Targeting the very foundation on which our democratic societies rest and rely, disinformation campaigns that are intended to undermine electoral processes have become a pervasive phenomenon across the EU. At the same time, 68 % of EU citizens – almost 10 % more than 5 years earlier – say they are likely to vote in the upcoming European elections. Both trends seen together, in 2024 more citizens than ever could cast their ballot after having been exposed to disinformation.

As the EU’s largest interdisciplinary network to counter disinformation, EDMO is committed to help advance how policymakers, media, online platforms and citizens understand and tackle this threat. In addition to its regular activities on the four pillars of fact-checking, digital media literacy, research and policy, in May 2023 EDMO established a Task Force on the 2024 European Parliament Elections.

You can learn more about EDMO’s work in the run up to the elections below. Click here to subscribe to the daily EU Elections Disinfo Bulletin published by the EDMO Task Force.