Structural Indicators to Monitor Online Disinformation Scientifically

Of European scope.

"The Code of Practice on Disinformation includes a provision for a measure of its effectiveness over time through Structural Indicators (SIs), to ensure that it meets its objective of fightingmisinformation. Early implementations of the SIs have shown that devising and implementing fit-for-purposeindicators is not a straightforward task. Ultimately, these SIs will need to cover all major platforms and all Member States, be tracked over time, and offer a statistically significantmeasure of the state of play on multiple aspects of the d/misinformation phenomenon, all the while remaining methodologically sound and not be overly resource-intensive to measure. As an applied research project, ours will strive to develop and implement a practical-yet-methodologically-rigorous measure for 4 of the dimensions identified in EDMO’s second report on SIs [1]. We will cover 6 social media platforms (VLOP signatories of the Code + Twitter/X) in 4 EU languages (French, Polish, Slovak, and Spanish)."

Researchers

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Andreas

Kaltenbrunner

Leader

Ishari

Amarasinghe

Jacopo

Amidei