Global Success for #EUDisinfo_Congress 2025: Over 400 Participants from Six Continents Gather to Tackle Disinformation and Fact-checking Challenges

The recently concluded 2nd European Congress on Disinformation and Fact-Checking, organized by the MediaLab research group of UC3M, brought together a truly global community of scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss some of the most pressing challenges in media, communication, and information integrity.

This year’s event attracted an impressive 428 participants from 58 countries across six continents — Asia, Europe, North America, Australia, Africa, and South America — marking it as one of the most internationally diverse editions to date. The highest participation came from Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Poland, and the United States, underscoring the event’s strong European and transatlantic engagement.

The conference received 127 abstract submissions, out of which 86 were accepted after a rigorous peer-review process. Presentations and discussions spanned a wide range of interdisciplinary topics, including Global case studies spanning Europe, Latin America, Africa, Australia, and Asia; Artificial intelligence and algorithmic accountability; Disinformation in elections, war, and crisis contexts; Climate, health, and vaccine misinformation; Fact-checker collaboration and digital platforms; Cognitive warfare, propaganda, and national security as well as Cultural and psychological dimensions of fake news.

The event provided an engaging space for dialogue between academics, journalists, policy actors, and fact-checking organizations — all working toward the shared goal of strengthening information resilience in the digital era.

The conference was made possible with support from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through the HealthComm Project, and by the European Commission through the Jean Monnet’s European Union, Disinformation and Fake News Project.

You can relive the highlights of the conference through the following materials:

• 🎥 Conference Recordings:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1Agd2iaWgjXlJUD7BdH8CAVgYf0clze0

• 📸 Photo Gallery: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCzAWj

The #EUDisinfo_Congress 2025 once again demonstrated the power of international collaboration in addressing global disinformation challenges and fostering a more informed, media-literate public sphere.