NORDISHub
Nordic Observatory for Digital Media and Information Disorder. Part of the EDMO network. Coordinated by @faktisk_no
- NORDIS and its partners are currently focusing on Greenland, and we have compiled 10 key conclusions from our fact-checks about Greenland. If you’re missing the big picture, you can get it here: www.nordishub.eu/here-are-the...
- NORDIS IS MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS IN GREENLAND 👀 We’ve highlighted our Greenland-related fact-checks on our website, so you can easily stay informed. Find them here 👉 www.nordishub.eu
- AI-related disinformation appears to be on the rise. Again 👀 Read the full brief here: edmo.eu/publications...
- 1/3🎉 On 12 November, the NORDIS partner FOJO held its annual conference, Fojo Verify Day, in Stockholm, where four NORDIS representatives – one from each Nordic country – took part in a panel debating fact-checking during election periods.
- 2/3But more importantly 👉 The opening speech of the conference was delivered by fact-checking pioneer Glenn Kessler, who for 15 years headed the fact-checking desk at The Washington Post.
- 3/3It was an extremely insightful speech about the world surrounding the discipline of fact-checking - a must-read for anyone working with misinformation 🎓 Full text here: glennkessler.substack.com/p/my-speech-...
- 📣 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: www.nordishub.eu/newsletter/
- Be Online Smart! 🧐 Do you know someone who thinks that a high number of shares automatically means high credibility? Then feel free to tap them on the shoulder and let them know that’s not always the case.
- And do it with a reference to the Be Online Smart campaign by the European Digital Media Observatory and its network of 14 hubs, which highlights how algorithms shape our online experience. Algorithms can be both friend and foe, and it’s important to know the difference‼️
- Learn more here 👉 www.nordishub.eu/campaign-be-... – available in Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, and English. #EDMO #MediaLiteracy
- 🔔Russian propaganda have infiltrated AI chatbotss in the Nordics🔔 New NORDIS-investigation suggests that AI chatbots refers to Russian-linked Pravda websites - some of which recycle articles from EU-banned Russian media. Read the full article here: www.nordishub.eu/nordis-inves...
- Happy International Fact-Checking Day 2025 from NORDIS 🥳 Part III Did you know that it's easier to believe information we agree with? Here are four tips for when you should fact check👇 #FactcheckingDay #Factsmatters #NORDIS #MediaLiteracy
- Happy International Fact-Checking Day 2025 from NORDIS 🥳 Part II AI have become a game-changer in the world of fact-checking. Both in terms of fighting it, but also creating and spreading it. NORDIS have gathered the tips to identify AI-generated videos and pictures. Get them in this video 👀
- Happy International Fact-Checking Day 2025 from NORDIS 🎉 Today we mark the importance of accurate information in a world full of misinformation in order to protect our shared society and democracy. But it isn’t just a job for professional fact-checkers 🧐
- Watch this video to see which simple steps you can take to support a cleaner and safer information environment 🎓 #FactcheckingDay #Factsmatters #NORDIS #MediaLiteracy
- 1/3: WORKSHOP AND NETWORKING EVENT - 08/04 🤝 The EDMO (@edmo-eu.bsky.social) hub BELUX (@edmo-belux.bsky.social) is hosting a very interesting event that will provide a multidisciplinary platform for reflecting on the state of (the mitigation of) disinformation and for discussing ways forward.
- Laurence Dierickx (University of Bergen) from NORDIS (The Nordic Observatory for Digital Media and Information Disorder) will take part in two sessions, one of which is titled ‘Fact-checking, legacy media and journalism under pressure’. See the full program and register here 👇
- When: on April 8, 2025 Where: at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles Registration free but required: buff.ly/Gj6WAox For more details about the full day's program: buff.ly/g9oorcR
- 1/3 AI Guide📙Digital literacy is not just about technical infrastructure, technology, applications, devices or network connections. Our member Faktabaari has chosen the following key areas of action to promote:
- 2/3 👉Young people’s ability to critically evaluate online content and Gen-AI outputs; 👉Understanding of the impact of algorithms on search results; 👉Awareness that our data is being collected and used for informational purposes; 👉The ability to manage our privacy and digital security digitally
- 3/3 Read more about digital information literacy on this chapter of Faktabaari's AI Guide for teachers: faktabaari.fi/edu/digital-... Find the whole guide here: faktabaari.fi/edu/oppaat/t... #AIGuide4Teachers
- Source Criticism Day 2025! 🧐🔍 March 13th marks the Source Criticism Day - an important day in the Nordic countries. NORDIS have gathered some of the events in Sweden, Norway and Finland on our website. Find it here 👇 shorturl.at/Rg09y
- 1/2: AI – how does it work? 🤔Our member Faktabaari has published a comprehensive AI Guide for Teachers, and in this chapter, Dr.(pedagogy) Kari Kivinen gives the basics of how AI works. From large language models to data points, tokens and material that has been used in AI training 👇
- faktabaari.fi/edu/how-gene... Find the whole guide here: faktabaari.fi/edu/oppaat/t... #AIGuide4Teachers
- AI Guide for Teachers: The development of artificial intelligence challenges us and our understanding of knowledge and knowing in a whole new way, says the counselor for education Pasi Silander in Faktabaari's new AI Guide for Teachers 👇
- "In the age of AI, we need a new kind of epistemic flexibility, which can be defined as a flexible way of combining different ways of knowing, thinking strategies and various types of knowledge." faktabaari.fi/edu/ai-epist... Find the guide here: faktabaari.fi/edu/oppaat/t... #AIGuide4Teachers
- Reposted by NORDISHubThis Sunday, 59 million eligible #voters are asked to elect the new parliament of the #EU's largest member state. Our hub GADMO.eu has been #debunking numerous attempts to systematically manipulate voters w/ misleading, decontextualised, and false content. 👉 This week's findings: loom.ly/IsAxz_A
