led by Dublin City University and Graz University
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20 May 2019 13:49
On 06 May, Dr Jane Suiter and Dr Eileen Culloty (Dublin City University) gave a presentation on anti-immigrant disinformation at the United Nations HQ in New York. The event
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21 March 2019 01:00
Representing Provenance, Eileen Culloty attended the first SOMA High-level workshop on disinformation, which took place at the National Science Museum in Milan, Italy, on 20 March 2019. Hosted by
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07 February 2019 10:03
On 06 February 2019, Dr Jane Suiter and Dr Eileen Culloty (Dublin City University) represented Provenance at the concertation meeting in Brussels for new H2020 projects on future European media.
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19 December 2018 16:59
The first meeting of the Provenance consortium took place in Trinity College Dublin on 17 and 18 December 2018. The meeting brought together the project's academic, industry, and NGO
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06 December 2018 09:55
On 05 December 2018, Dr Jane Suiter and Dr Eileen Culloty (Dublin City University) were invited to deliver a presentation on disinformation to the OECD High Level Risk Forum in
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01 December 2018 12:00
Dublin City University is leading a €2.4 million EU project to tackle the issue of disinformation. The three-year project called Provenance is funded by the European Commission'
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