EU to Launch Disinformation Tracker to Counter Russian and Chinese Lies

[CaptButler]

This tracker will be more decentralized than the existing platform and will allow information sharing in real time.  A constant barrage of Russian disinformation concerning its war of conquest in Ukraine has shown the need for this new tracker:  https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-to-la...formation/

[stts2]

Russians mostly don't use trackers. The disinformation is mostly ment for the Russians. So very little effect will come from this effort. Same goes with the Chinese. They will see more, but they don't care. Those people just want their day to day living to get better. No matter what Russians or Americans do. Chinese leaders are the pilots of the Chinese war machine. And there are enough people to support a world class army with just typical patriotic draft requirements. Russians are abit more squeezed on the people count. So they spread more misinformation to drum up extra patriotism. Hopefully Billions is not spent on these "trackers". Than would be a sad waste.

[maskaw]

I can't refrain from laughing..

I'm open to the idea of fighting forged content created to mislead.

However in current context, it looks more like EU creating a platform for supporting their own narrative, which makes EU no different than Russia.

The EU's existing disinformation unit, the Stratcom division, in a first-ever report, noted that most of the foreign information manipulation in 2022 had centered on narratives supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian and Chinese diplomatic channels were particularly involved.

That translates to:

- Stratcom has narratives that do not support the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Russia has narratives that support its invasion of Ukraine.

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