Show The EU defines disinformation as false information deliberately made up with the purpose of causing harm. Kartte and Richter have both left the EU’s diplomatic service, but spoke to the Guardian, along with several serving and former EU officials. Jakub Kalensky, who was the EU’s top disinformation analyst between 2015 and 2018, helped design the tool. He said “hybrid” tactics targeting public opinion and the EU’s critical infrastructure were a growing threat to the EU’s “democratic values”. Stano said that there are now three Mandarin speakers working in EU strategic communications and that more are being hired.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2021 09:32 UTC