CORDIS · VIGILANT

Vital IntelliGence to Investigate ILlegAl DisiNformaTion

Code: VIGILANT
Programme: HORIZON
Call: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-03
Status: SIGNED
Period: 2022-11-01 – 2025-10-31

Total cost (whole consortium)3 725 130 €

EU contribution (whole consortium)3 376 604 €

EU contribution to Bulgarian participants301 000 €

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Participants

Organisations	Role	Country	Grant
THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN	coordinator	IE	505 377 €
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN	participant	IE	317 740 €
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO	participant	NL	311 750 €
KEMPELENOV INSTITUT INTELIGENTNYCH TECHNOLOGII	participant	SK	305 500 €
ONTOTEXT AD	participant	BG	301 000 €
GLOBSEC	participant	SK	272 226 €
ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG	participant	DE	264 772 €
ATOS IT SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES IBERIA SL	participant	ES	258 912 €
GERULATA TECHNOLOGIES JSA	participant	SK	253 312 €
DEUTSCHE HOCHSCHULE DER POLIZEI	participant	DE	201 031 €
USTAV TEORIE INFORMACE A AUTOMATIZACE AV CR VVI	participant	CZ	152 581 €
KENTRO MELETON ASFALEIAS	participant	EL	78 125 €
DEPARTAMENT D'INTERIOR I SEGURETAT PUBLICA - GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA	participant	ES	54 902 €
HELLENIC POLICE	participant	EL	40 000 €
Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet	participant	EE	39 250 €
INSPECTORATUL GENERAL AL POLITIEI	participant	MD	20 125 €
ATOS SPAIN SA	third party	ES	0 €
Police Service of Northern Ireland	associated partner	UK
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD	associated partner	UK

Description

Identifying, tracking and investigating online disinformation and other problematic content is an extremely complex problem. Many (European) Police Authorities (PAs) do not have access to any specialised tools or technologies to help them combat disinformation. Some of the better equipped PAs are using unsuitable off-the-shelf products that were designed to enable commercial companies to monitor social media chatter about their brands and products or to track the success of advertising campaigns. Such products are not capable of dealing with the complexities of disinformation nor do they provide advanced analysis tools and technologies tailored to the PAs needs. The VIGILANT project solves this problem. It is an integrated platform of advanced disinformation identification and analysis tools and technologies employing state-of-the-art AI methods which were developed as part of several highly successful FP7 and H2020 projects. They will be tailored to PAs use cases and needs, following an ethical-by-design and user-centric approach. In addition, social and behavioural aspects are also taken into account when designing tools and presenting results. VIGILANT covers disinformation from all major sources (e.g., major social media platforms, fake news websites), in all modalities (text, image, video) and in multiple languages. It is also suitable for investigating hate speech, violent nationalist or separatist movements, radicalisation, extremist groups, incels, loan wolfs, and other counter terrorism threats. The project also provides innovative solutions to leverage the knowledge and experience of other stakeholder organisations and (social) media companies. Finally, the project includes training for PAs in the use of VIGILANT and in conducting disinformation investigations as part of a long term sustainable training network. The interdisciplinary consortium includes expertise from social sciences and humanities, ethics, computer science commercial and four European PAs.

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