This Thursday, join our monthly #DemocracyDrinks for an informal exchange with American Professor of Political Science Pam Camerra-Rowe and exchange students from across the United States.  

Day: Thursday 9 October, 17:00-19:00
Venue: lounge of hotel Aloft (entrance: Rue Juste Lipse)
Fee: please support Defend Democracy's work

WebWatch is the new tech watchdog by Defend Democracy. We monitor, analyse and expose if and what is going wrong. The aim is to reduce the impact of manipulation, deception and disinformation, and also to increase digital literacy.

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YouTube has a new AI feature. Who decides whether the a national political debate is suddenly presented in another language? And what risks does that pose to democracy?

"Foreign shares, likes and comments can thus cloud the online debate, and in doing so, YouTube.. opens the door a little wider to foreign influence in the elections."

On the very day that President Trump threatened to impose retaliatory tariffs over digital regulation or digital taxes, Defend Democracy director Stollmeyer addressed politicians from across the Baltic Sea Region on how the new U.S. administration is distorting our European digital laws.

"The Trump regime wants regime change in the European Union, framing our digital laws as censorship. With Trump, Putin and techbros teaming up, it is time we stand up to defend democracy while we still can."

Defend Democracy was honoured to provide input for EESC's opinion on the European Democracy Shield.

"We urge stronger EU action to defend democracy. Facing internal and external threats, we call to reinforce the Democracy Shield with a new MFF to uphold EU values and funding for civil society; tougher action on disinformation."

Defend Democracy joined 20 democracy, environmental, and climate NGOs in urging the EU to adopt a robust Civil Society Strategy that supports, protects, and empowers civil society organisations.

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LEES HET LAATSTE NIEUWS.

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia.