Alliance4Europe
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Building a stronger democracy in Europe through campaigns, communities, digital intelligence, and civic tech.
“The MFF is Europe’s democratic sovereignty test [...] strategic funding for democratic resilience will be the central factor.” Read Omri Preiss' Op-Ed in the Brussels Times on big tech’s grip on Europe and what the upcoming European long-term budget means. www.brusselstimes.com/opinion/2199...
Can Europe’s leaders deliver on tech sovereignty and democracy?
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You can’t stop foreign influence operations without disrupting them - that's why we launched the #DISRUPTToolkit. Built on existing tools, methods, experience and input from 170+ practitioners, it drives a whole-of-society collaboration to counter & mitigate influence operations 👉 bit.ly/4sRcpHC
We were on @tvpworld.bsky.social to discuss what’s needed to protect children - and us all - from the negative impact of Big Tech, from #DSA implementation and investment in 🇪🇺 #DigitalSovereignty. Watch the full interview here 👉 bit.ly/4av1nzW
Online abuse of kids: Sánchez's digital coalition against Big Tech | Wider View
Europe is moving toward tougher rules on social media for children, with leaders like Emmanuel Macron and Pedro Sánchez warning about addiction, abuse, and harmful content online. But the push for stricter regulation has sparked fierce reactions from Big Tech figures, including Elon Musk, raising questions about a growing transatlantic clash over digital power, free speech, and child safety. In this episode of Wider View, we look at whether Europe is ready to confront tech giants, what real protections for children might look like, and whether bans alone can solve the problem. Join Grzegorz Nawrocki and his guests: Isaline Wittorski, Project Lead at ECPAT International and Omri Preiss, Managing Director at Alliance4Europe, for Wider View. 00:00 Kids’ Brains “Not for Sale”: Europe Declares War on Big Tech 02:29 “Digital Wild West”: Sánchez Pushes a Youth Social Media Ban 03:03 Child Safety = Democracy Security (info-warfare & manipulation) 05:47 What Changed: AI, X, and the Trust & Safety Rollback 07:38 The Real Damage: Victims, long-term harm, and why self-regulation failed 09:30 DSA: Enforcement, red lines, and fines that could actually bite 12:38 Australia Test Case + What Europe Should Do Next (design, age-appropriate, sovereignty) #europe #regulation #socialmedia #children 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/m4mVcUReR6Y Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world
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How to make democracy more resilient? How can the 🇪🇺 budget strengthen democracy and remain trusted? Join the discussion on 4 February organised by @democracyintl.bsky.social and the Future of Democracy Parliamentary Group to find out 👉 bit.ly/3O4djB6
❄️ Before heading for the winter break, check out our December newsletter, where we take a look back at what we've accomplished in 2025 and exciting events, trainings and initiatives coming up in 2026. Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/47pCIg1
🚨 Online platforms aren’t playing by the rules? Make them! You can now report harmful/illegal content through our page - we review it, file a complaint and escalate it if needed. Let’s put #DigitalServicesAct to work! Enforce your digital rights. Report a case now 👉 bit.ly/48f7LKz bit.ly/4rl6eva
Fight desinformation
Your eyes and ears for more transparency.
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#DemocracyShield is here, but the fight is not over! At last week's #EPDemocracyForum our Managing Director @omripreiss.bsky.social implored 🇪🇺 Justice Commissioner @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social to ensure proper funding for #DemocraticResilience and ambitiously enforce existing laws #DSA. Tune in ⤵️
How is #AI used in election interference? 🗳️ Thanks to the #NYT for citing our latest report. "this year’s elections in Germany and Poland showed for the first time how effective the technology had become for foreign campaigns, as well as domestic political parties." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...
A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy
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We were at GLOBSEC 2025 to hold a panel on Fighting Information Threats 🔰 Many thanks to those who joined the discussion!
A look at Alliance4Europe’s GLOBSEC 2025 Panel 🛡️ Fighting Information Threats: Towards a Common EU Approach | Alliance4Europe
A look at Alliance4Europe’s GLOBSEC 2025 Panel 🛡️ Fighting Information Threats: Towards a Common EU Approach What are the steps needed to bring us closer to a unified EU approach to counter informati...
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A look at one our latest events, held together with @chathamhouse.org. #OSINT #Disinfo #IO 🛡️
This June, Alliance4Europe has had the privilege of co-hosting multiple high-level events focusing on one of Europe’s most pressing challenges – disinformation and democratic interference. | Alliance4...
This June, Alliance4Europe has had the privilege of co-hosting multiple high-level events focusing on one of Europe’s most pressing challenges – disinformation and democratic interference. 🏠 🇵🇱 We j...
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Co-authored by ggigitashvili.bsky.social, Martyna Hoffman & Saman Nazari , this joint report by the DFRLab, @alliance4europe.bsky.social & Political Accountability Foundation shows how a sanctioned actor penetrated Poland’s info space. DFRLab 🔗 bit.ly/43rRIGM A4E 🔗 bit.ly/3Z5CwxZ
Banned, yet broadcasting: Sanctioned Belarusian state media influencing the Polish elections
Belarusian state media uses digital platforms to promote candidates and shape narratives within Poland ahead of the 2025 presidential elections.
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🇵🇱🚨NEW: Belarusian state media is working to discredit #Poland2025Elections by amplifying candidates on #TikTok, #YouTube, #X & #Facebook while actively circumventing EU sanctions. DFRLab, Political Accountability Foundation & @alliance4europe.bsky.social reveal how: bit.ly/43rRIGM
Banned, yet broadcasting: Sanctioned Belarusian state media influencing the Polish elections
Belarusian state media uses digital platforms to promote candidates and shape narratives within Poland ahead of the 2025 presidential elections.
