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 do 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.

Information

We meet with policymakers and officials to raise awareness of the latest disinformation trends and developments.

Gatherings

We organise events to bridge between politicians and disinformation experts.

Featured

EU Democracy Shield – more ambition needed

EU DisinfoLab welcomes the Commission’s prioritisation of the topic of the protection of democracy, the fight against foreign interference and manipulation (FIMI) and the fight against disinformation. We feel, however, that the promise of a robust shield has been replaced with the reality of a broadly hollow shell.

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publications

We fight disinformation because we fight for democracy

In the face of disinformation, defenders of democracy are often drawn into endless battles against falsehoods. Yet, this is precisely the trap laid by anti-democratic movements.
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Countering disinformation – Issues and solutions for EU decision-makers

This short booklet gives an introduction to disinformation in the digital age, to help defend our societies from large-scale manipulation.
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Of domain names and ducks

How can we tackle the problem of doppelganger disinformation campaigns? This blog post explores the suitability of the classic duck method to taking action against doppelganger deception.
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Fighting web disinformation – the good, the bad and the pointless

In a world of greys and nuances, there is one near-universal truth – the closer an online intermediary is to an offence, the more effective it can be in helping to bring an end to the offence.
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Policy Positions

EU Democracy Shield – more ambition needed

EU DisinfoLab welcomes the Commission’s prioritisation of the topic of the protection of democracy, the fight against foreign interference and manipulation (FIMI) and the fight against disinformation.
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EU DisinfoLab calls for strong DSA enforcement and welcomes the EU Commission’s investigation into Meta

With only five weeks left before the EU elections, the EU Commission’s investigation on Meta will have to demonstrate if the DSA can deliver results to protect the elections from foreign interference and #disinformation spread through online platforms.
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Stand by us – counter-disinformation community urges the European Commission to walk the talk and back their efforts to protect European democracies against disinformation

EU DisinfoLab, together with a number of other counter-disinformation civil society organisations, sent a letter to the European Commission, asking to support and invest in those who defend democracy from disinformation and are working in an increasingly hostile environment.
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Policy statement on Article 17 of the proposed European Media Freedom Act

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”.
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Odysee: list of geo-blocking requests shows the EU and EU Member States are far from doing enough to enforce the law

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.
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Brussels needs to move beyond ready-made slogans in the fight against disinformation

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.
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The European Commission’s EMFA proposal is paving the way for the media exemption to come back

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.
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Position of the EU DisinfoLab on the 2022 Code of Practice on Disinformation

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.
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Tackling disinformation online: the Digital Services Act opens the era of accountability

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.
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Disinformation: EU lawmakers ask platforms to do more, their DSA talks go the other way.

EU lawmakers call on platforms to do more in response to disinformation in Ukraine. However, current legislative discussions would have them do less.
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