Designing an ecosystem for fake news detection and enhancing resilience to disinformation in the romanian–russian bilingual space

The RealInfo project introduces an integrated information system designed to detect fake news and enhance media literacy skills within the bilingual Romanian–Russian context of the Republic of Moldova. The system combines a modular microservices architecture with an AI/ML engine trained on local media data through fine-tuning of multilingual BERT models. The analysis pipeline ensures comprehensive text preprocessing, classification, and explainability, while a continuous feedback mechanism enables the ongoing improvement of model performance. Interactive educational components complement the technological infrastructure, providing users with resources, exercises, and micro-courses aimed at fostering critical thinking and informational responsibility. Thus, RealInfo demonstrates how artificial intelligence and media education can be integrated into a unified system that strengthens the information resilience of society.