What is a fact in the age of generative AI? Fact-checking as an epistemological lens
Published in Inf. Commun. Soc. | Year: 2026 | Authors: Dierickx, Laurence, Opdahl, Andreas L, Bjerknes, Fredrik, Lindén, Carl-Gustav
Fabio Giglietto
Professor of Internet Studies
University of Urbino
Department of Communication Sciences, Humanities and International Studies
About Me
Fabio Giglietto, PhD, is Full Professor of Internet Studies at the Department of Communication Sciences, Humanities and International Studies at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo. He teaches courses such as Generative AI and Media, as well as Digital Social Network Analysis. His research explores the intricate relationships between social systems, media, and digital technologies, focusing on the theory of information, communication, and society. Professor Giglietto's work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Communication, Information, Communication & Society, the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Social Media + Society, and Social Science Computer Review. According to Google Scholar, his publications have garnered over 2200 citations.
Professor Giglietto's current research interests include coordinated behavior detection, multimodal narratives, and the challenges of social media data access. He leads the Mapping Italian News Research Program (MINE), which investigates Italian news media coverage and the impact of social media on Italian elections. He is also involved in the EU-funded Horizon Europe project VERAAI, which is developing AI-based tools to assist journalists and fact-checkers in verifying multimedia content and combating disinformation, with a focus on detecting coordinated behavior and inauthentic networks spreading misleading content. Additionally, he contributes to the EU-funded PROMPT initiative, which addresses disinformation narratives across Europe.
Professor Giglietto actively participates in professional discussions on platforms like BlueSky (@fabiogiglietto.bsky.social) and Mastodon, addressing topics such as platform policies and research methodologies. His recent work includes an analysis of Meta's political content reduction policy and its impact on the reach of Italian parliamentarians on Facebook. As part of the VERAAI Alerts project, he has tracked and analyzed coordinated accounts on Facebook, identifying coordinated posts and accounts, with notable activity in large groups and networks.
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Recent Publications
"A Pretty Blunt Approach": Meta's Political Content Reduction Policy and Italian Parliamentarians' Facebook Visibility
Giglietto, F. (2025). "A Pretty Blunt Approach": Meta's Political Content Reduction Policy and Italian Parliamentarians' Facebook Visibility. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/8dqag_v2
The State of Social Media Research APIs & Tools in the Digital Service Act Era
Giglietto, F. (2025). The State of Social Media Research APIs & Tools in the Digital Service Act Era. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16269197
Manipolazione dei media ed influenza digitale. Sfide, tecnologie e risposte
Giglietto, F. (2025). Manipolazione dei media ed influenza digitale. Sfide, tecnologie e risposte. .
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"A Pretty Blunt Approach": Meta's Political Content Reduction Policy and Italian Parliamentarians' Facebook Visibility
Giglietto, F. (2025). "A Pretty Blunt Approach": Meta's Political Content Reduction Policy and Italian Parliamentarians' Facebook Visibility. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/8dqag_v1
Research Projects
vera.ai - VERification Assisted by Artificial Intelligence
An EU-funded Horizon Europe project that developed advanced AI-based tools to assist journalists and fact-checkers in verifying multimedia content and combating disinformation. As Work Package 4 leader, I focused on the detection of coordinated behavior and inauthentic networks spreading misleading content.
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PROMPT - Predictive Research On Misinformation and Narratives Propagation Trajectories
An EU-funded initiative focused on detecting and analyzing disinformation narratives across Europe, addressing sensitive issues including the war in Ukraine, LGBTQI+ rights, and European elections through the development of language models, monitoring dashboards, and educational resources for fact-checkers and journalists.
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MINE - Mapping Italian News Research Program
A research program investigating Italian news media coverage and the impact of social media on Italian elections, leveraging data from Social Science One and grant funding from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC).
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February 17, 2026
Recent research highlights the challenges of election research in the context of regulated data access under the EU Digital Services Act, offering insights into the evolving landscape of data governance and its impact on academic inquiry.
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February 15, 2026
A newly published study examines the influence of social media platforms on academic research, addressing the complexities and potential biases introduced by these platforms into the research process.
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February 12, 2026
An investigation into the dynamics of online polarization reveals the entangled factors contributing to its sedimentation on political Reddit, shedding light on the mechanisms that amplify division in online communities.
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Recent Web and News Mentions
DIGITAL SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS - Lecturer: Fabio Giglietto - A.Y. 2025/2026 - Uniurb
This webpage from the University of Urbino describes the 'Digital Social Network Analysis' course taught by Fabio Giglietto in the academic year 2025/2026, detailing the course's learning objectives and curriculum focused on analyzing digital social environments and social media data.
Health Discourse Research Initiative
This page from mediaecosystems.org describes a research initiative about mis/disinformation in global health, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It mentions Fabio Giglietto's work at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, leading a team focused on identifying coordinated link-sharing networks related to health information on Facebook in Nigeria and India.
Cracking Open the European Newsfeed | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media
This article, co-authored by Fabio Giglietto, discusses a study on trustworthy and untrustworthy links shared on Facebook in Germany, France, and Italy between 2019 and 2022. It relates to his research areas of social media and disinformation.
L’articolo 21 nella gabbia di Facebook - Terzogiornale
News article from Terzogiornale
Il Premio Rimini Mundi a sette ambasciatori del congressuale - lapiazzarimini.it
News article from lapiazzarimini.it
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