PRESS RELEASE by Lie Detectors, Faktabaari & Savoir*Devenir: European Commission’s drive to tackle Fake News and Digital Disinformation needs fast action on education and independent funding guarantees

All Digital Summit

Lie Detectors’ team gave a lightning talk during the ALL DIGITAL Summit 2018 on how to break silos, build bridges and to boost trust in ethical journalism. The summit explored the significant role of digital skills to improve media literacy, addressing societal issues in a smart and inclusive way.

Feature Conference of Global MIL Week 2018

Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck spoke at the Feature Conference of Global MIL Week 2018 in Kaunas, Lithuania, making the point that if it cannot be for governments to decide what is true and what is false, and if self regulation and fact-checking is not enough, this means we also need media literacy.

Fact-checking in the EP: Views from the Ground

Lie Detectors participated in the panel “Spread of (dis)information – views from the academia and from the ground” during the event Fact-checking in the EP organised by the European Parliament this month, talking about media literacy’s critical role in the discussion on factchecking and about journalists’ role in bringing media literacy to life.

ARD-Aktuell, Lie Detectors present joint project in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

ARD-Aktuell and Lie Detectors presented their collaboration to teachers from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Plenty of questions raised on news literacy for youngsters and an exciting new phase for us.

Fake news and online disinformation in the EU

Lie Detectors participated in a panel debate aimed at presenting the key initiatives and arguments in relation to fake news and online disinformation and to reflect on the way forward that was part of the College of Europe’s Executive Education summer courses.

Media Literacy Expert Group of the European Commission

Media-literacy deliberations hosted by the European Commission included discussion on safeguarding independence of media literacy initiatives.

Lie Detectors at the annual Reporter-Forum Workshop in Hamburg

Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck and former European Journalism Centre director Wilfried Ruetten made the case for journalists’ role in spreading media literacy to the next generation at a workshop of the annual Reporter-Forum in Hamburg.

Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum

Lie Detectors was invited by moderator Friederike Kärcher to present its work during the session “Four heroes against fake news: Standing up for the truth and against disinformation – creatively and sometimes unconventionally – across different cultures, societies and audiences.”

From News Literacy to ‘Newsgames’:
Conversations Celebrating World Press Freedom Day

To celebrate World Press Freedom Day, Lie Detectors will participate on a panel alongside journalists from The Wall Street Journal, CNN, the Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Center for Journalists to focus on the role of press freedom internationally.

International Journalism Festival

LIE DETECTORS’ founder and director Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck discussed the options and pitfalls of improving news literacy in Europe during a one-hour session on Saturday, 14 April.

International Conference: Sociétés civiles, médias et pouvoirs publics : les démocraties face aux manipulations de l’information

At a closed-door session and conference hosted by France’s Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Lie Detectors CEO Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck presented take-aways from advisory report by the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Fake News, of which Lie Detectors is a member. Fellow panelists included Harlem Désir (OSCE representative for press freedom), Damian Collins (British MP, Chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee), and Bruno Studer (Chair of the National Assembly Committee for Cultural and Education affairs).

European Commission starts consultation to counter disinformation

The European Commission has designated the fight against online disinformation a priority. In order to start the process, it will host its “Multistakeholder Conference on fake news” on 13-14 November. LIE DETECTORS’ founder and director Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck will participate in a panel discussion offering solutions to the crisis of information on 13 November.

Leipziger Lichtfest – Leipzig Festival of Light

We were extremely honoured to participate in the moving commemoration of the acts of bravery by Leipzig’s citizens in 1989, which helped bring about the peaceful end of communism and usher in democracy. The organisers of this beautiful event this year chose a focus on media freedom.

Media Meets Literacy in Sarajevo

LIE DETECTORS was excited to present its concept at the Media Meets Literacy conference, which was opened by luminaries Evgeny Morozov and Megan Boler and included dozens of participants from around the world working in dynamic, creative ways to address the challenges of a changing media world.

Campfire Festival for Journalism and New Media

LIE DETECTORS founder and director Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck discussed the challenge of false information ahead of national elections alongside journalists Karolin Schwarz (Correctiv) and Ralf Paniczek (ZDF).

Inaugural legal conference on Law in an Age of Hyperconnectivity

LIE DETECTORS presented the legal challenges and prospects facing the fight against disinformation before an audience of lawyers, journalists and officials.

Media pluralism and the rule of law in the digital age

This informal expert seminar focused on the challenges faced in the context of growing media pluralism in order to debate what different actors may do to ensure the credibility of information, trust in the media and accurately informed political debate in the digital age. The seminar aimed to provide input for the dialogue of EU ministers in the General Affairs Council on 17 October 2017, on the topic of the role of the EU and the member states in ensuring trust in a pluralistic media in the digital age.

Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck participated in a panel discussion on the role of media and social media in promoting political debate.