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Faktisk.no, University of Bergen launch AI tool prototypes
The tools, developed by UiB doctoral student Sohail Ahmed Khan, are used for recognizing armored vehicles and for language detection in videos The tools were developed by Khan during a two-month stay with NORDIS partner Faktisk.no’s verification newsroom, Faktisk Verifiserbar. The newsroom, while headed by Faktisk.no, was a joint effort between a wide range of…
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NORDIS leader gives keynote at Nordic Democracy Day
NORDIS leader, professor Anja Bechmann of Aarhus University’s DATALAB, gave a keynote address at Nordic Democracy Day seminar in Hanaholmen, Finland. The headline topic was democracy and digitalisation, and the speakers addressed various aspects of the challenges technological developments pose to democracies, especially in the digital domain, from hybrid threats to the need for improved…
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Introducing: Fact-checking tools database
We’re happy to unveil the fact-checking tools database! The database, which was conceived at a meeting during Global Fact 9 in Oslo, contains a list of tools connected to various parts of the fact-checking process, including the identification and verification of claims, as well as the distribution of fact-checks. The database was compiled by NORDIS…
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NORDIS Policy Work: a report in brief
Our first-year report on our policy work. While NORDIS works independently from national and international authorities and private interests, the findings and practical insights of the NORDIS partners can be a key factor in better countering information disorders in the region. Hence, the NORDIS partners have worked continuously to share their expertise, findings, and knowledge…
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One year of NORDIS: a brief report on the activities of the consortium
The consortium marks its first anniversary. September 1st 2022 marked the successful implementation of the first half of the initial two-year project period of the Nordic Observatory for Digital Media and Information Disorder (NORDIS). From the start, NORDIS has set out to be a consortium that creates synergies across countries and sectors (academics and journalists/fact-checkers/educators),…
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New NORDIS preprint: Expressions of joy during the COVID-19 pandemic
Study by NORDIS partners at Aarhus University’s DATALAB detects joy, anger, but little fear in corpus of Nordic Twitter posts. The following post provides the Executive summary of the report by the DATALAB team. The full report can be accessed here. The COVID-19 pandemic has allowed for unprecedented studies of public emotions in times of…
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Welcome to the NORDIS website!
Welcome to the official website of the NORDIS consortium. We are one of the regional hubs of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), covering Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Our team consists of academics, fact-checkers, and media literacy professionals. This website will be used to make our work accessible to stakeholders and other interested parties,…