EU DisinfoLab

🚨UPCOMING WEBINAR Flops and VLOPs: Monetisation, Meta and the DSA Facebook paid creators $3B last year. Who’s checking where it goes? WHAT TO FIX’s Belén Luna Sanz unpacks their DSA complaint against Meta. ⏰ 29 Oct 14:30-15:30 CET 👉 Register on our new DisinfoHub: hub.disinfo.eu/events/flops...

🚨 WEBINAR TODAY, 14:30 CEST: Monetised Slopaganda Is your feed flooded with AI slop? Platforms pay for it. 💸 Reset Tech's Aleksandra Atanasova explains how monetisation programmes fund AI-generated political clickbait. Sign up now on our NEW DisinfoHub: hub.disinfo.eu

Back from #Disinfo2026 ➡️ Disinfo Update is out! www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-upda... Inside: 🛡️ New national counter-disinformation structures ⚖️ National courts and regulators applying the DSA 📢 AI Hub 🤖 Russia’s propaganda infrastructure and the Yandex bot claims 💬 DisinfoHub is live hub.disinfo.eu

🚨New Webinar: Monetised Slopaganda Is your feed flooded with AI slop? Platforms pay for it. Join Aleksandra Atanasova of Reset Tech ⏰ 22 Oct 14:30 CEST on how monetisation programmes fuel AI political clickbait, from deepfakes to misinformation. 👉Register via our NEW DisinfoHub: hub.disinfo.eu

✨Thank you to everybody who joined us at #Disinfo2026! Over the past two days, we've shared inspiring conversations, insightful panels, and though-provoking presentations. Our whole team is already looking forward to continuing the conversation, and to seeing you at #Disinfo2027! 🤗

🌄 Good morning from #Disinfo2026! Day 2 is here, and it's full of powerful conversations and fresh insights. Let's make it a day of ideas, collaboration, and action! 🦸✨

What a first day at #Disinfo2026! 🤯 A big thank you to all our speakers and participants for sharing their insights. The formal programme may be over, but the fun continues this evening with a film screening, a walking tour, and a social event 🎬🚶🥂 See you tomorrow for 𝗗𝗮𝘆 2️⃣ 💡🤝

Day one of #Disinfo2026 is here! 🎉 Get ready for an outstanding lineup of panels and talks you won't want to miss. 𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐! 🙌✨

🎉 #Disinfo2026 is almost here! Join us tonight for a relaxed get-together to connect and catch up before the conference begins. Tomorrow, we kick off an inspiring programme, and we can't wait to see you there! 💎🙌 🔗 disinfo2026.mitto.app

New Disinfo Update is out! ⚖️ German court rules Meta liable for fake ads 🤖 AI hype vs real risks 🔍 Meta's Community Notes under scrutiny 💬 Our DisinfoHub is live. Register here hub.disinfo.eu Read here👇 www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-upda... 🚆 Next stop: Vilnius! See you at #Disinfo2026 next week.

Security camera footage vs. the Kremlin's official version. Who wins? 🎥 Have a look at our webinar with BBC Monitoring on using OSINT to fact-check government claims. The recording is available on DisinfoHub, our new members' platform, now live! 🚀 👉 Register in seconds: hub.disinfo.eu

Webinar:"How Russia accidentally lost hundreds of bombs" ⏰TODAY 14:30–15:30 CEST: Join BBC Monitoring's Vitaly Shevchenko on why Russian glide bombs keep landing on their own soil, how the Kremlin blames Ukraine, and how to verify claims with OSINT. Register now! 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

⏰️ THURSDAY 24 SEPT, 14:30-15:30 CEST. Webinar: “How Russia accidentally lost hundreds of bombs” Join BBC's Vitaly Shevchenko to see how open source verification exposes Kremlin disinformation about its own war effort ⏰️ THURSDAY 24 SEPT, 14:30-15:30 CEST. 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

𝑾𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 💙 #Disinfo2026 is officially full. Seeing this much interest means everything to us. Thank you all for being part of this community and the fight against disinformation. If you didn't get a seat this time, see you in 2027 🫶

