#Disinformation keeps evolving — and so must our response 🛡️
As our partners at TNO highlight, addressing this complex challenge isn’t just about tools. It requires genuine #collaboration across society.
🖇️ Take a look at what the #VIGILANTProject has achieved: bit.ly/4olqOcb
The #VIGILANTProject was featured at the EU Commission’s 6th Annual JRC Disinformation Workshop “Defending European Democracy” 🇪🇺
Dr. Brendan Spillane (@ucddublin.bsky.social) shared how VIGILANT’s AI tools help counter #disinformation & FIMI — protecting Europe’s info space.🛡️
📌 bit.ly/3LVJDVJ
💬 How can #truth and #democracy thrive in times of #fakenews?
Zlatko Valentic is bringing this question from the university halls to the public sphere — exploring how understanding and dialogue can help counter #disinformation.
Read more in @badische-zeitung.de: bit.ly/4oAwY9o
#VIGILANTProject
📊 As social media platforms changed and data access became more restricted, the #VIGILANTProject team had to adapt fast.
Jakub Šimko (@kinitsk.bsky.social) shares how flexibility and #innovation helped turn these challenges into an opportunity.
👉 Key achievements: bit.ly/42R3US6
💭 Fighting #disinformation isn’t just about #technology — it’s about #ethics too.
As Zlatko Valentic (University of Freiburg) reminds, the #VIGILANTProject ensured that every step — from data collection to tool development — respected freedom of expression, data protection, and ethical standards. ⚖️
✨ #Trust, #collaboration, and #innovation — the key ingredients behind VIGILANT Project’s success.
Here’s what our Principal Investigator, Brendan Spillane (@ucddublin.bsky.social), had to say about the journey 👇
More on key achievements: bit.ly/42R3US6
#VIGILANTProject #Disinformation
✨ After three years of #collaboration, #innovation, and #research, the #VIGILANTProject is wrapping up!
However, the journey doesn’t end here — VIGILANT’s results will continue to support a safer, more resilient #digital Europe.
Stay tuned for more!
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/42R3US6
C4: Consequences in the #C5InteractionModel (part of the #VIGILANTProject) looks at the real-world impact of disinformation—how it escalates from belief change to polarisation, radicalisation, and even violence.
💡📘 The new #VIGILANTProject white paper Access to Data for Researchers: A Look Over the Horizon highlights these challenges and suggests how Europe can make data access more open, fair, and secure for public-interest research.
🔎 As online threats like information manipulation grow more complex, researchers need reliable and timely access to social media data to understand and respond to them.
💬 Explore the main recommendations and read the full report by #VIGILANTProject: bit.ly/4ojcpOb
👮♂️💻Last week, the #VIGILANTProject successfully delivered a multi-day technical training workshop for police authorities, focused on detecting and analyzing #disinformation using the VIGILANT platform.
👉 More on the project: bit.ly/46USYUN
#Training #LawEnforcement
🧠 What does #Disinformation look like?
C3: Content in the #C5InteractionModel (from the #VIGILANTProject) breaks down the forms, channels, strategies, and narratives used to mislead and manipulate.
📄 Explore more in the full report: bit.ly/4mGWrMF
🎯 Why do actors create #Disinformation?
C2: Causes in the #C5InteractionModel (developed under #VIGILANTProject) examines both the who and the why behind disinformation.
📍Understanding who creates disinformation and why is key to stopping it.
📎 Full report by TNO here: bit.ly/4o0u25j
🔍 To address hate speech, online bullying & foreign manipulation, #researchers need timely access to social media data.
Yet legal, tech & financial barriers remain. Our new #VIGILANTProject paper shows how Europe can support them & boost #digitalresilience.
👉 Read more here: bit.ly/42dd4br
🧭 #Disinformation is deeply shaped by its context
C1: Context, part of the #C5InteractionModel under #VIGILANTProject, shows how factors like region, media ecosystems, political climates, and major events determine the style, targets, and impact of disinformation.
