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Пловдивски фестивал на науката - 27-30 ноември 2025 Основан през 2023 г. в новооткрития изследователски комплекс на Центъра по растителна и системна биология и биотехнология (ЦРСББ), това е първият наученView More

The full program of the Festival is published here: beautifulscience.bg/plovdiv-scie...

Andy will focus on how our bodies and brains react to misleading information; why misinformation can increase stress, anxiety, and feelings of insecurity; how to recognize toxic "information environments" and protect ourselves from them; what is the role of media, critical thinking, and education.

BROD partner NTCenter's Andy Stoychev will be among the main guests in the thematic module within the 2025 Plovdiv Science Festival (November 27-30), which brings together leading researchers and science communicators in the field of health. brodhub.eu/bg/news/andi...

Bulgarian-Romanian Observatory of Digital Media The Bulgarian-Romanian Observatory of Digital Media aims to create a multinational, multi-stakeholder, and multidisciplinary regional hub for detection, analysis and combating disinformation circul...

Their key point: Romania’s biggest vulnerabilities come from within – corruption, weak institutions, low trust & civic engagement, lack of media education.
They call for making media education a true state priority, with funding, training, and long-term support.
Read the full position on brodhub.eu.

Position Document regarding the National Defense Strategy of the Country 2025-2030 Published Tuesday 18 November 2025 at 11:23

The BROD hub partners CJI and Funky Citizens have released a joint position on Romania’s new National Defense Strategy 2025–2030. The draft strategy marks an important step by including hybrid threats and media education as national security priorities. brodhub.eu/en/news/posi...

The study, presented in the European Parliament on November 18, highlights the urgent need for European institutions, national authorities, and platforms to adopt stronger safeguards. Its policy recommendations are designed to be applicable in both EU and non-EU contexts.

@bfmi.bsky.social's report, Tackling TikTokracy: A blueprint for fighting algorithmic manipulation in Europe, published today, reveals how algorithmic influence operations intersect with fragile media ecosystems to shape democratic outcomes. www.balkanfreemedia.org/tackling-tik...

The disinformation landscape in Romania - EU DisinfoLab Find out more about the disinformation landscape in Romania.

Romania’s information space is being shaped by a potent mix of nationalism, populism, conspiratorial mindset, and external influence. Authorities have so far struggled to counter it. Read the full report authored by Ciprian Cucu and reviewed by Madalina Botan.
www.disinfo.eu/publications...

🇹🇿 Social media posts claimed that an image showed Tanzania's president fleeing the country by helicopter after her re-election. However, this is false; it actually showed a regional commissioner attending an elephant relocation operation two months earlier. Read more: u.afp.com/TZ

Bulgaria: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025 – ipi.media The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today launch the second in a series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025, examining the state of pla...

The report provides detailed recommendations on a variety of measures and policies necessary to address media capture in Bulgaria and create a free, pluralistic and democratic media ecosystem, in line with EMFA provisions. #fundamentalrights #democracy ipi.media/wp-content/u...

Bulgaria: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025 – ipi.media The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today launch the second in a series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025, examining the state of pla...

The second in a series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025 published today by @globalfreemedia.bsky.social and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) examines the state of play in Bulgaria. #EMFA ipi.media/bulgaria-med...

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👉 Read the article originally published by @rebaltica.bsky.social, with the contribution of Delfi.ee.

The #DSA requires that users should be able to report illegal content quickly and that platforms must act immediately when the reported material involves incitement to violence, hate speech, or other serious harm.

When asked about #ConspiracyTheories, teens said that understanding them is “very important for critical thinking” (47%) and “necessary for protection” (56%). Curiosity is not the enemy — it’s a tool, and guided well, it builds cognitive resilience, NTCenter stresses.

Lead by Andy Stoycheff, NTCenter surveyed teens aged 15–19 before and after targeted learning sessions. Their sense of “understanding how information influences me” grew from 3.52 to 4.16 on a 5-point scale — a highly significant effect. #MediaLiteracy #InformationIntegrity #BROD

Disinformation and Teens: Polling Insights by NTCenter Published Tuesday 11 November 2025 at 15:35

Fewer teens now believe that “disinformation impacts others more than myself” — a drop of 37% after NTCenter’s interventions under BROD 2.0. Awareness also rose that creators of disinformation understand human reactions and exploit them to influence opinions and behaviour.
brodhub.eu/en/news/disi...

Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT); and Index on Censorship. According to the report, there has been fragile progress and modest achievements. aej-bulgaria.org/wp-content/u...

The mission involved ARTICLE 19 Europe; the Association of European Journalists; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU); the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF); the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ); the International Press Institute (IPI); Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

The topics covered are:
–– Safety of journalists
–– Electronic Media Council
–– Public Service Media
–– Legal risks
–– Media pluralism and independent journalism
–– Access to information, public trust in the media, and disinformation

Between September 24 and 26, 2025, a mission was conducted in Bulgaria by partner organizations of the Council of Europe's Platform for the Safety of Journalists and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) to assess the state of #MediaFreedom. aej-bulgaria.org/wp-content/u...

How scientists can respond to autocratisation <p>We live in an era of democratic backsliding and autocratisation, in which science is increasingly under politically-motivated attack. This webinar will provide an overview of how scientists can respond and safeguard their work. The webinar will last for 1.5 hours with time for audience Q&amp;A. This webinar is based on The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: developed by an international group of researchers, led by psychologist and disinformation expert Stephan Lewandowsky, the handbook serves as a call to action, a toolbox, and a survival guide for scholars in politically hostile environments.</p><p>Please register for this online event using the link at the bottom of the webpage.</p>

We live in an era of democratic backsliding and autocratization. Scholars and researchers are among those in the firing line. How should they respond? We will provide hints & guidance in a webinar on 13 November for the European Geophysical Union:

You can register here:

In the first half hour, Costanza Sciubba Caniglia introduced us to the topic, providing a global perspective and focusing on key aspects of the ecosystem on which Wikipedia is built. Through Wikipedia, in variatate concordia.

In just 90 minutes, we discussed Wikipedia as citizens of the societies and as representatives of the Wiki communities of Romania, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Turkey, and Bulgaria. And as such, as members of the Wikimedia CEE hub - providing the local and regional dimensions.

Sofia Information Integrity Forum 2025 came to an end today, and we couldn’t be more happy to partner the second edition of the event. Our „Wikipedia and Information Integrity” session looked at how…... Sofia Information Integrity Forum 2025 came to an end today, and we couldn’t be more happy to partner the second edition of the event. Our „Wikipedia and Information Integrity” session looked at how ...

What is Wikipedia actually, how is it constructed, how does it function, how and who creates it, what are its main principles in terms of information integrity, and what are the main challenges seen through the prism of the specific historical, social, and cultural context. tinyurl.com/3jmnkpk3

Join the Information Integrity Forum Discord Server! Welcome to the Discord community server of the Information Integrity Forum! Look around, introduce yourself and chose the roles that suits and represent who you are and what you do. Become a part of a...

Don't miss Costanza's presentation and the panel discussion on how Wikipedia upholds information integrity. Register today and join the Sofia Information Integrity Forum official server on Discord discord.gg/EDMPAbMaWu where we are building a community around and beyond the conference.

Right after her presentation, we will continue the conversation in the format of a panel discussion, bringing together the perspectives, experiences, and voices of Wiki-community members from Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia and Türkiye.

As promised earlier, here is the second highlight of the day. Costanza Sciubba Caniglia leads the Wikimedia Foundation’s information integrity programs and works on its relations with international… |... As promised earlier, here is the second highlight of the day. Costanza Sciubba Caniglia leads the Wikimedia Foundation’s information integrity programs and works on its relations with international or...

@costanzasciubba.bsky.social will be the keynote speaker of a session in the second day of the @sofiainfoforum.bsky.social dedicated to @wikipedia.org. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

In this role, Mr. Karlsbergs leads multinational efforts to analyze how communication is used as a tool for influence and conflict. He is also the Chairman of the Latvian Transatlantic Organization.

The Senior Policy and Publication Manager at the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (StratCom COE) Janis Karlsbergs will join us at SIIF 2025! He will present his keynote speech on November 6 at 9:00 CET +1. You can still register for Sofia Information Integrity Forum on SIIF.info.

It is not too late to register. Join us at siif.info to hear him unpack how we can strengthen democracy in the age of cognitive overload.