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Explore the latest information about the global efforts for containing fake news and get updates about the progress of the EAF project.

Explore Council of Europe’s Resources on Fake News

Propaganda, misinformation and fake news have the potential to polarize public opinion, to promote violent extremism and hate speech and, ultimately, to undermine democracies and reduce trust in the democratic processes. It is vital for schools to provide students...

BBC publishes Teaching Resources on Fake News

BBC has published a collection of classroom resources that can be used to support secondary school teaching around digital literacy and fake news. These resources might be used as part of Safer Internet Day, to help educate pupils on using technology safely,...

13 Facts About Fake News That You Need to Know in 2024

Fake news became a global phenomenon during the US presidential election race of 2016, but it was around long before then. It has been around for centuries and is a type of propaganda tool used to spread hoaxes and disinformation. The rise of fake news correlates...

4 Tips to Spot Misinformation on the Web

WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED how the Israel-Hamas war is the latest conflict where people are poring over social media and news channels looking for updates on what, exactly, is happening. After all, whether it’s news about our neighborhoods or communities on the other...

How to Spot Real and Fake News by MindTools

When Alice scrolls through her social media feed, she's stopped in her tracks by the news that her company is about to be bought out by its biggest rival. She quickly posts a response, shares the story with her contacts, and emails it to her team so that they can...

EAF News

This section provides you with the news about recent developments and achievements of the EAF of our project, some news from our partners, and much more.

The EAF event took place in Croatia

The first EAF event was held in Varazdin, Croatia, from April 21 to 24, 2023. Within it, we brought together a large number of young people, educators, and media and policy experts to discuss how fake news are formed, disseminated, and received by people...

The EAF event took place in Greece

The second EAF event was implemented in the Mandoulides School in the Greek city of Thessaloniki from 27 to 30 September 2023. It brought together a group of enthusiastic young people, youth educators, and media and policy activists and enabled them to discuss and...

EAF Graffiti are now available online

Within the framework of „Europeans Against Fake News” project, and as a crowning work of its event in Varaždin, young people from around Europe have sketched grafiti covering 4 thematic units of the project – Climate change, Migrations, Covid-19 and Euroscepticism....

EAF Escape Challenges Have been tested!

As a final product of the EAF event held in Thessaloniki, Greece, we are happy to present the Escape Challenges developed through the joint work of young people, trainers and experts from around Europe. These engaging challenges combine playing games with...

EAF event is organized in Slovenia

The third EAF event took place in the Ivan Cankar student dormitory and in the Secondary school of economics in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 22nd to 25th October 2023. The event gathered a diverse group of youth educators, young people, and media and...

EAF Flashmobs are put into action

Within the third EAF event, young Europeans took on a mission to spread the knowledge they have acquired through the event by creating a series of engaging flash mob performance. The performances were later organized in several busy locations in Slovenia’s capital...

Online EAF event is successfully implemented

The fourth EAF event was implemented online from 25th to 28th March 2024. It brought together media and policy experts, youth educators, and young people to enable them to explore the fake news phenomenon and the dangers it poses to public discourse and...

The EAF event took place in Valencia, Spain

The fifth EAF event was implemented in the Maria Auxilladora School in Alegemesi, region of Valencia (Spain), from 23rd to 26th April 2024. The event brought together a diverse group of young people, youth educators, and media and policy experts and enabled...

EAF Podcasts Are Out!

As a follow-up to the EAF event in Valencia, young Europeans who took part in it organized a recording of 4 podcasts covering 4 thematic units of the project - migrations, Covid-19, Euroscepticism, and climate change. Within them, we discussed with young people and...

Visit the EAF Virtual Exhibition

EAF Virtual Exhibition is a 360-degree display of memes and other graphic works that explain what narratives lay behind common fake news through a fun and thought-provoking medium of memes. The memes were created by participants of the Online EAF event that was...

The projet “Europeans Against Fake News” is co-funded by the European Union.