Just back from my first ever visit to #Asia!

Great exchanges with #Taiwan & #SouthKorea on whole-of-society response to foreign interference by #China, #NorthKorea & #Russia.

High time govts & philanthropies invest in NGOs like @DefendDemocracy that help build societal #resilience to #hybridthreats to #democracy!

By manipulating #information, it is used as a weapon for foreign #interference, undermining our #democracies.

At @EU_EESC conference we urged all actors to help #DefendDemocracy & security: governments, #BigTech & civil society.

#BGvsDisinfo #HybridThreats #EUvsDisinfo

https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases/strong-civil-society-and-independent-media-are-firewall-against-disinformation

5+ years after my organisation @DefendDemocracy started calling for a coordinated EU response to #hybridthreats to #democracy, EU Parliament votes for it.

And for adequate funding for NGOs like #DefendDemocracy. Hear, hear!

Let's get to work!

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230524IPR91908/foreign-interference-meps-call-for-urgent-protection-of-2024-european-elections

Thank you EU Parliament for hearing our plea!

To #DefendDemocracy, EU Parliament urges coordinated EU strategy & adequate funding.

EU needs effective #DefenceOfDemocracy package & legislation to counter #HybridThreats.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230524IPR91908/foreign-interference-meps-call-for-urgent-protection-of-2024-european-elections

Western #Europe is blind to #China 's influence operations.

“Beijing has long aimed #propaganda at the European Union, seeking to undermine #transatlantic unity and promote Beijing’s outlook on world affairs.”

#DefendDemocracy #HybridThreats

https://www.politico.eu/article/complete-denial-europe-largely-blind-to-chinese-influence-says-eu-adviser-china-russia-propaganda/

Interesting components of psychological #resilience to i.a. #hybridthreats:

Critical factors (...) are undisrupted basic services, ensured minimum income and the possibility to maintain contacts with loved ones and other communities.

Cool #sisu, #Finland based, as usual.

RT @CER_EU
🆕 @CER_EU policy brief by @Helmi_Pillai analyses the growing threat of Russian hybrid attacks on European critical infrastructure. 🇪🇺 🇷🇺

Read it here: https://www.cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2023/protecting-europes-critical-infrastructure-russian-hybrid

#hybridthreats #criticalinfrastructure #Russia

#DefendDemocracy's recommendations for EU Commission's #DefenceOfDemocracy package:

* Use a coherent & comprehensive approach to foreign interference;

* Invest in whole-of-society resilience to #HybridThreats to democracy.

Find our input in the chapter on 'Foreign interference':

https://epd.eu/2023/03/30/joint-civil-society-and-democracy-organisations-priorities-for-the-defence-of-democracy-package/

For an adequate '#DefenceOfDemocracy' package, the EU needs to address the full foreign toolbox of #HybridThreats to #democracy coherently.

Not cherry-pick just a few of them.

Our letter to the @EU_Commission

#DefendDemocracy #HybridThreats

https://defenddemocracy.eu/letter-on-defence-of-democracy/

This week, we had the honour to speak about countering #Russia’s malign influence in #Europe.

We shared the stage with UK's MFA, RUSI & SWP and had a fascinating exchange.

Thanks for convening us, UK Mission to the EU.

#DefendDemocracy #HybridThreats #EUvsDisinfo

This week, we had the honour to speak about countering #Russia’s malign influence in #europe

We shared the stage with UK's MFA, RUSI & SWP and had a fascinating exchange.

Thanks for convening us, UK Mission to the EU.

#DefendDemocracy #HybridThreats #EUvsDisinfo

Swedish websites including energy and payment sites are down following DDOS attacks #CyberSecurity #HybridThreats https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/efter-hotet-om-hackerattack-flera-webbsajter-nere

#Autocrats are weaponizing #globalization.

#Ukraine is where they must be stopped.

"To secure Ukraine’s #sovereignty —and our own— we need to break the power of networked #authoritarians & the way they weaponize #interdependence."

#DefendDemocracy #HybridThreats #FIMI #StandWithUkraine

https://time.com/6242912/ukraine-war-globalized-autocrats/

A partire dall'importanza delle domande, e dalla domanda circa la possibilità concreta che l'#intelligenzaartificiale sia utilizzata per contrastare la #disinformazione mi sono cimentato nell'immaginare quali possano essere gli ostacoli tecnici, geopolitici e giuridici che si frappongono a tale obiettivo.

Il volume si collega idealmente con il precedente "Geografia delle cyberwars" (Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, 2018) e ne amplia lo sguardo nell'attuale #infosfera.

#hybridthreats #infowar #law

“One thing #HybridThreats have in common is that they are dividing us. That’s why we also need to focus on building connections & social cohesion in the offline world.”

On her visit to Finland, our founder @AliceStollmeyer was interviewed on civil #resilience:

https://elmmagazine.eu/resistance/our-brain-was-not-built-for-this/

"Russia’s proxies.. using the entire spectrum of #HybridThreats .. are working to destabilize the government, erode our democracy & jeopardize Moldova’s contribution to Europe’s wider security."

Moldova's President on the link between #democracy & #security:

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-security-ukraine-russia-war-at-stake-in-moldova/