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Croatia got a system for verifying the accuracy of information

by AI | 18.Oct 2024 | Europe in brief AI

Croatia was the first in the European Union to launch a system for verifying the accuracy of information. The project is funded by European funds intended for recovery from the effects of the pandemic.

Zagreb, 18.10.2024 - Promotion of the Central National Internet Platform for Information Accuracy Verification - 'Exactly' on which information verified within the measure "Establishment of an Information Accuracy Verification System" is published. In the picture, the logo Exactly. photo Damir SENČAR/ ds

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ZAGREB – Croatia is the first EU country to launch an information accuracy verification system, said the Minister of Culture and Media Nina Obuljen Koržinek on Friday at the promotion of the Central National Internet Platform for Information Verification – Exactly so.

”We are the first EU country to have launched and built such a system, and in contact with the European Commission, we know that such a project is being observed and that there are ideas to launch such or a similar model in a number of countries,” said Minister Obuljen Koržinek at the presentation of the ‘Exactly so’ internet platform at the Miroslav Krleža Lexicographic Institute.

The project of the 21 Croatian fact-checkers platform is part of the media policy, based on scientific research, and was implemented as part of the measure “Establishment of an Information Verification System” conducted by the Ministry of Culture and Media and the Agency for Electronic Media (AEM), she added.

It was financed as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NPOO),

She added that the implementation of the project is also related to restoring trust in those media that are founded on ethical principles and engage professional journalists. (18 October 2024)

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