The relationship between FIFA and UEFA has always had its share of tension, but the latest chapter feels less like a family quarrel and more like a courtroom showdown. In a legal filing submitted to the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, FIFA accused UEFA of running a “misinformation campaign” and trying to interfere in the upcoming FIFA presidential election. The filing was a response to UEFA’s request for documents and evidence related to the abandoned FIFA Forward Enterprise project, known as FFE. FIFA’s language was sharp and unusually personal, accusing UEFA of making false and misleading…

On September 29, in a quiet administrative gesture that carried enormous strategic weight, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk signed an order creating the Center for Combating Disinformation. The document officially took effect the following day, September 30, and the news was delivered by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitalization Krzysztof Gawkowski at the 8th Cybersecurity Forum in Warsaw. Gawkowski framed the moment as historic: Poland would become the first country in Europe to establish a single, unified government center devoted entirely to fighting disinformation. This is far more than a bureaucratic reshuffle. It is a public acknowledgment that information…