Disinformation and crises are interdependent, the problem being that people today are faced with such an amount of disinformation that it is becoming difficult for them to distinguish between which sources they can trust and which they cannot, says EU DisinfoLab President Diana Wallis in an interview for MIA.
We spoke with Wallis during the annual Conference of EU DisinfoLab, an independent non-profit organization that gathers knowledge and expertise on disinformation in Europe, which, this year, took place in Krakow. More than 400 renowned professionals from around the world in various fields related to the work of the media and the fight against propaganda and disinformation had an opportunity to debate on various aspects concerning this issue. One of the conclusions of the Conference was that health, migration, mistrust in the institutions, the war in Ukraine and the climate change are the major narratives comprising the disinformation landscape in Europe. Those behind them find more and more creative ways for their dissemination, and they become particularly intensive during pre-election periods.
Diana Wallis’ entire interview for MIA is available at this link.
