In response to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Army Europe has cancelled a host of exercises linked to Defender Europe 20 and redeployed troops back to the United States.
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A recap of the 2020 Medill Explores trip to Germany and France. This year’s trip focused on how Russian disinformation campaigns work to influence elections around the world.
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A growing team inside U.S. Army Europe is fighting fake news and misinformation.
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The U.S. and France, like many Western countries, are fighting disinformation campaigns from foreign countries, mainly Russia, but their policy approach to combat the problem are markedly different – the U.S. focuses on voluntary efforts to help people distinguish correct information from disinformation, while France has instituted new regulations on the news media.
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In April, a fire tore through the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris destroying the roof and the building’s world famous spire. As Parisians watched the ancient structure burn, the Kremlin’s disinformation machine got to work.
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A country that recognizes it has a disinformation problem is more likely to be able to deal with a disinformation campaign. Finland, Estonia and a handful of other European countries have taken action against Russian influence operations, but the United States has so far lacked a firm and unified response to Russian interference, leaving it vulnerable to more attacks.
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Officials say that Russia is seeking to engage in another disinformation campaign in 2020. This brings up the question, what does a disinformation campaign look like?
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US collaborates with NATO to combat the Russian disinformation on the exercise Defender 2020, the U.S. Army in Europe authorities say.
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