About Co-InformCo-Inform mission is to foster critical thinking and digital literacy. People need to be aware of the consequences that misinformation has on democracy and how much it affects their lives. The aim is to foster informed and engaged communities, which constitute the foundations of a healthy democracy and together find a solution to misinformation. Academic surveys have shown that online misinformation is becoming more difficult to identify. Online misinformation has the potential to deceive even readers with strong literacy skills. Our goal is to provide citizens, journalists, and policymakers with tools to spot ‘fake news’ online, understand how they spread, and obtain access to verified information. To achieve the aims of Co-Inform, the consortium will foster co-creational methodologies and practices for engaging stakeholders in combating misinformation posts and news articles, and persuading them to adopt more informed behaviours and perceptions. This process will be assisted by advanced intelligent methods for misinformation detection, misinformation flow prediction, and real-time processing and measurement of crowds’ acceptance or regular of misinformation.Co-InformCINFRM_53d214ca-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea00Co-Inform is a EU-funded project involving top universities and SMEs in 7 European countries. The objective is to create tools to foster critical thinking and digital literacy for a better-informed society. These tools will be designed and tested with policymakers, journalists, and citizens in 3 different EU countries.European UnionPolicymakersJournalistsCitizensA better-informed society_53d215ce-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea00To create tools to foster critical thinking and digital literacy_53d21664-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea00Critical ThinkingDigital LiteracyCo-CreationCo-creation is the most adequate method for achieving the right equilibrium between actors and types of solutions against misinformation. By promoting this method, governments have the possibility to promote the interaction between researchers, journalists, private sector, non-profit sector and citizens with minimal intervention.BrowsersDevelop a browser plugin_53d216fa-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea001A browser plugin to raise citizens’ awareness of fully or partially misinforming content, of related fact-checking articles and corrective information, of average citizens’ perceptions towards this content, and of key pro and against comment from fellow citizens.MisinformationRaise awareness of misinforming content_53d21786-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea001.1Fact-CheckingRaise awareness of related fact-checking articles and corrective information_53d21808-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea001.2PerceptionsRaise awareness of citizens’ perceptions toward content_53d2189e-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea001.3ArgumentsRaise awareness of pro and against comments_53d2192a-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea001.4DashboardDevelop a dashboard_53d219b6-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea002Fact-Checking JournalistsPolicy-MakersA dashboard for fact-checking journalists and policy-makers, showing what misinformation is detected, where it originates from, how and where it spreads and will spread in the near future, what’s the current and predictable public perception, and what are the key comments about it from the public.DetectionShow what misinformation is detected_53d21a42-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea002.1OriginsShow where misinformation originates from_53d21ad8-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea002.2PropagationShow how and where misinformation spreads and will spread in the near future_53d21b64-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea002.3PerceptionsShow current and predictable public perceptions_53d21c54-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea002.4CommentsShow key comments from the public_53d21cea-17f0-11ec-bcbd-edec1f83ea002.52021-09-17https://coinform.eu/about/the-project/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net