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Die Auswirkungen von COVID-19-Fehlinformationen in Europa

Es gibt einen Zusammenhang zwischen der COVID-19-Pandemie und der Zunahme von Facebooks “Infodemie”, der Informationsepidemie. Trotz vieler Bemühungen schützt Facebook die Europäer*innen nicht ausreichend vor Fehlinformationen. Um über wichtige gesellschaftliche und politische Ereignisse informiert (...)

vendredi 21 janvier 2022

L’effetto della disinformazione sul COVID-19 in Europa

C’è un legame tra la pandemia di Covid-19 e l’aumento dell’infodemia di Facebook, l’epidemia dell’informazione. Di fatto, Facebook non protegge i cittadini europei dalla disinformazione, nonostante la sua volontà di farlo. L’obiettivo di Facebook è rimuovere le notizie e informazioni false diffuse nella (...)

mardi 29 juin 2021

Digital transformation in the EU

The European Union advocates a digital transformation in Europe. Globalised interconnectedness means widening the scope of financial opportunities for small businesses and enterprises. The European Parliament also intends to support digital education, with which the digital divide in and (...)

samedi 19 juin 2021

The effect of Covid-19 disinformation across Europe

There is a link between the Covid-19 pandemic and the increase of Facebook’s infodemic, the information epidemic. In fact, Facebook does not protect Europeans from misinformation, despite its will to do so. Facebook’s aim is to remove false information and news spread across its community through (...)

samedi 15 mai 2021

Digital Green Certificate, a tool to facilitate safe free movement across the EU

The European Commission has communicated a plan for a common path to safe and sustained re-opening to recover our European way of life. The covid-19 pandemic continues to be a major global threat, forcing the Member States to extend and impose a wide range of restrictions to control it. These (...)

samedi 10 avril 2021

Data is power : how our new informational ecosystem on social media defies democracy

DEMOCRACY UNDER PRESSURE. This article is part of our feature investigating challenges to democracy in Europe. From 22nd March to 4th April, we are digging into the most troublesome threats to citizens’ freedoms and participation in democratic society across our continent – from data privacy to (...)

dimanche 28 mars 2021

Trump’s Twitter and Facebook ban sheds light on the power struggle between tech companies and the rule of law

On January 6th, Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to delay President Biden’s election certification. As suggested by the New York Times, the mob attack was unquestionably incited by former US President Donald Trump. In the aftermath of the insurrection, Big Tech companies (...)

samedi 23 janvier 2021

We bid virtual goodbye to 2020

A month ago, president of France Emmanuel Macron said 2020’s Christmas would have to be a “Christmas like no other”. He was right. It was not a Christmas that will be easily forgotten by the generations that experienced it. It has become almost instinctive to reunite with family, friends, and (...)

samedi 2 janvier 2021

A digital euro : the European Central Bank picks up on accelerated digitalisation

The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched a public consultation to decide whether to set in motion the ‘digital euro project’. Questions about the benefits, risks, and reasoning behind the project have arisen, most of which have been answered by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of (...)

samedi 12 décembre 2020

Inés Flor García