HDMO

The fight against disinformation campaigns in Hungary has entered into a new phase in January 2023 with the launch of an expanded version of the Hungarian Digital Media Observatory (HDMO). Since its launch in 2021, the fact-checking portal lakmusz.hu (Lakmusz is Hungarian for Litmus-test) reached over 1.5 million readers, and this work will be expanded by the six autonomous organizations working in the Hungarian Digital Media Observatory. Researchers from Political Capital (HU) and the Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely (Mertek Media Monitor) will study the spread of disinformation and the effectiveness of measures taken to combat it, journalists from the French news agency AFP News Agency and Lakmusz will continue their fact-checking work, the Idea Alapítvány (Idea Foundation) will provide media literacy courses, and the digital infrastructure of HDMO will be provided by the French epresspack. The 30-month project is co-financed by the European Commission as part of the Digital Europe Programme. The HDMO consortium was selected by the European Commission through an open call and is fully independent.