European University Institute - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Fact-checking | Iva Nenadić Research Fellow Iva Nenadić addresses the concept of 'fact-checking' and its prominent role in the European Union’s policy against disinformation. 13 December 2022 Print Share: Share on Facebook Share on BlueSky Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email In this Schuman Short, Research Fellow Iva Nenadić from the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom explores the global proliferation of fact-checking organisations in the past years, explains their role and stresses the importance them being transparent and accountable: "(...) today's information overload and the new means to spread disinformation and to manipulate public opinion grew also a need for a systematic tech-savvy and independent approach to fact-checking, especially in the digital space." Check out further research on European policymaking on disinformation. Watch more Schuman Shorts on our YouTube channel.