DOMINOES Glossary

Explanatory causal-based, ideologically laden narratives which depict significant social events or crises as perpetrated by a group of powerful secret actors who solely follow their own nefarious interests, irrespective of the good of the masses

Organized practice of screening user-generated content (UGC) posted to Internet sites, social media, and other online outlets, in order to determine the appropriateness of the content for a given site, locality, or jurisdiction. The process can result in UGC being removed by a moderator, acting as an agent of the platform or site in question

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

Depth and comprehensiveness of the information presented

A set of tools used in the process of interpreting content to analyze and evaluate ideas, messages, or arguments, including interpreting evidence, placing the message in a larger context, and understanding whether cited data supports the point of view. Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thought processes with a view to improving them. Critical thinking is self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. It requires rigorous standards of excellence and mindful command of their use. It entails effective communication and problem solving abilities, as well as a commitment to overcoming our native egocentrism and socio-centrism. It advances the character and ethical sensitivities of the dedicated person through the explicit cultivation of intellectual virtues. Paul and Elder (2020)

Human accounts that use automation techniques or bot accounts managed by human beings

Any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements

A natural person about whom a controller holds personal data and who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to that personal data (GDPR)

Deep learning is a class of machine learning algorithms based on artificial neural networks with representation learning. It includes three modalities according to how learning is conducted:  supervised, semi-supervised or unsupervised. It have been applied to a wide scope of fields including

(Fake) News pieces which use stories that are tailored to and targeted at specific audiences, in order to reinforce what people believe describes their lives