Updated on 3 June 2025
Strengthening democratic resilience through responsible AI and cross-border disinformation monitoring
About
AI4Truth addresses the urgent challenge of disinformation in Europe by combining responsible AI development, media literacy, and cross-border monitoring strategies. Building on the proven methods of the European Digital Media Observatory (BENEDMO) and the MediaNumeric, the project empowers journalists, civil society actors, and researchers with practical tools to detect, contextualise, and counter harmful content—while upholding the fundamental right to freedom of expression.
Through multilingual pilots in diverse media environments, AI4Truth tests AI-assisted fact-checking tools and workflows for identifying manipulation in audiovisual and online media. The project ensures these tools are explainable, transparent, and co-created with newsrooms and civil society watchdogs. It also supports democratic resilience through community-driven campaigns and training programmes on AI and media ethics, with a strong focus on youth, minority voices, and local media actors.
By linking technological innovation with ethical frameworks and civic engagement, AI4Truth contributes to a European public sphere that is more resilient to manipulation—without compromising pluralism, journalistic independence, or fundamental rights.
Stage
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Completing the consortia
Topic
- EIT CC Calls
- HEU Partnership: Resilient Cultural Heritage
- HEU Partnership: Virtual Worlds
- TMO Synergy Grants
- Other relevant EU initiatives
- Regional Perspective: Interregional Innovation Investments (I3-Instrument)
- Cultural Heritage in the Digital Europe Program
Call
- DEMOCRACY-01: Advisory support and network to counter disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI)
- DEMOCRACY-02: Fostering the consolidation of European science diplomacy
- DEMOCRACY-03: Preparing the EU for future enlargement: challenges and opportunities
- DEMOCRACY-04: Open strategic autonomy, economic and research security in EU foreign policy
- DEMOCRACY-05: Countering and preventing radicalisation, extremism, hate speech and polarisation
- DEMOCRACY-06: Towards a European research hub on contemporary antisemitism and Jewish life and culture
- DEMOCRACY-07: The autocratic appeal: nature, drivers and strategies
- DEMOCRACY-08: Economic inequalities and their impact on democracy
- DEMOCRACY-09: Fighting against disinformation while ensuring the right to freedom of expression
- DEMOCRACY-10: The role of civic and citizenship education for strengthening civic and democratic participation and support for common European values
- DEMOCRACY-11: Independence of the judiciary as an aspect of rule of law compliance
- DEMOCRACY-12: Community of democracy practitioners and researchers
Organisation
Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision
Cultural institution (galleries, libraries, archives, museums)
Hilversum, Netherlands
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
Access to audiovisual heritage for reuse, research and social impact
- EIT CC Calls
- TMO Synergy Grants
- Completing the consortia
- Consortium seeks Partners
- Other relevant EU initiatives
- HEU Partnership: Virtual Worlds
- Design - setting the project scope
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- HEU Partnership: Resilient Cultural Heritage
- Partner seeks Consortium (Expertise offered)
- Cultural Heritage in the Digital Europe Program
- HERITAGE-05: Evolution of culture in a virtualising world
- DEMOCRACY-08: Economic inequalities and their impact on democracy
- DEMOCRACY-12: Community of democracy practitioners and researchers
- DEMOCRACY-07: The autocratic appeal: nature, drivers and strategies
- DEMOCRACY-02: Fostering the consolidation of European science diplomacy
- HERITAGE-09: Impacts of culture and the arts on health and well-being
- Regional Perspective: Interregional Innovation Investments (I3-Instrument)
- TRANSFO-06: Evaluation and use of evidence in education policy and practice
- HERITAGE-01: Co-funded European partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage
- HERITAGE-04: Leveraging artificial intelligence for creativitydriven innovation
- DEMOCRACY-03: Preparing the EU for future enlargement: challenges and opportunities
- DEMOCRACY-11: Independence of the judiciary as an aspect of rule of law compliance
- TRANSFO-01: Tackling gender-based violence in different social and economic spheres
- HERITAGE-06: Europe as a global powerhouse of design for sustainable competitiveness
- TRANSFO-10: Intergenerational fairness in the context of demographic change in the EU
- TRANSFO-08: Improving mental health outcomes for people in education, training and work
- DEMOCRACY-04: Open strategic autonomy, economic and research security in EU foreign policy
- HERITAGE-03: A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative use cases
- TRANSFO-03: Working time reduction: barriers, challenges, benefits and policy implications
- TRANSFO-11: Migration and climate change: building resilience and enhancing sustainability
- DEMOCRACY-05: Countering and preventing radicalisation, extremism, hate speech and polarisation
- DEMOCRACY-09: Fighting against disinformation while ensuring the right to freedom of expression
- HERITAGE-02- two-stage: Innovative approaches to intangible cultural heritage for societal resilience
- DEMOCRACY-06: Towards a European research hub on contemporary antisemitism and Jewish life and culture
- TRANSFO-05: Improving fairness in the economy through a better understanding of undeclared and underdeclared work
- TRANSFO-02: Historical and regional analyses of industrial transitions and their lessons for ensuring a fair green transition
- DEMOCRACY-01: Advisory support and network to counter disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI)
