Disinformation in Times of COVID-19: Reinforcing the Responses of the European Union and the United States. College of Europe Policy Brief June 2020.
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2020

Since at least the month of January 2020, both Russia and China have been trying to influence global narratives about the COVID-19 pandemic in efforts to undermine the credibility and reputation of both the EU and the US in the eyes of their citizens as well as partners around the world. They do so by creating and spreading disinformation campaigns on the internet as well as through state-backed traditional media. The EU and the United States have to react not only to prevent negative consequenc