Last week, the Cambridge Disinformation Summit 2025 took place at the Cambridge Judge Business School, bringing together researchers, policy makers, media professionals, and tech innovators to share insights and strategies for addressing one of today’s most pressing challenges: disinformation.
Representing the news-polygraph research consortium, Dr Vera Schmitt, head of the XplainNLP research group at TU Berlin, participated in the event and contributed to the cross-sectoral exchange.
From Fragmentation to Collaboration
A key message that emerged from the summit was that global efforts to counter disinformation remain too fragmented. While promising initiatives exist, greater coordination across countries, sectors, and disciplines is essential. This aligns closely with news-polygraph’s mission: to build an integrated, multimodal platform that combines automated analysis with human verification to detect and counter disinformation across text, audio, image, and video.
Insights from Experts and Innovators
The summit featured influential voices such as Alexandra Geese, Eliot Higgins, Tristan Palmer, Gina Neff, David Gordon, and Yu Ding, who discussed the societal, technological, and policy-related dimensions of disinformation. Equally noteworthy were the contributions from Maria Amelie (Factiverse), Lyric Jain (Logically), and Itai Yonat (Intercept), whose innovative solutions are helping to navigate the evolving information landscape.
Strengthening Democracy Through Joint Action
For news-polygraph, the summit underscored the importance of continuous international dialogue and the need for strategic alliances. Only through sustained, collective efforts can we develop trustworthy infrastructures, strengthen media resilience, and safeguard democratic discourse.
Events like the Cambridge Disinformation Summit are vital touchpoints in this endeavour. news-polygraph looks forward to further collaboration with partners across Europe and beyond.
