Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
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Imagine arriving at a conference about lies and manipulation, only to discover that some of your own backers have quietly slipped away, their names hidden under white stickers. That was the strange atmosphere in Vilnius this week, where #Disinfo2026—the annual gathering of Europe’s counter-disinformation community—brought together hundreds of researchers, journalists,…
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1. A Diplomatic Storm in Paris: France Summons Iran’s Ambassador On a tense Wednesday in Paris, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs delivered a sharp diplomatic rebuke by summoning Iran’s ambassador to the country. The reason was not a trade dispute, nor a military standoff, but a war of words being waged online—one that French authorities say crossed every red line. According to Pascal Confavreux, the spokesperson for the French Foreign Ministry, the ambassador was called in to receive a formal protest over what Paris described as a “disinformation campaign” orchestrated by official Iranian accounts. These accounts, linked…
It’s going to be a big moment for South Africa. On 4 November 2026, the country heads to the polls for local government elections, and if past elections are anything to go by, the run-up will be messy in more ways than one. Alongside the usual political campaigning, policy debates, and voter education, there will be a flood of disinformation — some of it silly, some of it dangerous, and all of it designed to confuse, divide, or manipulate. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has already flagged this. In fact, the IEC’s chairperson, Mosotho Moepya, has warned that generative AI…
