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UNESCO estimates that 87% of people consider disinformation to be a major problem. Panelists from leading EU institutions and fact checking organizations joined Matt Cooke to share how the European Media and Information Fund is fueling new projects aimed at combatting the spread of disinformation; from finding new ways of making citizens more interested in facts to countering misinfo through self awareness. You can view the session online here, featuring Matt Cooke, Paolo Cesarini, Martina Hilbertová, Aleksandra Monkos, PhD, Stowarzyszenie Demagog ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dTjzUqG4

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Matt Cooke

Head of Google News Lab

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Great to be here in Perugia and grateful to our fantastic panel. Learn more at emifund.eu

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Robin Suchan

Corporate Communications, EMEA at Google

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This was a great panel! I will definitely check out the countering misinfo game shared by Aleksandra Monkos, PhD

JH Choi

Founder & CEO, DBEVIL | Whistleblower | ex-Google | EB1A Recipient (Opinions are my own and therefore are not associated with my company in any way unless otherwise stated).

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The scale and scope of this ad fraud (plus accounting fraud) and disinformation scheme are both self-explanatory and irrefutable https://bit.ly/3U17W5i https://bit.ly/4d53VWc https://bit.ly/3UnvFxG https://bit.ly/3Un89Rr https://bit.ly/44mpwFH

Piotr Wysocki, EMBA

Head of International Collaboration Unit at the National AIDS Centre

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If such a high percentage considers disinformation to be a serious problem, it means they are also able to distinguish information from disinformation. It's hard to believe.

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