Happening now: #CIVEX Seminar in Elbląg, 🇵🇱 on '#Disinformation: regional and local dimension of a global challenge' hosted by our member @BrzezinMarek President of the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Region and @EU_CoR Rapporteur on countering foreign info manipulation and interference.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EPP_CoR/status/1656561312418201601
Representatives of local and regional authorities and experts have gathered to discuss threats related to #manipulation of information. Experience from #EU regions and cities will not only enrich our discussion, but serve as a motivation for further action. @BrzezinMarek @EU_CoR
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EPP_CoR/status/1656561599044304898
We call for greater resources to be given to local and regional authorities, in their roles as holders of public information and incubators of democracy, to improve capacity, expertise and skills in countering disinformation. #AlinNica @EU_CoR
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EPP_CoR/status/1656565707369328644
Manipulation of info is not only a current challenge. With each crisis it becomes more dangerous, leading to destabilisation of the #EU & division of society. There are many examples when dissemination of false info triggered hatred or undermined trust in public institutions.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EPP_CoR/status/1656566403682402305
I am glad that representatives of local media take part in today's seminar. Your presence is important, because you are the main source of information on domestic and global events for many inhabitants. You help to expose fake news, preventing dissemination of false information.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EPP_CoR/status/1656570384567660546
Local and regional authorities play an important role in counteracting foreign manipulation of information. It is linked to closeness to citizens and knowledge of local conditions. @BrzezinMarek @EU_CoR
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EPP_CoR/status/1656563722884661251