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⚠️ New Report: Banned, yet Broadcasting Belarusian state media is trying to discredit the Polish Presidential elections and amplify candidates across social media. Today, we publish this report w @dfrlab.bsky.social and the Political Accountability Foundation. alliance4europe.eu/banned-yet-b...
Banned, Yet Broadcasting: Sanctioned Belarusian State Media Influencing the Polish Elections - Alliance4Europe
Sanctioned Belarusian state media is interfering in the Polish Presidential elections through social media, circumventing EU sanctions.
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New from @alliance4europe.bsky.social: Kremlin-linked infops and sabotage targeting the 2025 Polish elections with cyber-attacks, narrative relay (both automated and paid), zone flooding, and source impersonation. #infops #Poland #elections #Kremlin #Europe #EU
Poland: Country Election Risk Assessment (2025) - Alliance4Europe
FIMI risks to the integrity of the upcoming Polish Presidential Elections in May 2025. This assessment identifies key threats and vulnerabilities
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🚨 Russian disinfo operation Doppelgänger is targeting Poland’s 2025 election, per new report from A4E & Debunk.org. Run by sanctioned SDA, it’s operating on X: 🧵👇
A4E’s MD Omri Preiss joined @tvpworld.bsky.social to break down how #disinformation influenced Germany’s #elections. Topics include: 🔹 AI-fueled false narratives 🔹 Social media platforms' algorithmic chaos 🔹 Storm and Doppelganger 🔹 Germany’s mitigation 🎥 Full interview: youtu.be/GbGqDH5pM4A?...
Elon Musk's Role in Germany's Elections | Anatomy of Disinformation
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🚨 NEW: The EU Digital Services Act requires Big Tech to be more transparent about platform harms + how they're mitigating them. So a group of us took a deep dive into their latest reports on this, and let's just say...there's a lot of room for improvement. Get into it here 👀 cdt.org/insights/dsa...
Civil Society Responds to DSA Risk Assessment Reports: An Initial Feedback Brief
The DSA Civil Society Coordination Group, in collaboration with the Recommender Systems Taskforce and People vs Big Tech, has released an initial analysis of the first Risk Assessment Reports submitte...
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@cemas.io and @alliance4europe.bsky.social have recently published a report showing how the #Russian Storm-1516 and R-FBI influence operation is targeting the #German #elections. The operation is spreading #disinformation about the #Greens, #CDU, and #FDP , using deepfakes and fabricated websites.
Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Election
Russian influence operations Storm-1516 and R-FBI are targeting Germany’s federal election and managed to get amplified by AfD accounts.
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Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Federal Election ⚠️ Together with CeMAS, we've released a new report on Russian information manipulation and interference into the #German elections through #disinformation. alliance4europe.eu/storm-1516-g... #Bundestagswahl
Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Election
Russian influence operations Storm-1516 and R-FBI are targeting Germany’s federal election and managed to get amplified by AfD accounts.
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The #Russian influence operation #Doppelganger has moved to #Bluesky! We analysed narratives targeting the #german #elections. The narratives use #sexism and #racism. Read the latest report written by @karolinschwarz.de and I published on @alliance4europe.bsky.social #Deutschen #Bundestag
Sky's the Limit - Russian Influence Operation Doppelgänger Expands to Bluesky - Alliance4Europe
This flash report describes the key behaviours of what is likely the Russian influence operation Doppelgänger’s expansion to Bluesky.
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🧵 ICYMI: In December, Alliance4Europe & GLOBSEC convened a roundtable for media, civil society & institutional representatives. We explored the elections in Moldova and Romania, diving into trends in influence operations, key takeaways and regional challenges 1/5
Event Report – Elections in Moldova and Romania: Influence Operations and Lessons Learned - Alliance4Europe
On Tuesday 17th December 2024, Alliance4Europe and GLOBSEC convened a Chatham House Rule Roundtable consisting of media, civil society, and institutional representatives. The session explored the rece...
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THREAD! Heard about ADAC.io? 'Attribution, Data Analysis, Countermeasures, and Interoperability!' 💡The mission: strengthen the ability to fight FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference), which threatens our democracies.
Social media giant #Telegram, long regarded for its hands-off moderation, recently announced that it will block access in the EU to a number of Russian sanctioned media, citing compliance with EU regulations such as the Digital Services Act #DSA alliance4europe.eu/telegram-blo... 🧵👇
Telegram takes unprecedented steps in blocking sanctioned Russian government media, but enforcement remains incomplete - Alliance4Europe
Social media giant Telegram, a platform long regarded for its hands-off approach to content moderation, announced on 30 December that it is blocking access within the EU to a number of Russian state-o...
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In January, sanctioned outlet Russia Today Germany (RT DE) set up a new X channel. RT DE published an article stating that they wished to test Elon Musk’s promise of free speech. We alerted authorities yesterday, and it was shut down. Takeaways thread below! 🧵👇 alliance4europe.eu/rt-germany-s...
RT Germany sets up new X account, mocks sanctions and the EU - Alliance4Europe
The German-language branch of the Russian-sanctioned media RT set up a new X account in January and started posting on January 13.
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Science Feedback and @alliance4europe.bsky.social published a report exposing the systemic use of #Telegram and other platforms by sanctioned entities to bypass restrictions and reach millions of users.
Science Feedback@sciencefeedback.bsky.social · 2y ago🧾 Latest report uncovers: Despite EU sanctions, Russian propaganda content remains widely available on major platforms. A collaboration between Science Feedback, Alliance4Europe and 6 other organizations in the Counter Disinformation Network (CDN), reveals systemic failures to enforce bans:
