Written by Naja Bentzen,
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The impact of the online spread of mis- and disinformation – including false news posing as factual stories – became increasingly visible in the context of the crisis in Ukraine, and gained notoriety as a global phenomenon during the 2016 presidential election campaign in the United States. Ahead of the European elections in 2019, the EU’s answers to these challenges are still only tentative.
A global phenomenon with political impact
The phenomenon of false, misleading news stories is at least as old as the printing press. However, it gained momentum and global visibility during the final …read more
Disinformation, ‘fake news’ and the EU’s response