🚨Last chance to register! What does “Reject Then Launder” mean? Learn more in our webinar with Factiverse and SimPPL experts who are catching AI models that validate extremist narratives in times of conflict. Join today at 14:30 CEST! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Ask a chatbot about a terror attack. It condemns the violence, then validates the ideology behind it 🥲 Learn more in our webinar "Reject then Launder": catching AI models validating extremist narratives in crisis, with Factiverse & SimPPL. ⏰ 17 Sept, 14:30 CEST 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This blogpost, although very long, is a very simplified summary of the legal wranglings about an order placed on Cloudflare to block access to sanctioned Russian outlets for users of its DNS service in France. Read it here👇 www.disinfo.eu/publications...

👋 Our new Disinfo Update is out! A summer of disinformation put to the test: Ceuta, Russia's shifting tactics, AI regulation, and whether the DSA's crisis tools are actually being used. Plus the final #Disinfo2026 programme. 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-upda...

We are happy to share that the full #Disinfo2026 programme is now online ⚡ This year, the it runs across five thematic tracks – #infospaces, #enforcement, #investigation, #solutions and #AI. Ready to dive in? Registration is open – but not for long. Grab your spot 👇 www.disinfo.eu/conference/

Registrations for #Disinfo2026 are moving fast, and we may be fully booked sooner than expected 😱 If you've been meaning to sign up, now is the time – spots are limited, when they're gone, they're gone 🤷 Don't miss your chance to be part of it. Request your ticket: www.disinfo.eu/conference/

🚀 EU DisinfoLab Webinars are back! 🗓️ 17 Sept | Reject then Launder: AI safety filters failing in crises & whitewashing extremist narratives us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 🗓️ 24 Sept | BBC Monitoring on catching Kremlin propaganda glitches with OSINT us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Disinformation actors are constantly expanding the range of attack vectors and techniques they use, and the counter-disinfo community needs to keep pace. #Disinfo2026 will look at how to tackle new challenges whilst upholding ethical standards. 🎟️ Request your ticket! www.disinfo.eu/conference#u...

🗞️ Our latest Disinfo Update is out now! → RT sanctions: EU's top court closes a loophole → Meta's addictive design under Commission scrutiny → France, UK & Canada tighten enforcement → AI summaries: still a black box, still a disinfo risk 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-upda... Happy read, happy summer🌞

AI is reshaping the disinformation battlefield. At #Disinfo2026, we'll explore how researchers can keep pace, audit LLMs for bias and manipulation, AI's role in cognitive warfare and health disinformation, and how it can be used to fight back. 🎟️ Request your ticket: www.disinfo.eu/conference/

Soft law requires hard work. The EU Code of Conduct on Disinformation covers key issues, but can a voluntary instrument tackle problems rooted in platforms' business models? 🤨 Our latest blog examines the Council of Europe's overlooked Guidance Note. 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/publications...

🎥 Can European software built on low-cost Chinese AI models be trusted? Watch the recording: www.disinfo.eu/2-july-china... That's a wrap for our webinar season! See you in September! Missing us already? 😉 Browse our webinar library: www.disinfo.eu/outreach/our... Have a fantastic summer! ☀️

It's time to enforce! #Enforcement and evidence are a key focus at #Disinfo2026: from platform accountability and strategic litigation to measuring what really matters. Read more 👉 www.disinfo.eu/conference#u...

The true cost of Europe's reliance on Chinese AI 🤖🇪🇺 💥 Join EU DisinfoLab tomorrow, 2 July, to discover how China is shaping global information ecosystems and what European tech can do to mitigate the risk. 👇 Register here to secure your spot: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

There is a concern among reputable news media that their content is vulnerable to arbitrary social media content moderation. As discussions around the future of the #AVMSD raise the possibility of extending a #MediaExemption, we outline our concerns & suggestions. 👇 www.disinfo.eu/advocacy/con...

Today at 14:30 CEST! Don't miss a truly unprecedented 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗦𝗔 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 💪 We’re getting first-hand insights from Democracy Reporting International on their landmark legal battle against X to access platform data. Last-minute registrations are still open👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🚀 Out now: #DisinfoUpdate Europe is tightening AI & digital governance. But regulation isn't enough, civil society needs sustainable backing. This week's highlights: 🇪🇺 State & CSO action against Big Tech 🤖 Landmark AI liability rulings 🏦 Our endowment proposal 👉 www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-upda...

