(IN BRIEF) Robert Szustkowski, a philanthropist and key advocate for digital rights, is spearheading a European initiative to expand the Right to Be Forgotten, as outlined in the GDPR, to include media organizations as data controllers. This initiative is designed … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Society
Tagged digital accountability, digital rights, disinformation, EU, Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union, fake news, GDPR, Gillian Tett, law, media regulation, personal data, Poland, Right to be Forgotten, Robert Szustkowski, Szustkowski
(IN BRIEF) Europe may be facing an epistemological crisis that threatens genuine democratic values due to the rampant spread of disinformation, which global leaders at WEF 2025 have identified as the greatest short-term global threat—surpassing even war and natural … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Media, Poland
Tagged 2025 presidential elections, Check Point Software Technologies, civic education, cybersecurity threats, democratic values, Digital Services Act, disinformation, DSA, EDMO, epistemological crisis, EU, Eurobarometer, Europe, European Media Digital Observatory, European Union, EUvsDisinfo Lab, fact-checking tools, fake news, false information, geopolitical struggles, global leaders, high-quality journalism, journalism, Krzysztof Gawkowski, law, Poland, Right to be Forgotten, Robert Szustkowski, Russian propaganda, stop disinformation, threat of disinformation, true democratic values, WEF 2025, Wojciech Głażewski
DIASPORA MOLDOVENEASCĂ DEȚINE CHEIA PENTRU APĂRAREA VIITORULUI ȚĂRII (PE SCURT) Moldova se află într-o perioadă crucială a istoriei sale, iar alegerile prezidențiale din 2024 vor decide viitorul său democratic și orientarea către Europa. Actori străini, în special din Rusia, încearcă … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, European Union, Germany, Government, Internet & Online, Italy, Media, Moldova, Politics, Society, Ukraine
Tagged advocacy, Alegeri, alegerile prezidențiale din 2024, apărării democrației, autoritarismului, BELARUS, Campanii pentru Umanitate, Combateți Dezinformarea, democracy, Democrație, Dezinformare, dezinformarea, Diaspora, Diaspora moldovenească, disinformation, drepturilor omului, economiilor echitabile, election, Elena Druță, European Union, Maia Sandu, MOLDOVA, Natalia Cucoș, Rusia, Rusiei, RUSSIA, StopFals, Ucraina, Uniunea Europeană, Vot, vote
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ASSESSING POLAND’S ALIGNMENT WITH THE EU’S “RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN” DIRECTIVE AS IT PERTAINS TO MEDIA OUTLETS. THIS SCRUTINY FOLLOWS A RECENT PROPOSAL AIMED AT EXPANDING THESE RIGHTS WITHIN THE MEDIA SECTOR. OVER THE … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Internet & Online, Law, Media, Poland
Tagged accountability, Article 17, data protection authorities, disinformation, EC, emergency assistance, EU, EU citizens, European Commission, freedom of expression, GDPR, journalistic integrity, legislation, media accountability, media reports, personal data protection, personal rights violations, psychological support, public health, Readers' Rights Ombudsman, Right to be Forgotten, Szustkowski, trauma teddies
(IN BRIEF) The European Union faces a growing challenge in combating disinformation and media manipulation. Citizens and organizations are calling for an expansion of the “right to be forgotten” to include media outlets, holding them accountable for defamatory or misleading … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Media, News, Politics, Society
Tagged Commissioner Didier Reynders, dangers of disinformation, defamation, digital communication, disinformation, EU, European Commission, European Union, fakenews, false information online, hate speech, media defamation, media manipulation, media outlets, media publishers, misleading information, personal data breaches, personal privacy, protecting human dignity, protection of human rights, responsible data management, rights, Robert Szustkowski, Vera Jourova
(IN BRIEF) Deutsche Telekom has launched a powerful new campaign as part of its “No Hate Speech” initiative, aimed at raising awareness about the dangers of disinformation. The campaign uses striking imagery to show how false information spreads rapidly like … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged campaign, Christian Hahn, Dennis May, Deutsche Telekom, disinformation, marketing, No hate speech, Nora Fingscheidt
BRUSSELS, 06-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — To protect its democratic systems and public debates and in view of the 2019 European elections as well as a number of national and local elections that will be held in Member States by 2020, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Media, Politics, Society
Tagged Andrus Ansip, debates, democracy, democratic systems, disinformation, division, elections, EU, Europe, Federica Mogherini, hatred, Julian King, Mariya Gabriel, mistrust, Vĕra Jourová
Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland, 17-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBU is urging the European Commission to ensure online platforms and advertisers put in place effective procedures and policies to tackle the scourge of fake news. Last month, the Sounding Board of the … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Internet & Online, Media, Switzerland
Tagged advertisers, CodeofPractice, disinformation, EBU, European Commission, factcheckers, fake news, fakenews, journalists, Noel Curran, Prof Ravi Vatrapu
A new experiment, launching today (20 Feb 2018) online, aims to help ‘inoculate’ against disinformation by providing a small dose of perspective from a “fake news tycoon”. A pilot study has shown some early success in building resistance to fake … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Entertainment, Internet & Online, Media, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged disinformation, Dr Sander van der Linden, fake news, game, propagandist, teenagers
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