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KREmlin’s anti-dEmocRatic mEssaging and disinfoRmation in EuRopE - policy Brief no. 100, may 2021

18 May 2021

The Key points continuing rule of law problems and democratic back- sliding, the rise of domestic populism and extremism, In the context of a broader state capture power disruptive social media and technological develop- mix framework, the Kremlin has launched the ments, and authoritarian-state-driven influence opera- most consistent and aggressive disinformation tions have undermined democratic. [...] The sole responsibility for the publication lies with CSD and the content may not necessarily reflect the positions of Civitates, NEF or the Foundations contributing to the Fund. [...] automated monitoring; (3) the uneven geographical diffusion and applicability of rules on the operation Hence, reining in the circulation of disinformation of social media platforms, with Europe’s less popular and moderating content has figured as a central con- languages remaining blind spots for (self-)regulation; cern in debates about the (self)regulation of social (4) the persistent dangers to. [...] • It is paramount for Europe to build business and economic ties with Russia as a way of propping up Against the background of the multiplicity of chal- national sovereignty and interests against the rapa- lenges afflicting democracy in Europe, the assertion ciousness of “globalists”. [...] The differentiations in the content and style of Kremlin continuing proliferation of policy initiatives on the EU anti-democratic message transmission are a function level (the European Democracy Action Plan, the Digital of the degree of political, economic, and ideological Services Act, and the Digital Market Act) demonstrates distance of a given outlet to (pro)Russian groups and a growing recogn.
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