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OSINT operation. Thanks to this informal consortium of OSINT professionals, using everything from open flight data to Google Maps, hundreds of foreign students were evacuated from Ukraine.

With just weeks left of negotiations, this is a crucial moment to influence the direction of the Digital Services Act! We are calling on decision-makers to put forward a regulatory framework that matches their public declarations when it comes to tackling disinformation. 
Join our upcoming  webinar on DSA and user redress this Thursday, and read the op-ed from Diana Wallis, President of the Board of EU DisinfoLab, in Euractiv!

While the EU has banned state-owned Russian media outlets RT and Sputnik and their subsidies, tech companies have been under pressure to limit the spread and algorithmic amplification of Russian trolling and disinformation campaigns.

EU foreign ministers met in Brussels yesterday with their Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba while concerns grow that a Russian ‘false flag’ could be used to justify an attack on Ukraine. 

The German Commission for Authorization and Supervision ZAK banned all distribution of RT (formerly Russia Today)’s German language channel.

During plenary last Wednesday, MEPs voted on the Digital Services Act. They rejected Amendment 511, which would have created a de facto exemption for ‘media’ from content moderation. 

Happy New Year! We hope you’ve had a restful break and are ready for the long road ahead in EU digital policy and the fight against disinformation.

Last night, MEPs in the internal market committee (IMCO) approved compromise amendments on the Digital Services Act.

After a political meeting last week, IMCO rapporteur and shadows have rejected a ‘media exemption’. All groups except S&D rejected the proposal to include it.

During her testimony before the EU Parliament on November 8, Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen warned lawmakers to beware of loopholes: “Let me be very clear — every modern disinformation campaign will exploit news media channels on digital platforms