- TRANSFO-07: Impact of the learning environment and the use of digital tools in everyday life on key skills and competence development
- HERITAGE-07: Cultural Strategies for Peace: culture and creativity as catalysts for conflict prevention and post-conflict reconciliation
- TRANSFO-04-two stage: Gender differences in career trajectories of parents and their implications for gender equality and family well-being
- TRANSFO-09: Good practices for increased autonomy of persons with disabilities, including physical, mental, intellectual and sensory disabilities
- DEMOCRACY-10: The role of civic and citizenship education for strengthening civic and democratic participation and support for common European values
- HERITAGE-08: Bridging historical past and future potential through conservation, preservation, and adaptive use of Europe’s contentious and dissonant heritage
Johan Oomen
Research agenda at Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Project cooperation
Expertise for creating digital communities of practice
- EIT CC Calls
- Completing the consortia
- Other relevant EU initiatives
- HEU Partnership: Virtual Worlds
- Design - setting the project scope
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- HEU Partnership: Resilient Cultural Heritage
- Partner seeks Consortium (Expertise offered)
- Cultural Heritage in the Digital Europe Program
- HERITAGE-05: Evolution of culture in a virtualising world
- DEMOCRACY-08: Economic inequalities and their impact on democracy
- DEMOCRACY-12: Community of democracy practitioners and researchers
- DEMOCRACY-07: The autocratic appeal: nature, drivers and strategies
- DEMOCRACY-02: Fostering the consolidation of European science diplomacy
- HERITAGE-09: Impacts of culture and the arts on health and well-being
- Regional Perspective: Interregional Innovation Investments (I3-Instrument)
- TRANSFO-06: Evaluation and use of evidence in education policy and practice
- HERITAGE-01: Co-funded European partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage
- HERITAGE-04: Leveraging artificial intelligence for creativitydriven innovation
- DEMOCRACY-03: Preparing the EU for future enlargement: challenges and opportunities
- DEMOCRACY-11: Independence of the judiciary as an aspect of rule of law compliance
- TRANSFO-01: Tackling gender-based violence in different social and economic spheres
- HERITAGE-06: Europe as a global powerhouse of design for sustainable competitiveness
- TRANSFO-10: Intergenerational fairness in the context of demographic change in the EU
- TRANSFO-08: Improving mental health outcomes for people in education, training and work
- DEMOCRACY-04: Open strategic autonomy, economic and research security in EU foreign policy
- HERITAGE-03: A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative use cases
- TRANSFO-03: Working time reduction: barriers, challenges, benefits and policy implications
- TRANSFO-11: Migration and climate change: building resilience and enhancing sustainability
- DEMOCRACY-05: Countering and preventing radicalisation, extremism, hate speech and polarisation
- DEMOCRACY-09: Fighting against disinformation while ensuring the right to freedom of expression
- HERITAGE-02- two-stage: Innovative approaches to intangible cultural heritage for societal resilience
- DEMOCRACY-06: Towards a European research hub on contemporary antisemitism and Jewish life and culture
- TRANSFO-05: Improving fairness in the economy through a better understanding of undeclared and underdeclared work
- TRANSFO-02: Historical and regional analyses of industrial transitions and their lessons for ensuring a fair green transition
- DEMOCRACY-01: Advisory support and network to counter disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI)
- TRANSFO-07: Impact of the learning environment and the use of digital tools in everyday life on key skills and competence development
- HERITAGE-07: Cultural Strategies for Peace: culture and creativity as catalysts for conflict prevention and post-conflict reconciliation
- TRANSFO-04-two stage: Gender differences in career trajectories of parents and their implications for gender equality and family well-being
- TRANSFO-09: Good practices for increased autonomy of persons with disabilities, including physical, mental, intellectual and sensory disabilities
- DEMOCRACY-10: The role of civic and citizenship education for strengthening civic and democratic participation and support for common European values
- HERITAGE-08: Bridging historical past and future potential through conservation, preservation, and adaptive use of Europe’s contentious and dissonant heritage
Alexandru Stan
Head of R&D at IN2 Digital Innovations GmbH
Lindau, Germany
Project cooperation
Research and development: Digital for culture and social transformations
- EIT CC Calls
- Other relevant EU initiatives
- Design - setting the project scope
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- HEU Partnership: Resilient Cultural Heritage
- Partner seeks Consortium (Expertise offered)
- Cultural Heritage in the Digital Europe Program
- HERITAGE-05: Evolution of culture in a virtualising world
- HERITAGE-09: Impacts of culture and the arts on health and well-being
- HERITAGE-01: Co-funded European partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage
- HERITAGE-04: Leveraging artificial intelligence for creativitydriven innovation
- HERITAGE-03: A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative use cases
- HERITAGE-02- two-stage: Innovative approaches to intangible cultural heritage for societal resilience
- DEMOCRACY-10: The role of civic and citizenship education for strengthening civic and democratic participation and support for common European values
- HERITAGE-08: Bridging historical past and future potential through conservation, preservation, and adaptive use of Europe’s contentious and dissonant heritage
Elena Ananiadou
EU Project Manager at La Tempesta
Barcelona, Spain