Update: COVID-19 media surveillance – 2 April 2020 has been published.
This media surveillance collects articles reported through publicly available web sites in Europe and worldwide. It provides the main headlines, most retweeted items as well as fact checks on recent news.
A summary of the exchange of views is now available.
Today 2 April, on International Fact-checking Day, Parliament is contributing to raising awareness of the dangers of disinformation, not only for citizens’ health, but also for democracy.
Ministers of foreign affairs will follow-up on the last ministerial video conference that took place on 23 March 2020, discussing international aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The focus will be on consular coordination and repatriation, strengthening international cooperation and assistance, and disinformation.
Disinformation and misinformation around COVID-19 continue to proliferate around the world, with potentially harmful consequences for public health and effective crisis communication. In the EU and elsewhere, coordinated disinformation messaging seeks to frame vulnerable minorities as the cause of the pandemic and to fuel distrust in the ability of democratic institutions to deliver effective responses. Some state and state-backed actors seek to exploit the public health crisis to advance geopolitical interests, often by directly challenging the credibility of the European Union and its partners.
The European Commission has launched a special page on fighting disinformation around Covid 19 which includes specific rebuttals on the most recurrent, harmful and widely spread myths around the crisis.
Czech Liaison Office for Research, Development and Innovation (CZELO) and its partners are pleased to invite you to the Science Café with Lukáš Tóth focused on the topic of information flow in times of COVID-19.
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The outbreak of the coronavirus has led to disinformation that hampers efforts to contain the pandemic. Read on to find out what you can do.
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has launched an audit to examine the Union’s efforts to fight the spread of verifiably false or misleading information for the purposes of economic gain or intentionally deceiving the public, which may cause public harm. The auditors will assess the EU action plan against disinformation in terms of its relevance, the results achieved so far, as well as its accountability framework. The examination includes the European External Action Service (EEAS) StratCom task forces’ capacity to tackle disinformation, the establishment of the rapid alert system, the code of practice signed by online platforms and other bodies, as well as projects and EU initiatives to raise awareness and improve societal resilience.
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Andrea Jelinek, Chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), looked into the processing of different types of personal data in the measures taken by governments, public and private organisations throughout Europe to contain and mitigate COVID-19.
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Update: Due to the current coronavirus situation, the conference cannot take place as initially foreseen.
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In 2019, 44% of citizens in the European Union reported that they had obtained information from the websites of public authorities during the last 12 months. This was substantially higher than the 33% of citizens reporting the same in 2008.
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Original title in French: La vice-présidente Jourová est à Paris pour discuter de la démocratie à l’ère du numérique.
Europeans want their digital devices to be easier to repair or recycle and are willing to share their personal information to improve public services, as a special Eurobarometer survey shows. The survey measured attitudes towards the impact of digitalisation on daily lives of Europeans in 27 EU Member States and the United Kingdom. Previous surveys also covered Europeans’ attitudes towards the environment and towards cyber security.
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