The spread of fake news is a threat to people’s trust in EU institutions. In response, the European Parliament’s STOA panel introduced the European Science-Media Hub, which allows journalists, scientists and politicians to verify information and exchange views.

Science-Media Hub to Help Combat Fake News

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Fake news plagues not only politics  but the scientific world....

With new technology  now part of our daily lives,

it's essential to trust that  the information we're getting is correct.

That's particularly true in the scientific field,  which can be highly complex.

If I have to think of  one example of disinformation in science,

where you had the launch  of the LHC, the CERN accelerator.

it would create small black holes  that would swallow the earth.

According to a recent survey,  80% of European citizens

have already come across false  or misleading information online,

This crisis of confidence worries  the European Parliament.

A negative message can  become viral very fast.

We realise that  we need to response to that 

by making sure that citizens will have  the option to another truth

or what we consider  to be scientific based evidence.

In June 2018, the European Parliament's Panel  for the Future of Science and Technology

launched  the "European Science-Media Hub".

and bring together journalists,  scientists and political decision-makers.

The idea is to improve journalist's tools  for knowledge and information checking 

It also offers to political decision-makers  a point of contact to exchange views.

We, science journalists cover science,  which has become very international

corporations which are also very international,  and politics which has become European.

So we absolutely need  to network internationally

internationally to tackle  the big challenges of our job.

The European Science-Media Hub  and science journalists

give European citizens  credible information from verified sources.

It will also monitor the most searched-for  scientific subjects online and in the press,

It's a crucial step towards  a healthier access to information.