📄 Full report: bit.ly/4nepkAK
💡 @kinitsk.bsky.social researchers created MultiSocial, a new dataset to test how well tools can spot #AI-generated text on social media.
🔍 Fine-tuned detectors adapt best, and platform & language choice affects performance.
📎 bit.ly/4nuZoRc
#VIGILANTProject #DigitalSecurity #Disinformation
🌍 #VIGILANTProject returned to #GLOBSEC2025 Forum in Prague!
Brendan Spillane (@ucddublin.bsky.social) & @gary-munnelly.bsky.social (@adaptcentre.bsky.social) shared how VIGILANT Project can support authorities facing crises, extremism & radicalisation online.
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/4nwNAh8
🛡️ #Disinformation isn’t just misleading—it can incite real harm.
To combat this, the C5 Interaction Model, developed by TNO
under #VIGILANTProject, gives law enforcement a powerful framework to #analyse and #counter disinformation before it escalates.
📄 Read the full report here: bit.ly/3HFFW56
📘💡New from #VIGILANTProject & TNO: a practical guide to understand & counter #disinformation
It covers:
🔎 How it spreads
🌀 The C5 Model (Context, Causes, Content, Consequences, Cycle)
🛠️ Tools for impact & response
👉 bit.ly/45WYJki
#DigitalSecurity #EUResearch
How can #AI help police face growing #disinformation threats? 📰 @irishtimes.com featured the #VIGILANTProject:
✅ Spot emerging risks like violent attacks & terrorism
✅ Analyse text & images
✅ Expose harmful networks
📑 bit.ly/4lBFq5S
#DigitalSecurity #TechForGood
💡From 4–6 June, IDSF25 in Vienna brought together 500+ experts to discuss Balancing Sovereignty and Solidarity in the Digital Age.
Representing #VIGILANTProject, Róbert Móro 🎙 (@kinitsk.bsky.social) joined the panel on digital threats and information integrity.
📑 bit.ly/41Hvpga
#DigitalSecurity
At #VIGILANTProject, we’re creating tools to help detect #disinformation — but smart checking starts with you.
🔍🎙️ Through the #VIGILANTProject, Owen Conlan explores how to give users more control over personalised, AI-driven systems — a key step in building tools that empower police authorities and citizens to detect and resist online manipulation.
📰 #Disinformation is in the headlines almost every week—but what fuels it beneath the surface?
The C5 Interaction Model, developed by TNO for #VIGILANTProject, helps police understand and respond to harmful information manipulation.
🎙️ Neill Bo Finlayson shares more 👉 bit.ly/4fhq1Gk
#Security
🚨 Fighting disinformation with insightful analysis
The C5 Interaction Model, developed by TNO as part of the #VIGILANTProject, provides a strategic framework for European police to tackle #disinformation linked to criminal activity.
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/44XRB6K
📢 Published in Discover Global Society (@springernature.com): the C5 Interaction Model—a multidisciplinary framework for understanding #disinformation.
📖 Neill Bo Finlayson (TNO) explains the thinking behind the model 👇
🔗 bit.ly/3IglFmy
#VIGILANTProject #Security #DigitalResilience
Harmful narratives don’t just shape opinions - they can fuel division and escalate tensions. By analysing how these narratives emerge and spread, we can better equip law enforcement to respond effectively.
#VIGILANTProject #Disinformation #Security #DigitalResilience
📌 Last week, the #VIGILANTProject took part in the Security Research Event 2025 at EXPO XXI in Warsaw, joining leading voices in #EU civil #security and #innovation
✨ Thanks to all who stopped by our booth and engaged with our work!
📎 More on VIGILANT Project: bit.ly/4ludmBQ
#SRE2025 #DigitalTrust
In a new interview published by The University of Freiburg, Zlatko Valentic reflects on whether we truly live in an “age of disinformation” — and how #disinformation undermines trust, dialogue, and shared understanding.
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