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.

💲⛽️ #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 ⤵️ edmo.eu/publications...

🇷🇺 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

🚨🗳️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 | 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 #𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗜𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗗𝗦𝗔 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 How can #EU level action improve #platforms' efforts to counter #disinformation? What learnings must inform the revision of Election Guidelines of the #DigitalServicesAct?

💡 Read our complete findings and recommendations: edmo.eu/publications...

🚨🗳️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 | 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 #𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗜𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗗𝗦𝗔 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 How can #EU level action improve #platforms' efforts to counter #disinformation? What learnings must inform the revision of Election Guidelines of the #DigitalServicesAct?

Based on our insights, the revision of the #DSA Election Guidelines should: 1️⃣ Address coordinated #manipulation and repeat offenders systematically. 2️⃣ Strengthen #politicaladvertising transparency and enforcement. 3️⃣ Extend risk mitigation beyond official campaigns and individual reports.

🚨🗳️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 | 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 #𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗜𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗗𝗦𝗔 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 How can #EU level action improve #platforms' efforts to counter #disinformation? What learnings must inform the revision of Election Guidelines of the #DigitalServicesAct?

💥 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 #𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘅 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘀: 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁𝘀 According to viral claims, Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres led to a steep decline in online #disinformation and reduced engagement w/ pro-Russian + far-right #propaganda in Europe.

At EDMO, we immediately contacted #factchecking organisations in our network to ask whether, based on their monitoring of their respective information spaces, there was any evidence confirming or disproving the story. 👉 See what our network found in today's Weekly Pulse: edmo.eu/publications...

Our topics this week: 🇫🇷 Violence in France: The far-right blames ethnicity + religion to promote 'remigration' 🇵🇱 What exemption does Poland have in the #EU #MigrationPact? 🇱🇻 Fear still sells – how #disinformation and fear shaped Latvia's #election campaign

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸: 🤖 Even if it doesn’t kill us all, #AI can still make a lot of damage to our #democracies 👤 "Lucía Libertaria" & "Julia Riojana": how AI-created #influencers build identities to spread political messages

🗯️ Supposed street survey from the 1990s is AI-generated: another way to rewrite history 🇸🇪 From "Influencer-gate" to SD mailings: an ex-post examination of the Swedish #elections 🇲🇹 #TikTok removes pro-Labour influence network targeting #Malta’s #election

📢 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝟳 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟭𝟰:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧! 🎨 This session moves from the concept of #medialiteracy as an educational practice to its implementation as a #design layer within digital products and platform infrastructures. 1/2

It focuses on how #criticalthinking, #transparency, and #misinformation resilience can be embedded directly into user journeys across #socialmedia, #searchengines, video platforms, #messaging systems, and #gaming environments. 2/3

Published today, our new monthly report (edmo.eu/publications...) shows: 📈 Fueled by #Ceuta, disinformation on migration hits record high in August 🇷🇸 #Mladić death sparks new wave of #disinformation in the #Balkans 🇺🇦 False content targets the government in #Ukraine 1/3

🇧🇾 Anti #EU sentiment binds with nationalism in #Belarus 🇬🇪 Historical #revisionism and #propaganda loom over #Georgia We're also diving into three mutually reinforcing developments across the European #FIMI environment in August 👇 2/3

🇪🇺 We welcome yesterday’s important resolution on the findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European #DemocracyShield and are grateful for the recognition of EDMO’s crucial role in monitoring and countering #disinformation. Take a look: www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

Today, we gladly join the global celebration of #democracy as the cornerstone of free, open + fair societies. Institutions + actors everywhere speak passionately about how much democracy matters – rightly so. 1/3 #InternationalDayofDemocracy

But for too long, the strength of that rhetoric has not been matched by the urgency of actions. It’s high time to close that gap. 2/3 #InternationalDayofDemocracy

📖 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁, 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: attempts to reshape European history, whether through #genocide denialism in #Serbia or #AfD #Holocaust revisionism in #Germany, benefit foreign powers outside Europe, argues the editorial of today's Weekly Pulse. 👉 edmo.eu/publications...