European Union Efforts to Counter Disinformation

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Publication Date 01/12/2016
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In some cases hyperlinks allows you to access all versions of a report, including the latest. Note that many reports are periodically updated.Concerns about the use of propaganda and disinformation by both state and non-state actors led to the European Parliament adopting a resolution entitled 'EU Strategic Communication to Counteract Anti-EU Propaganda by Third Parties' on 23 November 2016. In adopting the resolution, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) expressed the view that propaganda and disinformation campaigns seek to distort the truth, incite fear, provoke doubt, discredit the EU institutions, divide the EU and its North American partners, and paralyze decision-making.

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FAS: Congressional Research Service [CRS] Reports https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/index.html
ESO: Background information: EU strategic communications with a View to Counteracting Propaganda http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-strategic-communications-with-a-view-to-counteracting-propaganda/
ESO: Key Source: Questions and Answers about the East StratCom Task Force https://www.europeansources.info/showDoc?ID=1221173

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