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Debunk.org

Debunk.org
Demaskuok
Formation2018 (2018)[1]
TypeThink tank, Non-governmental organisation
FocusCounter-disinformation,[2] Fact-checking,[2] Media literacy education[2]
HeadquartersVilnius, Lithuania[3]
Location
  • Vilnius, Lithuania
Region served
Baltic states
MethodsArtificial intelligence,[2] Content analysis,[2] Breakout scale concept,[2]Web scraping[1]
Official languages
English, Lithuanian, Russian
Key people
Viktoras Daukšas (Director)[4]
Expenses (2020)€300,000[5]
FundingDelfi,[6] Digital News Initiative[6]
Staff (2020)
15[7]
Volunteers (2023)
Increase 200+[2]
Websitedebunk.org

Debunk.org is an independent technology think tank and non-governmental organisation based in Vilnius, Lithuania.[8][3] Founded in 2018, the organisation was developed to counter online disinformation and state-sponsored internet propaganda.[1] It researches and analyses disinformation within the Baltic states, Poland, Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and the United States.[9][8] It also aims to improve societal resilience to disinformation through educational courses and media literacy campaigns.[8]

Its current director is Viktoras Daukšas.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "'Combatting online disinformation'". Google News Initiative. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "'About DebunkEU.org'". DebunkEU.org. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Lithuanians are using software to fight back against fake news". The Economist. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference dw-article1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "'Repository: Fact-Checking Initiatives in the EU (and in the UK)'". European Digital Media Observatory. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b Pashayan, Angela (19 August 2022). "'How citizen groups are fighting internet disinformation and racial discord'". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference gec-disinfo-email was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b c Denisenko, Viktor (2022). "Disinformation Analysis and Citizen Activism in the "Post-Truth" Era: The Case of DebunkEU.org". In Chakars, Janis; Ekmanis, Indra (eds.). Information Wars in the Baltic States: Russia's Long Shadow. The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-99987-2. ISBN 978-3-030-99987-2. S2CID 252551557.
  9. ^ Venclauskienė, Laima (2021). "Countering disinformation as an outright collective mandate to safeguard democracy" (PDF). Convergences. No. 17. Venice: Club of Venice. pp. 90–96. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

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