Last days to apply to the Project Round of the VI Global Summit on Disinformation Applications are open until May 2 (11:59 PM UTC-3). We are looking for initiatives addressing disinformation related to Climate Change and Health.

A new white paper from the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN - @eurofactcheck.bsky.social), titled "The Great Retreat: How Platforms Deprioritised Information Integrity and What to Do About It", highlights a concerning shift.

🚀4 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄! Independent fact-checking is the cornerstone of a resilient democracy. Today, the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) is proud to announce four new grant opportunities to empower fact-checkers across the continent:

#Factchecking is an 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵. Professional fact-checking adds verified context to public debate, 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 to reach their own 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

Misinformation doesn't speak just one language, and a "𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲-𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀-𝗮𝗹𝗹" rollout cannot account for global linguistic diversity.

#Meta’s @oversightboard.bsky.social has just published an opinion outlining the potential #humanright impacts of Meta’s plan to expand #communitynotes outside the United States.The verdict is clear: 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

In a new guest contribution for Tech Policy Press, European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) Coordinator Stephan Mündges explains why professional #factchecking and #communitynotes should work together to protect information integrity in the EU.

Democracy needs facts, but Europe’s info safety is in decline. The @eurofactcheck White Paper is out now, detailing the Great Retreat: How Platforms Deprioritized Information Integrity and What to Do About It, The situation is bad, but we can fix it. Read more: efcsn.com/news/2026-...

GlobalFact is where the fact-checking world convenes. #GlobalFact2026 takes place June 17-19 in Vilnius, Lithuania. 🎟️ Registration is officially OPEN. Stay tuned for speaker announcements and the full agenda in the coming months. eurofactcheck-efcsn.short.gy/GF2026

Marking our fourth year in Brussels, we are grateful to our co-organizers at @edmo-eu.bsky.social eu.bsky.social, @europarl.europa.eu, and the @ec.europa.eu, our fact-checking community members and partners who continue to build this ecosystem as we evolve.

The last session of the joint conference focused on the #AI revolution. While AI-generated content and #deepfakes make high-volume #misinformation easier than ever to produce, these same technologies are providing #factcheckers with the scale needed to protect the public record. Key Insights ⬇️

Opening the #DSA enforcement panel at #DemocracyMattersFactsMatters2026, Marie Bohner (@afp.com#DSA#DemocracyMattersFactsMatters2026,highlighted the high-stakes reality of this new regulatory era. We're seeing a shift toward hard accountability, where oversight moves from voluntary codes to legally binding rules w/ real consequences:

Russia pours billions into its disinformation apparatus, while Europe’s defense mechanisms are underfunded. At the #DemocracyMattersFactsMatter2026 joint conference, we focused on long-term resilience for the fact-checking community.

The fact-checking community defends #freedomofspeech and #informationintegrity; the public has the right to access fact-based information so that democratic debate and elections rest on a shared foundation of facts.

𝘐𝘴 "𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥" 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 In the session "Protecting Facts, Shielding Democracy," EP Vice-President Roberts Zīle (ECR)&MEP Mika Aaltola (EPP) joined EU Commission and civil society representatives to evaluate the EuropeanDemocracyShield.

𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 The joint conference, #DemocracyMattersFactsMatter2026 on information integrity, organised by the European Parliament, the @eurofactcheck.bsky.social and @edmo-eu.bsky.social#DemocracyMattersFactsMatter2026 opened in Brussels.