The European Democracy Shield

The EU is taking measures to protect Europe’s information space against bad actors. It has set up an information initiative to that end, with the following announcement on November 12th.

Today, the EU announced the establishment of the European Democracy Shield. The Shield, developed jointly by the European Commission and the European External Action Service, has a robust external dimension and will help empower strong and resilient democracies. Under its first pillar on safeguarding the integrity of the information space, the Joint Communication formulates the EU’s necessary response to the threat of foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI). With this initiative the EU strives to make democracies more resilient against information attacks and interference coming from its adversaries.”

More information can be found here and here.

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