EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request

Source: The Guardian Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/trump-eu-disinformation-conference Published: October 07, 2026 Keywords: Canada Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website The Trump administration pressured multiple countries to withdraw their sponsorship of a leading European conference on disinformation, with Canada, Lithuania and the EU’s diplomatic service subsequently agreeing to do so, the Guardian understands. The conference, #Disinfo2026, taking place Wednesday and Thursday, is the annual meetup of Europe’s counter-disinformation community and has drawn hundreds of researchers, journalists, technologists and policymakers to a hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania. It is run by an independent Brussels non-profit, EU Disinfo Lab. Continue reading... --- This article was automatically collected by the Observatory News Scraper.