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The Fondation Descartes

The Fondation Descartes is a citizen-based, non-partisan, and independent European foundation dedicated to information-based issues.

Operations and Governance

The Fondation Descartes is structured around three main bodies: a board of directors chaired by Jean-Philippe Hecketsweiler; a scientific advisory board led by Gérald Bronner; and a permanent team headed by Laurent Cordonier, director of research.

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Our reports

Each year, the Fondation Descartes publishes an in-depth study on one of its key topics related to disinformation: conflicts, health, or climate. Explore these publications in full.

Thematic overviews

The Fondation Descartes publishes thematic overviews written by its research team on major themes related to information and disinformation.

Experts' blog

The Fondation Descartes publishes contributions from its affiliated experts, who speak in a personal capacity. The expert circle is multidisciplinary, including specialists from information and communication sciences, cognitive and behavioral sociology, international relations, philosophy, psychology, and journalism.

Our annual conferences

The Fondation Descartes organises annual conferences revolving around health, climate and conflict disinformation.

Our partnerships

In its efforts to tackle disinformation, the Fondation Descartes joins forces with other key players in the information ecosystem.

Our podcasts

With France Info, the Fondation Descartes explores historical disinformation in its podcast series "Les Infox de l'Histoire."

Actors

The Descartes Foundation offers you a cartography of the main actors involved in researching on the quality of information, or in fighting against disinformation, in France and throughout the world.

Initiatives

Fact checkers, web extensions, journalistic standards... The Fondation Descartes offers you a map of initiatives in France and around the world involved in asserting the quality of information or in fighting against disinformation.

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Our references and resources

The Fondation Descartes' experts select and comment on key publications on disinformation, trust in the media and the Foundation's other research topics. This data base is available online to members of the Foundation and in the Foundation's documentation centre.

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10 Sep 2021

Effective state practices against disinformation

This report proposes a series of recommendations based on the strengths identified in each of these countries.
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10 Sep 2021

Vaccine Misinformation Insights Report: June

This report documents the Covid-19-related media and misinformation themes that generated the most online reaction.
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10 Sep 2021

2021 Digital News Report

The report examines the impact of Covid-19 on news consumption and the circulation of false information.
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02 Aug 2021

Who is behind Spanish Telegram’s storm of Covid Disinformation?

Coda Story examines the network of information sources spreading "skeptical" talk about Covid-19 in Spain on Telegram messaging.
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02 Aug 2021

Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter

An investigation by the AP and the Oxford Internet Institute examines the propaganda spread by the Chinese Communist Party on Twitter.
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02 Aug 2021

What’s the Hold-up? How YouTube’s inaction allowed the spread of a major French COVID-19 conspiracy documentary

A study shows how the documentary Hold-Up remained available on YouTube despite containing false and misleading information.
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02 Aug 2021

Reporting on scientific failures and holding the science community accountable: 5 tips for journalists

This study provides recommendations to journalists to help them report more accurately on scientific work.
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26 Jul 2021

An Ongoing Infodemic

This Reuters report discusses a study conducted in eight countries on misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines in 8 countries.
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26 Jul 2021

Defending the Rule of Law in the Age of Platforms

This report presents a critical view of the Digital Services Act, a directive by the European Union to regulate digital platforms.
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02 Jul 2021

The Digital Services Act: redefining hosting services and content moderation responsibilities

The Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the European Union has published two studies that call for the redefinition of the status of “hosting” services and of their content moderation responsibilities.
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