A vibrant home for disinformation activists and experts
EU DisinfoLab is an independent non-profit organisation focused on tackling sophisticated disinformation campaigns targeting the EU, its member states, core institutions, and core values.
What we do
Research
We continuously monitor disinformation activities across the major platforms (digital and traditional), identify trends and threats, alert activists and researchers to these, and make our resource pool widely available to collaborators.
Knowledge sharing
We develop and maintain an independent European platform on disinformation, providing experts with tools and resources to encourage collaboration. We collect and organise critical information, findings, tools and other resources useful for activists and experts.
Advocacy
We regularly make policy recommendations at the EU level and to Member States based on our own analyses, and help other activists ensure that their advocacy efforts are grounded in sound analyses.
Outreach
We organise regular events, including an annual conference, webinars, and workshops, which collectively assemble researchers and experts to share experiences and tools, plan collaborations, and keep abreast of critical developments in the field.
EU Disinfolab
Annual Conference
5-6 May 2020
Pre Registrations are open!
During two days, we will explore issues such as the business model behind disinformation, freedom of speech online, and digital regulation. Join a community of experts in discussions and interactive presentations in exploring these issues, with the aim of building concrete policy proposals for European decision-makers.
The opening speech will be given by Nandini Jammi from Sleeping Giants and the European Commission’s Vice President Věra Jourová will conclude the conference.
Latest study
Linfonational: Impersonating politicians on Facebook to amplify disinformation
We uncovered a network around linfonational.net, which impersonated politicians on Facebook to amplify disinformation in France. Our investigation shows just how easy it is to use Facebook’s features to manage a disinformation network using political content.
HIghlights
Hedging against Deepfakes // Will platform liability test the Special Relationship?
How the so-called French media outlet France Libre 24 – which uses disinformation to sow polarisation in society – hides the fact that it’s managed by a Polish far-right network.
We’d like to thank those within our community who provided us with their insights and expertise, which helped inform the formulation of our proposals.