Brief Published (Dubai time, UTC+4) · event date: 2026-10-07
The European External Action Service, Canada, and Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced their withdrawal from the Disinfo 2026 conference, focused on combating disinformation, held in Vilnius on October 7 and 8.
According to multiple sources cited by France 24, this disengagement resulted from pressure exerted by the United States on these international actors.
The conference, which aimed to coordinate efforts against disinformation, thus lost the support of several key participants, raising questions about American influence in European and international discussions on this issue.
