What Sweden can teach us about fighting fake news
One year ago, disinformation and misinformation led to the violent attack on the Capitol that nearly succeeded in toppling US…
Tag: Elections
Macron’s rival Pécresse promised to clean out crime-hit unrban areas
French right-wing presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse promised Thursday to clean out crime-hit urban areas with a power hose as she…
Bulgaria’s new government maintains enlargement veto
While Bulgaria’s November 14 elections managed to break the political logjam that had paralyzed the country for most of 2021,…
French press agency and Google launched a programme against disinformation in French elections
Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Google France launched on 6 December a programme to fight disinformation in the run-up to the…
New anti-corruption party leading Bulgaria’s parliamentary vote
A newly founded anti-corruption party in Bulgaria is on course to win the country’s latest parliamentary election, according to four…
The three horsemen of cyber risks: misinformation, disinformation, and fake news
The risks associated with misleading information can have a profoundly negative impact. A new study from Elsevier Group of Economics…
Germany’s SPD pushes for inclusion of gas in EU green finance taxonomy
The role of gas in the energy transition should be reflected in the EU’s green finance taxonomy, according to the…
German election: SPD’s Olaf Scholz wins final TV debate
The center-left Social Democrats and Greens presented a united front in the third and final TV debate, with a snap…
Would-be Merkel successor Armin Laschet visits France’s Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron has hosted Christian Democrat leader Armin Laschet at the Elysee Palace. The visit comes just weeks…
Bundestag elections: disinformation campaigns and fake news – a threat to democracy in Germany
In late June German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived to Washington - it was her last official visit to the United…