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Slovak Media Welcomes New Oligarchs

The oligarchs’ grip on the Slovak media continued to strengthen in the past year, but a few doughty independent media put up fierce resistance.

Disinformation Sites Take in Millions from Online Ads Provided by Ad Tech Companies

March 18, 2020

The Global Disinformation Index (GDI) has published new research that shows disinformation sites across Europe take in more than US$76 million in ad revenues every year.

A Tough Market for Misinformers to Crack

Misinformation is not absent in Moldova, but its sources are located in state and commercial mainstream media. Smaller websites have a hard time to survive.

Irion on Artificial Intelligence and EU Trade Policy

March 6, 2020

A study by researchers from the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law, including CMDS Fellow Kristina Irion, recommends that EU trade policy should take steps to anticipate transnational challenges in AI deployment.

Átlátszó Publishes Investigation in the Framework of a CMDS Project

March 5, 2020

Átlátszó, an independent online media outlet in Hungary, investigated the hazardous waste deposit at the red sludge reservoirs in the Hungarian village Almásfüzitő. The article is the result of the cooperation of academic researchers and journalists in our Black Waters project.