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22 May: Mapping Manipulation: How the FIMI Exposure Matrix Sharpens Attribution and Reveals Connections

After defining Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) and exploring responses to this growing threat, the European External Action Service (EEAS) takes a bold methodological leap in its latest report that we are bringing to you in an exciting EU DisinfoLab webinar.

Upcoming webinars

Fighting disinformation to safeguard freedom of expression – the legal obligations of governments
This webinar introduces practical, evidence-based strategies from OICD’s “Reclaiming Our Narratives” toolkit designed to counter IBD through positive identity expansion rather than direct confrontation.
After defining Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) and exploring responses to this growing threat, the European External Action Service (EEAS) takes a bold methodological leap in its latest report that we are bringing to you in an exciting EU DisinfoLab webinar.
What happens when online disinformation, hate speech, and political rage spill into the streets? Kamila Koronska from the University of Amsterdam explores how coordinated messaging on X and Facebook helped ignite the 2024 UK riots.

Past webinars - watch the recordings!

From AI-generated greenwashing to transatlantic denial campaigns, climate disinformation is mutating fast. Join us as top experts from Global Witness and Ripple Research expose the biggest threats of 2025, and what we can still do about them.
This session examines how foreign information manipulation influences public perception and democratic resilience in France. It explores key narratives related to recent conflicts and analyse their impact based on a new report by the Fondation Descartes.
In this session, Sam Jeffers will use tools and dashboards developed by Who Targets Me to explore how political advertising campaign spending, targeting, and messaging are tracked across platforms.
This webinar examines the intersection of disinformation campaigns and real estate exploitation in occupied Cyprus, specifically focusing on the “ghost city” of Varosha/Famagusta.
Join us for a session to unpacks the emerging concept of LLM grooming – a novel strategy to manipulate large language models (LLMs) for foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) purposes.
Join us for an insider’s look at how the European Commission is putting the Digital Services Act (DSA) into action. Ľuboš Kukliš, Lead on Information Integrity for the DSA framework at the Commission, will share the latest developments around the DSA’s implementation – specifically in the area of information integrity.
Meta and Google continue to host ads promoting questionable health products across Europe. Reset Tech investigation uncovered a long-running campaign that uses fake endorsements from actual doctors to sell unverified supplements.
How does the work of fact-checking organisations influence X’s Community Notes? This session explores their role as a source, based on an analysis by Fundación Maldita.es of all visible and non-visible Community Notes created on X during 2024.
This webinar will explore the paper “Melodies of Malice” by the GNET that delves into how online far-right communities leverage AI platforms to transform the landscape of music propaganda and spread disinformation across mainstream platforms.
27 February 2025, 14:30 – 15:30 CET Gender and Identity Disinformation (GID) is a growing and sophisticated form of information manipulation that targets women, gender-diverse individuals, and LGBT+ communities to undermine democratic values and human rights, and to further polarise societies.
20 February 2025, 14:30 – 15:30 CET How do false or misleading narratives about climate change spread across social media platforms? This webinar explores case studies, including the LA wildfires and East Coast hurricanes, that demonstrate how mis- and disinformation can cross over into other risk areas – hate, harassment, health misinformation, and ultimately violence.
Social media is changing fast, with open protocols and new products emerging and bringing about the promise of change. This session will explore opening the door to public interest social media infrastructure and a much healthier information environment.
In this workshop, we dive into the mechanisms and frameworks for measuring the impact of information campaigns, particularly in the context of countering disinformation.
In this webinar, our guests will describe some of the organised disinformation campaigns that targeted the Romanian social media space ahead of the presidential elections in November 2024, using influencers to manipulate algorithms in favour of specific candidates.
This session examines the extent and nature of Russian online influence operations surrounding the 2024 EU elections.
Join us for this session about identity-based disinformation, FIMI, and open source investigations.
Join us for this session on the disinformation landscape of Malta and Cyprus.
Join us for this session on building resilience against foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) and discover key lessons from the Taiwan’s January 2024 elections.
Join the discussion on the legal perspective of AI and disinformation, with Noémie Krack (KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law – imec) and Raquel Miguel Serrano (EU DisinfoLab).
This session will discuss efforts in Latvia to educate local public authorities on countering disinformation.
This session delves into the latest advancements in synthetic media detection, with a strong focus on the innovative work conducted within the veraAI project.
This session delves into the latest advancements in synthetic media detection, with a strong focus on the innovative work conducted within the veraAI project.
11 July, 14:30 – 15:30 CEST Beatriz Marin Garcia, from the European External Action Service, and Clément Briens, from Recorded Future, present their main findings on a new FIMI operation involving the creation and dissemination of pro-Russian content.
In an increasingly interconnected world, brands are more vulnerable than ever to disinformation campaigns that can tarnish their reputation and erode consumer trust. In this session, we explore with Rafi Mendelsohn, VP of Cyabra, the evolving landscape of brand disinformation, uncovering the tactics used to target companies on social media and the profound implications for their reputation and market position.
What are the capabilities of state-of-the-art AI in generating disinformation? What about the innovative AI technologies being developed to detect and combat it? Kalina Bonthcheva from the University of Sheffield talks about the challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI in the context of disinformation production, spread, and detection.
Operation Overload uncovers a concerted effort to target fact-checkers, newsrooms, and researchers worldwide, depleting their resources and exploiting credible information ecosystems to propagate the Kremlin’s political agenda.
13 June, 14:30 – 15:30 CEST Social media platforms have introduced their own monetisation rules establishing who and what can generate revenue through their services. Despite the significant sums of money at play, there is very little transparency and oversight.
This session with Duncan Meissel from Clean Creative explores the intersection of advertising and sustainability. Join us to learn what the ‘The F List’ is, the dangers of fossil fuel marketing and PR with misleading claims about climate change, and much more.
In this webinar, Sophie Murphy Byrne addresses the risks that artificial intelligence technologies pose in terms of electoral disinformation, looking at recent electoral events (e.g. India or South Korea will hold elections days before the webinar and Mexico and the European Union shortly after).
In this webinar, Marcus Bösch, Hamburg University, discusses disinformation, propaganda, and TikTok.