NEBULA – User-centred AI-based detection of fake news and misinformation
Project
The spread of false and misleading information - especially via social media such as TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and the like - is becoming increasingly relevant. Especially in the context of wars and elections, such platforms play a special role, as fake videos or content with the wrong time frame go viral in a very short space of time and therefore harbour the potential for uncertainty and opinion manipulation. Not only intentionally but also unintentionally misleading information is problematic.
The NEBULA project aims to develop technical solutions to expose false information. A particular focus here is on vulnerable people (e.g. non-native speakers and older people).
Aim of the project
The aim of the interdisciplinary joint project NEBULA is the transparent, AI-based detection of false and incorrect information in security-relevant situations and the target group-orientated presentation of the results to promote media literacy.
The Digital Opportunities Foundation is involved in the project as an associated partner. In particular, it supports the identification of application contexts for vulnerable target groups, taking into account group-specific differences in terms of skill and experience levels. In addition, the foundation advises the consortium on the development of participatory evaluation processes and the testing of the demonstrator for practical suitability.
Project partner
The NEBULA joint project comprises five partners, eight associated partners and two subcontractors:
- Chair of Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) at the Technical University of Darmstadt (Prof. Dr Dr Christian Reuter) - project coordinator
- Chair of Information Systems and New Media (WiNeMe) at the University of Siegen (Prof. Dr Volker Wulf)
- Chair of Communication Science with a focus on political communication at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (Prof. Dr Hektor Haarkötter)
- Chair of Data Science (DICE) at the University of Paderborn (Prof Dr Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo)
- NanoGiants GmbH (Lukas Czarnecki)
Funding program
BMBF-Bekanntmachung “Forschung Agil – Unterstützung von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern bei der privaten IT-Sicherheit”.