Europe's defence against disinformation depends on civil society expertise. Yet the organisations providing it remain funded through short-term, fragmented schemes. We propose an independent endowment for the democratic news ecosystem ⬇️ www.disinfo.eu/advocacy/the...

Who's joining #Disinfo2026? 🎤 We're excited to reveal a selection of the voices helping shape the conversation at this year's conference. Take a first look at our lineup here 👇 www.disinfo.eu/conference#u... ...and request your ticket now! 🎟️

Upcoming webinars! 🔴 TODAY (18 June) | AI DISINFO WATCH 🤖 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... ⚖️ NEXT WEEK | EVIDENCE & ENFORCEMENT 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗦𝗔 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗥𝗜 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗫 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🔹How will AI-enabled disinformation evolve? 🔹What risks could emerge as AI systems become increasingly coordinated and autonomous? Join us on June 18 at 14:30 CEST for: 🚨 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📢💌 The latest #DisinfoUpdate is out! Europe is stepping up its response to disinformation. But will the resources follow? In this edition the growing role of civil society, and why the next EU budget will be critical for protecting our information environment. 👇 www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-upda...

Planning to join us at #Disinfo2026 in Vilnius on 7–8 October? The early bird rate is available until 𝟏 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 🐦 Registrations are already moving quickly, so now’s a good time to secure your place ⏰ Request your ticket here 👇🎟️👇 www.disinfo.eu/conference

📣 Our latest Disinfo Update is out! In this edition: Dutch arrests linked to the Doppelganger operation, the EU's long-awaited decision on X, member states pushing back against Big Tech, hantavirus conspiracy theories, and fresh moves on AI governance & much more! 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-upda...

Disinformation, power struggles, political theatre, emerging technologies... 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒂 still feels all too current. On 19 May, we’ll be at the Brussels Shakespeare Society’s production and hosting a 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 beforehand. Want to join? Message us 📩 🎭🎫 shaksoc.theatreinbrussels.com

𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 🎉 Registration is OPEN for #Disinfo2026! 🎫🔗 www.disinfo.eu/conference Spots are limited, so don’t wait too long 🚨

📣 New Disinfo Update out – now in a more concise format. Clearer, faster overview of key disinformation developments, from enforcement & platform accountability to AI risks. 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-upda... Check it out & let us know what you think.

What if a patch or badge could reveal Russian intelligence structures? Watch the session to unpack what’s behind military insignia 🎥 www.disinfo.eu/23-april-dec... Next up 💥 Look what you made me do: How FIMI actors weaponise pop culture 🗓️ 30 April, 14:30 CEST us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

⏰ Coming up! What do Eurovision, viral controversies & pop icons have in common? Join our webinar on how FIMI actors weaponise pop culture: from memes to major events. 🗓️ 30 April | 14:30 CEST 🎙️ R. Gilman & Z. Fourel 🎤 M.G. Sessa 🔗 Register here: www.disinfo.eu/30-april-fim...

#Disinfo2026 is back, and we’re shifting gears. After 350+ proposals (+60% vs last year!), this year’s focus is clear: moving from analysing disinformation to confronting it 🎯💪 🎫 Registrations open 4 May ⚠️ Limited to 650 participants – plan ahead! 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/conference#u...

New factsheet published! 🇪🇸 Explore the disinformation landscape in Spain: a fast-moving, ecosystem shaped by digital agitators, generative AI, and foreign influence 🔍 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/publications... 🌍 Part of our work on disinformation across EU Member States 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/publications...

Coming up 👇 Civil society evidence under the DSA: lessons from AI Forensics 🗓️ 9 April | 14:30–15:30 CEST 🎙️ Marc Faddoul - AI Forensics Part of our “evidence & enforcement” series ⚠️ Insider session (regs & civil society only) 🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Bulletproof guarantees from X to cover DSA fines? 🤔 Sounds almost too good to be true...🤨 Take a look and decide 👇 www.disinfo.eu/publications... 🐟