GATE Institute will host the first “slow” hackathon in Bulgaria – DisinfoHack 2025, bringing together students, experts and technology leaders to develop innovative solutions to counter disinformation. The opening event will take place on 12 March at 9.30 am in GATE’s high-tech building.
DisinfoHack 2025 is part of the CoDE – Countering Disinformation Environment in Bulgaria project and is being implemented in partnership with the GATE Institute, the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Philosophy of Sofia University. Kliment Ohridski, the Institute for Information and Communication Technologies (IICT) at BAS, the European Software Institute, Webcentric, Contipso and Identrix.
The event will bring together representatives from government institutions, academia, and businesses to discuss the challenges of the digital information environment and officially launch the two-month hackathon.
What is DisinfoHack 2025?
DisinfoHack 2025 is an innovative format that gives students two months to work in-depth on real-world case studies related to disinformation. Unlike traditional hackathons that last 24-48 hours, this “slow hackathon” gives participants the opportunity to analyse in-depth, develop sustainable solutions and work with leading experts from academia, the tech sector and the media industry.