Action - session 6 - When Images Lie: How to Outsmart Visual Disinformation?
6 November 2025 - 14.30-16.00 / Room 1 - Palais de l'Europe
Interpretation FR/EN
In co-operation with the Agence France-Presse (AFP)
This session examines the growing challenge of disinformation spread through manipulated photos, videos, and AI-generated content.
We will explore how these distorted visuals shape public perception, erode trust in information, and influence democratic debate, while also discussing tools and strategies to recognize and resist such manipulation.
Pap NDIAYE
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to the Council of Europe
France
Florian GAUTHIER
Co-founder of LaReponse.tech (askvera.org)
France
Ange KASONGO
Trainer, Journalist, and Author
France
Kahofi SUY
Journalist and fact-checker at AFP Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast
The Fact Checking Foxes, winners of the Hackathon on Demorcracy, organised by the Council of Europe represented by:
Lucia BERTOLDINI
Journalist, Facta
Italy
Leonardo ZILLI
Researcher, University of Bologna
Italy
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