The European Commission announced FACT as a new regional hub to be added to the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO). FACT will work on disinformation campaigns analysis, focusing on Russian disinformation. It will also monitor the upcoming electoral period in Moldova.
By Creatives Unite Newsroom
As announced by the European Commission, FACT will be the 15th member of the independent regional hubs network of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO). FACT's main focus will be on detecting and analysing disinformation campaigns, especially Russian disinformation. Among others, FACT will also contribute to ensuring elecotral integrity in Moldova, ahead of the elections scheduled for the 28th of September 2025.
Along with the establishment of the new FACT hub, six EDMO hubs will continue their work, as selected to renew their current funding contracts beyond their ending in 2025. "All the hubs were selected after a call for proposals and they will benefit from around €8.8 million funding support from the Digital Europe Programme over a period of 30 to 36 months" as announced by the Commission. The six hubs are the following:
- ADMO - Adria Digital Media Observatory (covering Croatia and Slovenia);
- BECID - Baltic Engagement Centre for Combating Information Disorders (covering Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania);
- BROD - Bulgarian-Romanian Observatory of Digital Media;
- GADMO - German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory;
- LAKMUSZ - EDMO Hungarian hub against disinformation;
- MedDMO - Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory (covering Greece, Malta and Cyprus).
As all EDMO hubs, FACT will establish a cross-border and multidisciplinary community of independent researchers, fact-checkers and media literacy specialists, aiming at monitoring the EU’s online information space and strengthening societal resilience against manipulation and disinformation.
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