Malicious Information Threats of a Post-Covid World in Europe and the European Union

IF 0.1 Q4 AREA STUDIES Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa Pub Date : 2021-12-31 DOI:10.15211/soveurope72021135143
Y. Kolotaev
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The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on a wide range of areas in which the information sphere occupies a special place. The context of the pandemic distorted the online space. From the very start of the pandemic, the information related to the coronavirus was often unreliable or questionable due to the lack of comprehensive information about the virus. The dominance of digital disinformation disseminated via social media has led to the situation of an “infodemic”. It reflects a massive propagation of unverified information. To understand the consequences of this situation, this article examines diverse models of European national and supranational responses to the infodemic. The aim of the study is to systematize the actions of the EU and European countries. The author carried out a comparative analysis comprising a distinction between the actions launched by the European Union and non-EU countries, as well as national authorities and supranational structures. Based on the presented data, this article revealed the absence of a single “European response” to disinformation, which the European Union is trying to achieve. It also demonstrated the existing desire of different countries to move towards legislative actions and regulation on countering disinformation but the pace and means of this development depend on the degree of state involvement in a multistakeholder dialogue with online platforms.
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新冠疫情后欧洲和欧盟的恶意信息威胁
2019冠状病毒病大流行对信息领域占据特殊地位的广泛领域产生了重大影响。大流行的背景扭曲了网络空间。从大流行开始,由于缺乏有关该病毒的全面信息,与冠状病毒有关的信息往往不可靠或可疑。通过社交媒体传播的数字虚假信息占主导地位,导致了“信息流行病”的局面。它反映了未经证实的信息的大量传播。为了理解这种情况的后果,本文考察了欧洲国家和超国家应对信息大流行的各种模型。这项研究的目的是使欧盟和欧洲国家的行动系统化。作者进行了比较分析,包括欧盟和非欧盟国家以及国家当局和超国家结构所采取的行动之间的区别。根据所提供的数据,本文揭示了欧盟正在努力实现的对虚假信息缺乏单一的“欧洲回应”。它还表明了不同国家在打击虚假信息方面采取立法行动和监管的现有愿望,但这种发展的速度和方式取决于国家参与与在线平台的多利益相关者对话的程度。
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期刊介绍: “Contemporary Europe” – is academic journal founded in 2000 by Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences. 4 The journal published quarterly since 2000 under auspices of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Editorial board and editorial staff consider themselves as a mirror of contemporary Russian political, economical and social sciences in general, we eager to reflect in the journal’s pages current level of Russian-European relations, European Studies in Russia and European Union. “Contemporary Europe” focused on the problems of relations and cooperation between Russia and European Union, economical, political, cultural, religious situation in Russia and European countries. “Contemporary Europe” have managed to occupy a leading place in the community of experts on European Studies. Among our authors and members of Editorial Board – scholars, famous political scientists, experts in Foreign affairs. Our journal distributing throughout government institutions, embassies, research centers, libraries in Russia and abroad. The journal has nowadays more than 1000 thousand regular subscribers. The data on our readership convincingly show that the journal is actively and frequently used as a kind of text book by university students. Thus, visitors to public libraries might often come across outworn copies of the journal – evidence of its frequent (and regrettably rather rough) use by the readers. Book reviews occupy a significant part “Contemporary Europe” to presenting to our readers most of the publications of interest appearing in Russia and European Union.
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