1,184 search results for “fake news 26 disinformation” in the Staff website
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Anna SmuldersFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Indira HuliselanFaculty of Humanities
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European support for Dutch-Flemish project in the fight against disinformation
Dutch and Flemish partners, including Leiden University, are joining forces as the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) in the fight against the spread of fake news, and have received the support of the European Commission.
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Seventeenth-century Dutch were masters in fake news
LUC historian Jacqueline Hylkema unmasks forgeries from the early modern Dutch Republic in the research project "Mapping the Fake Republic".
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Human rights should help fight disinformation
Professor of Media Law and Information Society Tarlach McGonagle is concerned about the increase in online disinformation and hate speech. He argues that human rights should guide new policies for the online world. McGonagle will give his inaugural lecture on 9 May.
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Fake News and Disinformation
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Newscheckers wins European Citizen Award
The fact-checking initiative Nieuwscheckers has won the Dutch round of the European Citizens Award. This prize is awarded annually to projects and initiatives that deliver an exceptional performance within the EU.
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Jill JefferyFaculty of Humanities
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Willem van RooijenFaculty of Humanities
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Addie de MoorScience
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Willem KoetsenruijterFaculty of Humanities
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Peter BurgerFaculty of Humanities
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Online curiosity explored: 'We are more likely to accept information uncritically if it answers a question'
What do people wonder about on social media? University lecturer Matthijs Westera is the recipient of an NWO grant to investigate what people are curious about online.
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Adolescents experience how susceptible they are to fake news with VR glasses and rubber hands
BrainTrain: an initiative from Leiden University in which a team of students visit high schools to make adolescents more resilient against disinformation on the news and on their socials. In an interactive two-hour guest lesson, high school pupils discover how easily their brains can be tricked into…
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Michaël OpgenhaffenFaculty of Humanities
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LDE AI Mixer on disinformation and fake news
Leiden AI Week
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As old as the road to Rome: 'Fake news was already to be found in ancient times'
Fake news a new phenomenon? Not according to Rens Tacoma and Indira Huliselan. In an NWO project, the associate professor and PhD student will delve into the twisting, scheming and tampering with facts that went on thousands of years ago.
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YAL Outreach Grants to tackle disinformation
Leiden psychologists receive an Outreach Grant from the Young Academy Leiden (YAL) to talk about facts and fables in their field of research. Marieke Bos, Lara Wierenga, Marit Ruitenberg and Sanne Willems will receive up to €1000 to realise their project.
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Bart Custers: 'NCTV cannot track citizens using fake accounts'
For years, the Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (NCTV) has collected and shared privacy-sensitive information about citizens. Experts say this is in breach of the law.
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Letters of Johan de Witt give a glimpse behind the scenes at the Disaster Year 1672
The government, the people and the country were in desperate straits. This about sums up the state of affairs in the Disaster Year of 1672. It was 350 years ago, and to mark the occasion PhD candidate Roosje Peeters collaborated on a series of letters to and from a key political figure Johan de Witt,…
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Is it a fake or not? Time for a new kind of connoisseurship
If a forged Vermeer or Rembrandt is discovered, it is world news. Yet tracing fakes has long been a low priority in art history. University lecturer Anna Tummers will receive an ERC grant of almost two million euros to change that.
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Disinformation and the law: lecture by Michael Klos on 30 June
Research
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Bart Custers in Trouw on ChatGPT and cybercrime
The EU proposal for a regulatory framework on artificial intelligence will not prevent the dangers of cybercrime or the spreading of fake news using ChatGPT. Cyber criminals can use the new technology to write harmful software, phishing mails and fake news.
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Fia van HeterenFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Astrid VandendaeleFaculty of Humanities
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Ashley WilkinsonFaculty of Humanities
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How to factcheck fake news?
Alumni event
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New elections student section Humanities Faculty Council
Organisation
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Tiffany BousardFaculty of Humanities
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'Elections are in the air here in Brussels, the energy is surreal'
German-American Mia Müller (26) has been working at the European Parliament for three years now as Press Officer at The Greens/EFA Group. She is a bit nervous about her 'first' elections.
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Misleading bar and pie charts
People can be easily mislead with graphs. But they don’t necessarily stay misled, the research shows.
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Disinformation and the law
Lecture
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New Foundations for Separation Logic
PhD defence
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Miguel MiraFaculty of Humanities
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Festive gathering citizen science project Heritage Quest on January 26
Social
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Update 26 January: Restrictions eased, working from home continued
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Tarlach McGonagleFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Henning LahmannFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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New staff
Are you about to start your new job at Leiden University? Or did you just start? Below we have summarised the most important information for new employees.
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Research Workshop on the Legal Responses to the Disinformation Crisis
Conference
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Guidelines for news articles
How do you write a good news article? Here are a number of guidelines to help you.
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Europa–Africa Partnership Seed Funding Call: join the launch webinar on 26 October
Research
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Nico StaringFaculty of Humanities
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Rik de RuiterFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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Registering new programmes
If you have an idea for a new degree programme, be aware that the registration procedure is complex and time-consuming. Your faculty, the Executive Board, the Efficiency Committee for Higher Education (CDHO) and the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) must all approve.
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Lecture Hall Building closed from 26 June till 30 August 2023
Organisation
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Have a say on the faculty? Candidate for Faculty Council! (26 and 27 March)
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