From dormant accounts and algorithm manipulation to cyber attacks and foreign-backed networks, check out the findings of Andra-Lucia MARTINESCU, researcher at the Policy Center in London, as she investigates Romania's election interference.

To read the report co-signed by Andra-Lucia Martinescu, Sorina Stallard, Alina Balatchi-Lupascu, Mihai George Forlafu, and the Osavul Data Team: https://fpc.org.uk/networks-of-influence-decoding-foreign-meddling-in-romanias-elections-a-collaborative-investigation-into-disinformation-campaigns-and-influence-operation/

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Big Tech is dropping fact-checking. Sit down with Alexandre ALAPHILIPPE, Executive Director at EU DisinfoLab, as he pleads for enforcing the Digital Services Act (DSA) and European regulations to effectively hold tech giants responsible for the spread of disinformation.

To check out EU DisinfoLab's website: https://www.disinfo.eu/

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Are Western democracies helping their adversaries by overreacting to foreign propaganda? Join Gavin WILDE, senior researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, senior fellow at Carnegie, and former Russia analyst at the U. S. Department of Defense, explains why he thinks some countermeasures might be doing more harm than good, and elaborates on lessons learned since 2016.

Read Gavin's article "From Panic to Policy: The Limits of Foreign Propaganda and the Foundations of an Effective Response": https://tnsr.org/2024/03/from-panic-to-policy-the-limits-of-foreign-propaganda-and-the-foundations-of-an-effective-response/

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