If you are a digital learning platform provider dealing with low user engagement in civic courses — this project developed innovative teaching tools and media literacy models that improve students' skills in changing democratic societies.
Combatting Disinformation and Post-Truth Politics to Protect Democratic Stability
Imagine a world where people can't tell the difference between a fact and a lie, making it impossible to agree on basic truths. This work creates a toolkit to spot these 'post-truth' patterns and teaches people how to filter out noise. It's like giving citizens a mental filter to stop fake news from breaking their trust in society.
What needed solving
Companies and institutions struggle to operate in 'post-truth' environments where disinformation erodes trust and social cohesion. This creates instability for digital platforms and educational providers.
What was built
A set of policy recommendations, toolkits for citizenship education, and empirical indicators to analyze and mitigate post-truth politics.
Who needs this
Who can put this to work
If you are a digital news publisher dealing with a collapse in reader trust — this project developed empirical indicators for post-truth politics that help newsrooms adapt to increased demands for quality journalism.
If you are a threat intelligence firm dealing with state-sponsored influence operations — this project developed a conceptual definition and operationalization of strategic disinformation as an external challenge.
Quick answers
What is the cost or price for implementing these toolkits?
Based on available project data, there is no pricing information provided as this is a research project funded by the EU.
Can these tools be deployed at an industrial scale?
The project focuses on developing recommendations, toolkits, and narratives. Based on available project data, these are intended for policy and educational use rather than industrial-scale software deployment.
What are the IP and licensing terms for the developed methodologies?
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not mentioned; however, it is a Horizon Europe project which typically emphasizes open dissemination of results.
How does this affect regulatory compliance for digital platforms?
The project specifically analyzes the impacts of regulatory responses to disinformation, providing evidence-based policy recommendations.
What is the timeline for the availability of the final toolkits?
The project period runs from 2022-10-01 to 2025-09-30, suggesting results will be finalized by September 2025.
Who built it
The consortium is heavily academic, consisting of 8 universities and 4 research organizations across 12 countries. With 0 industry partners and only 2 SMEs, the project is driven by theoretical and empirical research rather than commercial application, indicating that the outputs will be high-level policy and educational guidelines.
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