VIGILANT : Vital IntelliGence to Investigate ILlegAl DisiNformaTion

识别、跟踪和调查网络虚假信息和其他问题内容是一个极其复杂的问题。许多（欧洲）警察当局（pa）没有任何专门的工具或技术来帮助他们打击虚假信息。一些装备较好的私人助理正在使用不合适的现成产品，这些产品的设计目的是让商业公司监控社交媒体对其品牌和产品的讨论，或追踪广告活动的成功。这样的产品不能处理虚假信息的复杂性，也不能提供高级的分析工具和技术来满足pa的需求。“警惕”项目解决了这个问题。它是先进的虚假信息识别和分析工具和技术的集成平台，采用最先进的人工智能方法，作为几个非常成功的FP7和H2020项目的一部分而开发。它们将根据PAs的用例和需求进行定制，遵循设计伦理和以用户为中心的方法。此外，在设计工具和呈现结果时，社会和行为方面也被考虑在内。警惕涵盖所有主要来源（例如，主要社交媒体平台，假新闻网站）的所有形式（文本，图像，视频）和多种语言的虚假信息。它也适用于调查仇恨言论、暴力民族主义或分裂主义运动、激进化、极端主义团体、叛乱分子、贷款狼和其他反恐威胁。该项目还提供创新的解决方案，以利用其他利益相关者组织和（社交）媒体公司的知识和经验。最后，作为长期可持续培训网络的一部分，该项目包括对警务人员进行使用“警惕”和进行虚假信息调查方面的培训。这个跨学科的联盟包括来自社会科学和人文科学、伦理学、计算机科学、商业和五个欧洲pa的专家。

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 five European PAs.