LIE DETECTORS In the news
PRESS RELEASE: Lie Detectors gagne un European Digital Skills Award
Lie Detectors sélectionné pour les Digital Skills Awards 2018
Lie Detectors est arrivé dans les 5 premiers finalistes de la catégorie « éducation » des European Digital Skills awards 2018. La commission européenne a créé cette récompense dans le but de mettre en lumière les projets qui contribuent au développement des compétences digitales en Europe. Lie Detectors, en tant que finaliste, est invité à présenter son projet lors de la conférence ICT 2018 à Vienne le 6 décembre, en présence de la commissaire de l’économie numérique, Mariya Gabriel.
L’éducation des jeunes enfants contre la désinformation
Les réseaux sociaux et la désinformation qui y circule touche les enfants de plus en plus jeunes en Europe. Un nombre croissant de projets sont lancés dans le but de booster l’éducation aux médias. Lie Detectors est l’un de ces projets, faisant appel à des journalistes professionnels pour aider les enfants à vérifier leurs faits (article en allemand)

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Belgian expert group publishes report with recommendations (in French)
The Belgian report of the expert group on fake news and disinformation is out and highlights Lie Detectors as best practice.
Marco Bertolaso, head of news at Germany’s Deutschlandfunk, interviews Lie Detectors founder
Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck explains why politicians and experts demand more media literacy for students and how « Lie Detectors » deals with this.
Italy Scrambles to Fight Misinformation Ahead of Its Elections
The Atlantic spoke with Lie Detectors for this great story on fake news, the Italian elections and the future of Europe.
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.
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.
The trouble with fighting fakes with facts
Europe’s fight against disinformation requires a trust in legitimate media, writes Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck.
Detecting fake news with Lie Detectors
Press Releases
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE par 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
Events
All Digital Summit
L’équipe de Lie Detectors s’est adonnée à l’exercice du lightning talk durant le ALL DIGITAL Summit 2018 afin d’expliquer comment en finir avec les vases clos, jeter des passerelles et booster la confiance dans le journalisme éthique. Le sommet a exploré le rôle significatif des compétences digitales dans l’amélioration de l’éducation aux médias, en adressant les problèmes sociaux d’une manière sophistiquée et inclusive.
Feature Conference of Global MIL Week 2018
Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck a participé en tant qu’intervenante à la Feature Conference of Global MIL Week 2018 de l’UNESCO, à Kaunas en Lithuanie, soulignant que le pouvoir de décider ce qui est faux ou vrai ne devrait pas être laissé aux gouvernments, et que lorsque le fact-checking et l’auto-régulation ne sont plus suffisants, il faut se rendre compte de l’importance de l’éducation aux médias.
Fact-checking in the EP: Views from the Ground
Lie Detectors a participé au panel « Spread of (dis)information – views from the academia and from the ground » durant l’évènement Fact-checking in the EP organisé par le Parlement européen ce mois-ci, afin de mettre en lumière le rôle crucial de l’éducation aux médias dans la discussion sur le fact-checking, tout en soulignant le rôle des journalistes afin de rendre l’éducation aux médias vivante et personnelle.
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.
Deutschlandfunk’s Kölner Forum für Journalismuskritik
Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck was present during the « Kölner Forum für Journalismuskritik », a forum taking a self-critical look at journalists’ own actions, to explain how Lie Detectors can help when parents and teachers do not always have the opportunity or the necessary knowledge to talk to the children about the media.
Workshop on media literacy at the Reporter Forum
Co-founder and founding member Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck and Wilfried Rütten were present during one of the workshop of the citizen initiative Reporter-Forum in Hamburg to discuss how journalists can improve the media literacy of pupils.
European Commission starts consultation to counter disinformation
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.
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. »
Education & critical thinking in the age of Fake News
Lie Detectors responded to the invitation of the European Parliament to participate in this debate aimed to reflect on the new role of education in developing resilience and critical thinking among children as the best way to enable healthy, well- informed and reliable societies.
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).
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.
Media pluralism and the rule of law 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.