EU DisinfoLab’s mission is to raise awareness on disinformation and the manipulation of information and contribute to a better information landscape
What do we advocate for?
- A trustworthy and transparent information ecosystem
- Regulation that favours collective intelligence and includes civil society in the discussions
- Efforts to tackle disinformation that don’t come at the expense of freedom of speech
How we pursue our mission
Monitoring
We monitor key policies and legal developments in Europe and relay this information to our community
Guidance
We provide policy recommendations grounded in our research and analyses
Gatherings
We organise events and workshops to bridge between politicians and disinformation experts
Information
We meet with policymakers and officials to raise awareness of the latest disinformation trends and developments
Policy Positions
- January 24, 2023
The undersigned civil society organisations are deeply concerned about Article 17 of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which puts forward the so-called proposal for “media privilege”.
- December 15, 2022
This analysis, focused on video-sharing platform Odysee, and based on a 3,000+ list of access restrictions, shows that the EU and Member States are far from doing enough, even on possibly illegal content.
- October 18, 2022
Brussels needs to move beyond ready-made slogans in the fight against disinformation
The recent Doppelganger operation we exposed mainly consisted of Russian actors cloning media websites and buying many domain names echoing real ones to spread anti-Ukraine narratives.
- September 16, 2022
The EU DisinfoLab welcomes the European Commission’s European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) proposal. However, we are concerned about the introduction of Article 17 which could undo much of the progress done in the fight against disinformation.
- September 8, 2022
The EU DisinfoLab welcomes the new Code of Practice on Disinformation that was revealed in June 2022 as a promising step forward, especially when it becomes a co-regulatory mechanism with the DSA.
- April 25, 2022
The Digital Services Act (DSA), the EU’s groundbreaking law on internet safety and accountability that will introduce a sweeping change to our online environment, was agreed on Friday April 22nd.
- March 23, 2022
EU lawmakers call on platforms to do more in response to disinformation in Ukraine. However, current legislative discussions would have them do less.
- November 5, 2021
Journalists, fact-checkers, and disinformation researchers urge MEPs to reject any DSA proposal that would include a media exemption.Â
- August 31, 2021
The letter has been co-signed by over 50 leading organisations and individuals from across the European Union, including, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, Reporters Without Borders, Transparency International EU and Avaaz, with a cross-section of researchers, educators, journalists, academics, and activists from across the EU and beyond.
- June 1, 2021
On 29 May 2021, a New York Times article indicated that EU DisinfoLab was one of the targets of a cyberattack. EU DisinfoLab confirms that on 25 May 2021, around 16:00 CEST, EU DisinfoLab received an email allegedly sent by USAID, which has since been identified by several cybersecurity companies as a cyberattack using phishing tactics.