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Dave Keating
@davekeating.substack.com

Yet again, the EU surrenders to Trump. After facing pressure from the US State Department, @kajakallas.bsky.social's EU foreign service pulled out of a conference this week at the last minute – because one of the panels dared to discuss American disinfo in Europe.

theguardian.comEU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ requestLithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
Frau Sherri 🇩🇪 🇪🇺🐈‍⬛
@frausherri.bsky.social

No, it doesn’t. Please read the article. Diplomacy and international politics is complicated. They all said, Lithuania and Canada included, the organisers chose to frame some of the discussions in a way which does not align with the official positions held by them.

Robin Berjon
@robin.berjon.com

Sponsors never have a say over the programme and there is no world in which the programme is supposed to represent their official position. Also, they had known the programme for a long time but only pulled sponsorship *after* the US pressured them to, which is confirmed.

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