On 17 March, EED Executive Director, Jerzy Pomianowski, launched EED Annual Report in @afet.europarl.europa.eu
➡️ In 2025 EED was the first to provide emergency funds after US funding freeze
➡️ Its work was recognised in the #DemocracyShield Communication
Details: democracyendowment.eu/annualreport...

🧵↓ #DemocracyShield Update

Mots-clés : Holistique = dimension globale MAIS sur base de volontariat des États membres (qui décideront et mèneront les projets spécifiques)

En bref, c'est encore flou. À suivre...

#EU #DemocracyShield committee 🛫 in 🇺🇲 ended: What we learn? Nothing, except that they still use the same language as before

Oh and: “The findings of this mission will help shape the final report of the EUDS, which is expected to be adopted in the summer of 2026”

Must be something impactful RIGHT ⁉️

#DemocracyShield Committee in 🇺🇲 "will focus on responses to hybrid threats and digital rights issues, including online safety, media freedom, and freedom of expression. The discussions will likely touch on implementation of the #EU #DSA & recent regulatory challenges"

Like this one❓ urls.fr/_w22JG

So is this kind of foreign interference acceptable? www.ft.com/content/f869... @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social #DemocracyShield. Of course American money supporting the European far-right is not new: www.epfweb.org/node/837.

Democracy Shield: perché la difesa Ue può nascere già bucata Pressioni estere e passi falsi minano lo scudo alle fondamenta. Antinori: "Senza strategia, Dsa e AI Act depotenziati nella nebbia della post-verità"

L'Ue progetta il #DemocracyShield per blindare il proprio spazio informativo dalle manipolazioni straniere. Ma tra pressioni esterne e passi falsi interni, lo scudo rischia di nascere già bucato. L'avvertimento di Arije Antinori (EU KH): occhio a smussare strumenti attuativi come #DSA e #AIAct 🧵

The EU Democracy Shield: Does it shield us enough from today’s challenges to our democracies? Today, the European Parliament will discuss the Special Committee's report on the EU Democracy Shield, a comprehensive package of policy measures through which the European Commission aims to protect ...

📢 Journalists across Europe face online harassment, SLAPPs and much more. If the Democracy Shield is to protect democracy, these risks must be addressed with real enforcement.

Press freedom is not optional. ➡️ Read the full piece via: ow.ly/9usj50Y60LQ

#pressfreedom #eucommission #democracyshield

Lo scudo europeo per la democrazia: Democrazia e scienza nella società dell’informazione Lo Scudo europeo per la democrazia viene presentato come un argine a disinformazione e interferenze straniere, ma finirà per istituzionalizzare la censura preventiva nello spazio informativo. Diventano suscettibili di limitazioni contenuti “altrimenti legali” ma “rischiosi”, una categoria tanto elas

Federica Cappelluti: #democracyshield: lo scudo europeo contro la democrazia (e contro la ricerca) III parte

Lo scudo europeo per la democrazia: la fiaba del cittadino da proteggere e le fabbriche del falso Lo Scudo europeo per la democrazia viene presentato come un argine a disinformazione e interferenze straniere, ma finirà per istituzionalizzare la censura preventiva nello spazio informativo. Diventano suscettibili di limitazioni contenuti “altrimenti legali” ma “rischiosi”, una categoria tanto elas

Federica Cappelluti sul ·#democracyshield, parte II: uno scudo contro la democrazia che tratta i cittadini (o sudditi?) europei come minorenni: www.roars.it/lo-scudo-europeo-per-la-...

Chi ha paura della libertà? Lo Scudo europeo per la democrazia e la deriva autoimmune dell’UE Lo Scudo europeo per la democrazia viene presentato come un argine a disinformazione e interferenze straniere, ma finirà per istituzionalizzare la censura preventiva nello spazio informativo. Diventano suscettibili di limitazioni contenuti “altrimenti legali” ma “rischiosi”, una categoria tanto elas

Federica Cappelluti, del nostro consiglio direttivo: #EU : #democracyshield: uno scudo contro la democrazia?

