European Digital Media Observatory

🚨 Cutting #AgoraEU weakens #Europe on three fronts.

1️⃣ It thins out the information ecosystem on which democratic #resilience depends.

2️⃣ It makes Europe’s own digital rules harder to enforce.

3️⃣ And it reduces the civilian capacity to detect + counter #disinformation and foreign interference, running counter what @Europarl_EN has just called for and @EU_Commission committed to in its European #DemocracyShield.

👉 Read our complete statement: edmo.eu/edmo-news/euro…

⚖️🔍 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀: 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

Check our Weekly Pulse to dive into the tangle, plus:
🗳️ Pre-election #disinformation in Spain + Bulgaria
🇺🇸 #AI in the US #midterms
⚠️ Egypt's new #factchecking chatbot

...and more: edmo.eu/publications/p…

This month in 𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙨 & 𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙚:

🔥 The Factory of Discord: How Foreign Actors Exploit #SocialUnrest in Europe | By Paolo Cesarini

⚙️ Beyond #Disinformation: How Russia Constructs the Meaning of War – and How to Counter It | By @olena_snigyr @EUI_Schuman

💬 Conversations with @Andydakpandy @MediaWijsBe about the #EU #KIDSAct & Leo Pekkala #Kuvi about #Finland's new #MIL policy

🔍 Recent false narratives countered by EDMO Hubs and latest insights from the EDMO Monthly Report edited by @TommasoCanetta @luciabertoldini @PagellaPolitica, and @kateklingova @GLOBSEC

🧑‍🧑‍🧒 An invitation to our upcoming EDMO Training on "Rethinking #MediaLiteracy As A Family: Who Is Teaching Whom?", organised by @MediaLearning

🧰 Our new collection of tools for countering disinformation, managed by @atc_gr

... and more!

👉 Read this month's edition: ec.europa.eu/newsroom/edmo/…
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🔍 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿.

👉 Explore + share our new collection of tools developed across Europe, including through @EU_Commission-supported #𝘈𝘐𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 cluster projects: edmo.eu/resources/tool…

💲⛽️ #𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 #𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 #𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆

Our Weekly Pulse looks closer at #US + Ukrainian claims around soaring fuel costs, as well as these issues ⤵️

🇷🇺 The #economy in #Russia is holding up, but sanctions are weighing increasingly heavily
🇧🇬 #Bulgaria: polarisation, distrust and manipulation narratives shape pre-#election information environment on #Facebook
🇷🇸 Digital #surveillance in #Serbia is another tool of systemic repression
🇺🇸 How pressure by the #Trump administration prompted the #EU, #Lithuania and #Canada to withdraw support for anti-#disinformation conference #Disinfo2026
🇧🇷 #Brazil presidential debate puts candidates’ claims under #factchecking spotlight

👉 edmo.eu/publications/t…