Events

We regularly participate in events and webinar to shed the light on our work and projects, together with partners, NGO, policy makers, journalists and other stakeholders tackling disinformation. Here are every details about our agenda, but also upcoming and past disinformation related events from our partners.

Events

January 2026

24

Political Tech Summit

The Political Tech Summit is organised by Partisan, a Berlin-based hub for political professionals working at the intersection of tech, campaigning, and democracy. It will be held in Berlin.

31

FOSDEM 2026

FOSDEM is a free and open source software event in Brussels, Belgium.

February 2026

11

The International Conference on Digital Platform Governance 2026

Supported by the UNESCO and many regulators across the world, this global conference will mark the second annual gathering of the Global Forum of Networks (GFN), following its launch in 2024 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, during the first International Conference on Digital Platform Governance.

16

The DSA and Platform Regulation Conference 2026

The event will take place at the Amsterdam Law School on 16-17 February 2026. The conference will reflect on the DSA and European platform regulation, including in its broader legal and political context, under the overall theme of platform governance and democracy.

18

Webinar: “Verifying what we see: introducing VISAVIS on visual misinformation”

This session will look back the VISAVIS Project, a European initiative designed to strengthen people’s ability to detect manipulated or out-of-context visual content.

25

Digital Platforms Summit 2026

This year’s edition of the Digital Platforms Summit will explore how the Digital Markets Act (DMA) is reshaping online markets and governance, while also anticipating the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act (DFA). It will also examine horizontal themes under the DFA, such as consumer protection by design, dark patterns, ecosystem regulation, and the simplification of the […]

26

Infox sur Seine 2026

This event will be held in Paris, on 26 and 27 February. Call for proposals is open until January 9.

March 2026

10

Voices Festival

Voices is a festival dedicated to journalism and media freedom. For the upcoming third edition, this event is about to return to Florence at Teatro del Maggio Musicale on 10–12 March 2026.

April 2026

08

Cambridge Disinformation Summit

The University of Cambridge will host the Cambridge disinformation summit on 8-10 April. It will explore systemic risks from disinformation supported by technology such as AI and online social and search platforms.

May 2026

20

Digital Platform Compliance Forum

Deloitte announced the 2026 edition of the Digital Platform Compliance Forum, an event that will be held in London. A registration link will be available soon.

June 2026

17

Media & Learning 2026: Co-Creating the Future of Learning

Media & Learning 2026 will take place in Provinciehuis, Leuven, Belgium from Wednesday, 17th to Thursday, 18th June 2026. Call for proposals is open until 31 January 2026.

About us

Check First is a leading Finnish software and methodologies company, spearheading adversarial research techniques. We believe that everyone should be able to understand how and why content is presented to them. We advocate for online clarity and accountability, building solutions to attain this goal. Partnering with leading institutions, regulators, NGOs and educators, we aim at curbing the spread of disinformation and foreign influence manipulations.

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