LIE DETECTORS In the news

Television: ZDF | 14th Mai 2024

Fake-News erkennen (In German)

Our Head of Germany and Switzerland Programme, Annkatrin Kaiser talks about the fake news phenomenon and the dangers of manipulated images.

Event: ARD | 18th Oktober 2023

ARD Jugendmedientag beim SR (In German)

ARD Youth Media Day at SR included a presentation about Lie Detectors mission and work. Read the article here.

Article: OÖNachrichten | 5th Juli 2023

Warum es Fake News gibt und wie man sie entlarvt (In German)

Read what Christian Diabl had to say about our work.

Radio: SWR | 1st April 2022

„Fake News“ auf dem Stundenplan – Wie Schulen Medienkompetenz stärken (In German)

Lie Detectors work mentioned in a radio segment about fake news and how young people can learn to evaluate information correctly.

 

Webinar: Media & Learning | 23rd März 2022

Teacher Education in Digital & Media Literacy – effective Continuing Professional Development

Lie Detectors spoke at the Media & Learning webinar with a host of other speakers.

Podcast: EU Politics | 21st Mai 2021

Hijacked elections and Covid sabotage: Calls to regulate against online disinformation

As more elections approach in the EU this year, the spread of disinformation on social networks is a bigger issue than ever. Listen to Juliane’s interview here.

Podcast: Common Ground | 15th Februar 2021

Episode 18: Fighting Fake News – Is it censorship or necessary to preserve democracy?

Listen here for Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck’s interview.

Article: stern | 1st Oktober 2020

Verschwörungsgläubige, Neonazis, Esoteriker – so reden Sie mit Menschen, die nur ihre eigene Wahrheit kennen (In German)

A diverse mix of conspiracy theorists, anti-vaccine advocates and neo-Nazis partipcated in Berlin’s COVID-19 protests, all with a common distrust of mainstream information. Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck offered insights on the importance of improving media literacy amoung young people to counter the corrosive issue of disinformation.

Podcast: BBC Woman’s Hour | 4th August 2020

How to help your child spot fake news

Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck talks about how Lie Detectors empowers schoolchildren to identify propaganda and distorted facts online.

Article: Deutsche Welle | 21st Juni 2019

Kampf gegen Fake News im Klassenzimmer (In German)

Teri Shultz talks explores how Lie Detectors work to equip young media users to discern truth from falsehood.

 

Article: Financial Times | 31st Januar 2019

How schools are fighting fake news

Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper sat in on one of our classroom visits in Molenbeek, Brussels. Read the full article here!

 

ICT 2018: Imagine Digital – Connect Europe, Vienna, Austria | 7th Dezember 2018

PRESS RELEASE: Lie Detectors wins European Digital Skills Award

Lie Detectors Founder and CEO Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck accepted the award from European Schoolnet Executive Director Marc Durando and European Digital Economy and Society Commissioner Mariya Gabriel

Awards : Digital Skills EU | 26th November 2018

Lie Detectors shortlisted for Digital Skills Awards 2018

Lie Detectors made it to the top 5 shortlisted projects in the Digital skills in education category of the European Digital Skills awards 2018 The European Commission launched the Awards to put the spotlight on projects which contribute to the development of digital skills in Europe. The finalists are invited to exhibit their project at the ICT 2018 conference in Vienna on 6 December 2018 in the presence of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel.

 

Artikel: Good Impact | 10th September 2018

Frühe Aufklärung gegen Fake News

Kinder kommen immer früher in Kontakt mit sozialen Medien und den darin verbreiteten Nachrichten. Um zu unterscheiden, was Tatsachen entspricht und was nicht, gibt es immer mehr Projekte, die Kinder in Sachen Medienkompetenz schulen. Lie Detectors ist eines davon und will mit Hilfe von Journalisten für mehr Aufklärung sorgen.

Jungen mit Smartphone, Fake News, Bildung, Aufklärung, Schule

Foto: Pixabay (CC0)

VIDEO: Leipzig Festival of Light | 12th Juni 2018

 
Excellent clip of this year’s Leipzig Festival of Light, commemorating the city’s role as a centre of dissidence under Communism. Lie Detectors founder Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck was lucky to be invited to speak before an audience of 15,000 about journalists‘ role in rebuilding trust in facts. Some soundbites from 01:55.

Podcast: AFP’s The Europeans |

Fake snus

The Europeans, the new political AFP podcast, interviewed Lie Detectors founder Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck about how to tackle fake news in classrooms, and about the efforts in this field by the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Fake News, of which Lie Detectors is a member. The Lie Detectors segment runs from 10:10 to 19:20.

The Atlantic |

Italy and the Rest of Europe Fight With “Fake News”

The Atlantic spoke with Lie Detectors for this great story on fake news, the Italian elections and the future of Europe.

Oped: Euractiv | 24th November 2017

The trouble with fighting fakes with facts

Europe’s fight against disinformation requires a trust in legitimate media, writes Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck.

King Baudouin Foundation US | 22nd Oktober 2017

Detecting fake news with Lie Detectors

M – Menschen Machen Medien | 16th Juni 2017

Schulprojekt: Mit Check gegen Fake-News

Press Releases

Voices is heading to Zagreb | 16th Juli 2024

The European Festival of Journalism and Media Literacy will be in Zagreb in 2025.  

The celebration of media literacy, ethical journalism and media pluralism will be in the beautiful Muzej suvremene umjetnosti on February 28 and March 1, 2025. 

Pre-register here now to take part in meetings, discussions, workshops, screenings and award ceremonies around the topic of journalism, democracy and education at the Festival.  

Lie Detectors will host several training workshops, with registration details to come. 

For those developing innovative journalism and media literacy formats, there are ten Voices Awards worth €1,000 each available to apply for. Start your application here. 

Voices is co-funded by the EU and brings together Lie Detectors, the European Broadcasting Union, the European Federation of Journalists, the European University Institute, Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, Savoir Devenir, EAVI – Media Literacy for Citizenship and Association Journalisme et Citoyenneté.

 

 

Events

All Digital Summit, Brussels, Belgium | 26th November 2018

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.

 

Evens Foundation, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21st September 2017

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.