New: The US government lobbied allies to cut ties to an anti-disinformation conference over a panel critical of Washington, sources tell me and @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social. Canada and the European Union yanked their branding. Lithuania canceled its participation. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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reuters.comUS lobbies allies to cut ties to anti-disinformation conference over panel critical of Washington, sources sayThe US State Department lobbied Canada and European allies to withdraw support for an anti-disinformation conference because it included a panel examining Washington's role as an alleged information...
Though gotta credit @aishadown.bsky.social, Joseph Gedeon, and @jenniferrankin.bsky.social who beat us to the story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.comEU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ requestLithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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I think I saw it here first. Various people who were there posted about it.
An example of FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference) in action at the @disinfo.eu conference? Apparently someone in the U.S. did not agree with the topic of a session named "USA as a FIMI threat: acknowledge, adapt, push back" and applied pressure on the sponsors...