The Business of Misinformation

(Co-Investigator — country leader for Slovakia)

The Business of Misinformation project at CMDS at Central European University aims at mapping the companies and individuals owning, controlling or running mis/disinformation websites. Such a map, presenting the ownership, sources of funding and links with other entities, will help understand the scope of the problem and the actual power fueling dis/misinformation online.

Funder: Open Society Foundation
Coordinator(s) / Principal Investigator(s): Professor Marius Dragomir, Eva Bognar (Central European University)
Duration: February 2019 – August 2020