@michaelchesnut.bsky.socialThis story has certainly picked up some global attention now, garnering a whole lot of attention for the #Disinfo2026 conference! Quite wild to see so much journalism focused on an academic event like this.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@shayonislynn.bsky.socialThe controversy surrounding @disinfo.eu #Disinfo2026 in Vilnius raises questions that go well beyond conference sponsorship.
Governments are entitled to disagree with how a conference frames a discussion. Researchers must also be prepared to defend their methods, evidence, and conclusions...👇 1/4
@ioagent.bsky.socialAuf Druck der USA wurde die Unterstützung einer internationale Konferenz (u.a. der EU und Kanada) zur Bekämpfung von #Desinformation zurückgezogen. Mutmaßlich weil auch Panels mit ehemaligen US-Beamten zu Desinformation der USA darunter waren. #disinfo2026
@jelinaturnbull.bsky.socialFIMI is trending.
"The conference, titled #Disinfo2026, included sessions that described the U.S. as a “foreign information manipulation and interference” actor, or “FIMI,”
@jefftrnka.bsky.socialRequest ? You mean threats.
They're all still scared of the orange Nazi.
EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request.
Lithuania & Canada were also pressured to withdraw & days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website.
@nicolashenin.net
@shekhovtsov.substack.comToday I have my answer: Canada, Lithuania and the EU’s diplomatic service withdrew their official sponsorship of #Disinfo2026, Europe’s leading counter-disinformation conference held in Vilnius, after the US State Department pressured multiple governments over their support for the event. 2/3
@teajunkie.bsky.socialThe only possible conclusion from this story is that it's worth paying attention to what's being said at the #Disinfo2026 conference.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@cequirk.bsky.socialAs we process the DoS pressuring the EU to back off criticism of the US for being an agent of FIMI at #disinfo2026, and while we wait to see if the US will fund STOs for Serbia’s election, all of this was foreseeable in April 2025. quirkglobalstrategies.substack.com/p/from-the-r...
@wendling.bsky.socialIt’s odd to be an American speaker at #disinfo2026 after the US government has pressured its allies to drop support … while I’d conservatively say half of what I’ve heard on panels concerns *Russian* disinformation 🤔
@spyroslouis.bsky.socialThe #Disinfo2026 conference is ruffling some MAGA feathers and I am all here for it !!
@rollenderechter.bsky.social'The conference, titled #Disinfo2026, included sessions that described the U.S. as a “foreign information manipulation and interference” actor, or “FIMI,” which bothered the Trump administration, according to the cable.'
De EU bukt weer voor Orange Nero. Allemaal de ring kussen.
@fbermingham.bsky.socialThe conference, titled #Disinfo2026, included sessions that described the U.S. as a “foreign information manipulation and interference” actor, or “FIMI,” which bothered the Trump administration, according to the cable.