📣 Happening today: This afternoon at “Meet the Future of AI: Support for the European Democracy Shield – policy, practice and partnerships,” Peter Kreko from @Pol_Cap also representing the #HDMO hub is participating in the session “Disinformation, Elections and Democracy:

TODAY: Don't miss the first #𝘌𝘜 #𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮🇪🇺 at @Europarl_EN, where EDMO Secretary-General @goripaula will set the scene for session 3 on building #resilience (17:10–18:40). 🔴 Watch the livestream: https://t.co/zfzysSFpNd 📒

📣 Hungarian Digital Media Observatory Launches Its New Phase! The HDMO project has entered a new phase as of autumn 2025. Last week, the consortium held its first project kick-off meeting to mark the start of this stage. The HDMO consortium, led by @Pol_Cap, involves six

Proud to share that from @lakmusz_hu , Zsófia Fülöp took part in the “When reporting the truth is risky – journalists, fact-checkers and researchers under attack” panel at the Unveil the Truth conference. Grateful to @MythDetector and @dw_akademie for bringing together such an

Peter Krekó from @Pol_Cap represented the HDMO Hub at the Eastern Partnership Fact-Checkers Annual Conference “Unveil the Truth”, speaking on informational autocracy and sharing HDMO research on resource asymmetry in Hungarian elections and the “post-advertisement” era of

🔍 Discover how Central Europeans really use social media ⬇️ Around one-third of people in Czechia, Slovakia, and Poland say that they engage with social media multiple times a day. However, many Central Europeans expressed fatigue from information overload. Learn more below 👇

🚨🇭🇺 "False or misleading statements targeting the #LGBTQ community 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 in mainstream pro-government media in #Hungary." 🔍 Read the new investigation by @lakmusz_hu @HdmoHub that presents the most prevalent topics of #disinformation attacking

🚨 The new @EDMO_EUI Monthly Fact-Checking Brief is out! Across 31 organizations in the EDMO fact-checking network, a total of 1,517 fact-checking articles were published in September 2025. Out of these articles there were: 🔹 134 (9%) – Ukraine-related disinformation 🔹

🚨 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 – 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹. From #Franco fan edits to #Hitler #memes, a new wave of "#popfascism" is spreading fast across platforms including #TikTok, #Telegram, and #X. Rebranding #dictators as edgy icons

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👏 Thrilled that HDMO could help shine a light on how political advertising played out across the EU in 2024. Collaboration like this shows what the #EDMO network can achieve.

🛡️How can we defend democracy and strengthen its resilience in the face of disinformation? Thrilled to see Ágnes Urbán (@MertekMonitor) and Péter Krekó (@Pol_Cap) bring their insights to a panel on disinformation at @Budapest_Forum 2025 last week. Full recording of the

🇪🇺🗳️ 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱: our new comparative analysis of #politicaladvertising during the 2024 #EUelections examines: 🔍 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵

👏@EDMO_EUI has published its latest monthly fact-checking brief The four false stories with the widest circulation in the EU in August, based on the fact-checkers' reports, were: AI-generated image of European leaders waiting in a corridor of the White House for a meeting with

🚨 Last Saturday, a Russian #drone violated Romanian airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian #Danube infrastructure. The incident prompted Romanian authorities to issue #ROAlert warnings for the northern part of #Tulcea County, urging the local population to seek shelter.

📣 Today, NORDIS is sending out our newsletter, where we share how the Nordic fact-checkers are preparing for the two upcoming elections in Norway and Denmark. Haven’t signed up yet? Do it here:

🔎 #FactcheckFreitag 🔎 #EDMO #EDMOBelux #Faktencheck #Fehlinformation #Desinformation ✍️ https://t.co/pkauBV5Y4R