EP Special Committee debates Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union!
A strategy to safeguard our democracies. https://www.eudebates.tv/debates/spec... Propose a comprehensive strategy to prevent malicious interference at European and even global level. Present a clear analysis of where and how foreign financing of political groups is happening so that action can be taken, nationally and internationally. #Disinformation. #eudebates #Democracy #Parliament Step up action with traditional and social media platforms to prevent malicious activities, including improving algorithms online and in social media to ensure that foreign state-sponsored content does not appear at the top of search results. Set out a duty-of-care strategy for social media platforms to protect vulnerable citizens from bogus political interference. Propose penalties for Big Tech companies that fail to address the problem. Strengthen resilience to disinformation, for example by creating effective programmes for digital literacy and empowering the research community to counter disinformation. Co-operate with the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence to include AI experts/researchers in the fight to defend our democracies and expose disinformation. Identify areas of co-operation with the EU’s international allies to exchange ideas/resources and facilitate joint campaigns against malign interference. Hearing on foreign interference: Turkey and Russia Our last hearing on interference from third countries in a geopolitical context focused on Turkey and Russia. To be able to protect our democracies from foreign interference, it is important to know the spectrum of actors: from broad and bold to specialized and subtle; from whom are they taking orders, are European proxies involved? To find out, we invited Mr Guillaume PERRIER journalist and expert about Turkey; Ms Emel PARLAR DAL, Professor at Marmara University's Department of International Relations, Jean Monnet Chair on the EU and Emerging Powers in the Evolving Multilateralism (2020-2023); Ms Mira MILOSEVICH, Senior Research Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies, Associate Professor at the IE University School of Global and Public Affairs (Madrid) and Mr Nicolás DE PEDRO, Head of Research and Senior Fellow at The Institute for Statecraft in London where he works on issues related to Russia, disinformation and hybrid threats. Raphaël GLUCKSMANN S&D, FR, Chair of the INGE Committee, and Sandra KALNIETE EPP, LV, rapporteur debate on Foreign interference in EU democratic processes. EP Special Committee on Foreign #Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including #Disinformation. #eudebates #Democracy #Parliament On Monday 1 March, the INGE Committee has invited HR/VP Josep BORRELL. Members to question him on the EEAS' strategy to battle foreign interference. They enquire him on the choices he has made in the past and what strategies will be developed in the future. We are looking forward to this exchange of views, which is a continuation of previous meetings with Commissioners JOUROVA, SCHINAS and BRETON to discuss what the Commission does to protect our democratic processes. Reacting to the growing evidence of external interference and disinformation campaigns affecting European elections and public debates, the S&D Group has successfully managed to set up a special committee to shed light on these practices, which jeopardise European democracy and the EU project. The special committee will analyse the situation across Europe and work on ambitious proposals to respond to foreign interference and manipulation. The threats include: large-scale disinformation campaigns, cyber-attacks aimed at undermining electoral infrastructure, hack-and-leak operations targeted at public figures, the use of online trolls/bots to spread ‘fake news’, political micro-targeting of vulnerable communities, and last but not least the illegal funding of political parties and foundations. In addition, the committee will look at how the EU regions depend on foreign technology infrastructure, which could be used to cut crucial supply and communication networks. Understanding the threats Analyse the situation across Europe and get a clear picture of the different aspects of the problem to obtain a clearer view of what we face. Assess the action taken by Big Tech companies to fix the problem of disinformation. Investigate the quality and security of tech infrastructure in European and national institutions, locating the vulnerabilities that could lead to system breaches and cyber-attacks. https://www.eudebates.tv/ #eudebates
