Bernd 02/17/2026 (Tue) 13:52 No.55077 del
Just discovered this: European Democracy Shield
series of concrete measures to empower, protect, and promote strong and resilient democracies across the EU
measures to protect the key pillars of our democratic systems:
- free people
- free and fair elections
- free and independent media
- a vibrant civil society
- strong democratic institutions
to withstand evolving common threats, in particular foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) and disinformation
Three Pillars
1. Safeguarding the integrity of the information space
Code of Conduct on Disinformation and prepare a Digital Services Act incidents and crisis protocol to facilitate coordination among relevant authorities and ensure swift reactions to large-scale and potentially transnational information operations.
independent European Network of Fact-Checkers
European Digital Media Observatory [...] monitoring and analytical capabilities
2. Strengthening our institutions, fair and free elections, and free and independent media
European Cooperation Network on Elections [...] for the integrity of electoral processes
guidance on the responsible use of AI in electoral processes

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