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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
www.theguardian.com
EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
Europe needs a backbone. A spine to resist interference from any power, including the United States. No ally should receive an exemption from scrutiny, and no history of cooperation should oblige us to accept coercion. rmendes.net/articles/202... #disinfo2026 #ICC #Trump @ec.europa.eu
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rmendes.net
DisInfo2026 : Europe cannot defend itself with its eyes shut
Washington has spied on its allies, weaponised their dependence and punished their independence. Europe needs a spine. Waiting for America to “return to normal” is surrender dressed as diplomacy.
"L’épisode apparaît particulièrement embarrassant pour la diplomatie européenne, après l’annonce en grande pompe, fin 2025, du lancement d’un «bouclier européen de la démocratie», une stratégie de lutte contre la désinformation faisant la part belle à la société civile." #Disinfo2026
www.lemonde.fr
Makes sense that the EU & Canada withdrew from #Disinfo2026 since the US was also an attendee & at the same time, a main purveyor of disinformation You wouldn't attend a disinfo conference with fascist Russia So it's time for the Free world to start a new alliance against disinfo - without the US
The EU’s foreign office, the European External Action Service (EEAS), was supporting #DISINFO2026, a counter-disinformation conference in Vilnius on 7-8 October. The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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Canada yanks sponsorship of disinformation conference discussing U.S. as a threat | CBC News
The federal government has withdrawn sponsorship of a European disinformation conference that includes panels discussing the U.S. government as a foreign interference risk.
Good summary of what the US state dept has been up to from @mantzarlis.com "To recap: The US government didn't like a panel that discussed its potential interference in foreign information environments. So it interfered in a foreign information environment." indicator.media/p/briefing-u...
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EU zieht auf Wunsch von Trump-Vertretern ihre Unterstützung für eine Konferenz zum Thema Desinformation zurück Auch Litauen und Kanada wurden unter Druck gesetzt, sich zurückzuziehen, und wenige Tage vor #Disinfo2026 wurden die Logos von der Website entfernt
www.lemonde.fr
Une conférence européenne sur la désinformation et les ingérences ciblée par des ingérences américaines
Plusieurs pays et l’Union européenne ont retiré leur soutien à une conférence sur la désinformation à Vilnius, début octobre. Deux tables rondes critiques des Etats-Unis qui s’y tenaient ont agacé la ...
"En tant que citoyens européens, nous nous posons la question de l’engagement de l’UE : quelles concessions est-elle prête à faire à Trump plutôt que de nous protéger contre ses opérations d’influence et ses attaques contre nos démocraties ?" #Disinfo2026
The EU’s foreign office, the European External Action Service (EEAS), was supporting #DISINFO2026, a counter-disinformation conference in Vilnius on 7-8 October. The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.