Yesterday, EED held its December Board of Governors meeting, which saw David McAllister re-elected as Chair of the Board of Governors.

Board Members pointed to the key role of EED in the external dimension of the #DemocracyShield and EU Civil Society Strategy.

@muendges.bsky.social vom EFCSN auf der @correctiv.org #Faktencheck-Tagung zum Thema Plattformregulierung.
Fokus: #DemocracyShield, #DSA und Code of Conduct on #Disinformation

The EPP Group calls for united European action through the #DemocracyShield to defend democracy and protect our shared values.

Read more 👉 epp.group/53uwejmd

#EUDS

Foreign powers and fake news try to influence our elections. It’s time to protect them with real strength and unity.

Read more 👉 epp.group/53uwejmd

#DemocracyShield #EUDS

#DemocracyShield is here, but the fight is not over! At last week's #EPDemocracyForum our Managing Director @omripreiss.bsky.social implored 🇪🇺 Justice Commissioner @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social to ensure proper funding for #DemocraticResilience and ambitiously enforce existing laws #DSA. Tune in ⤵️

Disinformation and foreign influence threaten what we stand for. The EPP Group calls for united European action through the #DemocracyShield to defend democracy and protect our shared values.

Read more 👉 epp.group/53uwejmd

#EUDS

Our democracy can’t defend itself. Governments, tech companies, and citizens must stand together against manipulation and hybrid threats.

Read more 👉 epp.group/53uwejmd

#DemocracyShield #EUDS

In Paris, the 6th “Erasmus of organised civil societies” gathered EU national ESCs, EU institutions and civil society to discuss the new EU #DemocracyShield.

Key message: defending democracy needs active support and #nESC diplomacy is essential.

'The time for piecemeal or complacent solutions is over. We expect an ambitious and courageous reform agenda to defend democracy.'

#DemocracyShield #EUDS #Democracy #EU

Fake news and foreign interference threaten our votes.

The EPP Group is pushing for a European Centre for Democratic Resilience to protect every election.

Read more 👉 epp.group/53uwejmd

#DemocracyShield #EUDS

🎥 At the #EU Parliamentary #DemocracyForum @europarl.europa.eu just screened a timeline of the EU’s response to #information #manipulation since the Russian annexation of #Crimea – including the setup of EDMO & this month's #DemocracyShield.

👉 Watch the video below + follow us live: loom.ly/nR_JK_4

Social media can be a weapon or a shield. Platforms must stop the spread of disinformation and keep elections safe under the Digital Services Act.

Read more 👉 epp.group/53uwejmd

#DemocracyShield #DSA

Thanks @techpolicypress.bsky.social for hosting my reflections on the EU Democracy Shield.

A very important tool which needs to be backed with proper funding!!

also key : the regulatory framework must be fully implemented.

#EUDS
#democracyshield
#DSA
#research

@edmo-eu.bsky.social

The EU's Democracy Shield: protecting democracy or the system that destroys it? The European Commission rolled out its Democracy Shield on 12 November (see Communications linked below), pledging to defend European democracy from so-called "authoritarian regimes" looking to exploi...

"The EU Commission launches a #DemocracyShield to protect against foreign interference, whilst its own political family forges operational majorities with the very forces undermining democratic norms."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/eus-de...

#EU Come si traduce #democracyshield ? Forse come "scudo contro la democrazia"? infosannio.com/2025/11/14/dallo-scudo-d...

European DemocracyShield: Strong, independent EDMO entrusted with key role in ensuring information integrity

#DemocracyShield: EDMO acknowledges @ec.europa.eu's renewed commitment to enforce its digital rulebook in support of a 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 + 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺. EDMO stands ready to play its role in facilitating an effective + evidence-based roll out of #EUDS objectives.

ℹ️ loom.ly/-MMGC1I

🇪🇺 The European Democracy Shield strengthens the EU’s ability to counter foreign information manipulation and protect democratic institutions. But stronger tools are needed.

CSD’s brief "Forging the European Democracy Shield"outlines the next steps.

#CSDimpact #DemocracyShield #EUPolicy #Governance