Fact-checking alliance GADMO starts fight against disinformation in Germany and Austria
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2025 9:04 am
It is the largest merger of fact-checking teams and research in the German-speaking world: the German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory (GADMO) is launching on November 1st. The aim of the project is the coordinated fight against false claims and disinformation campaigns on the Internet . The leading fact-checking organizations in the German-speaking world, the German Press Agency ( dpa ), the Agence France Press (AFP), the Austria Press Agency (APA) and the independent research network Correctiv, are working together for the first time. They are cooperating with researchers from the Technical University of Dortmund and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. The technical partner is the Athens Technology Center. GADMO indonesia gambling data is being funded by the EU Commission for the first two and a half years.
GADMO pursues the following objectives, among others:
Make fact-checking more accessible to the public and collect it in one central location.
Identify and scientifically investigate disinformation campaigns.
Promoting media literacy in Austria and Germany.
"Disinformation, propaganda and lies are our greatest enemies in the fight for an enlightened society," explains Peter Kropsch, Chairman of the dpa Management Board. "Together we can achieve a lot. In the GADMO project, practice and research work hand in hand across national borders."
GADMO pursues the following objectives, among others:
Make fact-checking more accessible to the public and collect it in one central location.
Identify and scientifically investigate disinformation campaigns.
Promoting media literacy in Austria and Germany.
"Disinformation, propaganda and lies are our greatest enemies in the fight for an enlightened society," explains Peter Kropsch, Chairman of the dpa Management Board. "Together we can achieve a lot. In the GADMO project, practice and research work hand in hand across national borders."