• Ostfriesentee@feddit.org
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    5 minutes ago

    The conference is still being funded. Only the branding is gone. Seems like another non-win they gave the US administration. And the whole “we don’t agree with the assessment of the US as a disinformation actor” is unlikely to be true, but even if it is, due to the US pressure now a lot more people know about this assessment at the conference than would have otherwise been the case (Streisand effect). The pressure itself is an indicator that the US seek to influence the EU. Kinda seems like the US shooting themselves in the foot, because they are somewhat confirming the narrative they are trying to subdue.

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      4 hours ago

      a lot more people know about this assessment at the conference than would have otherwise been the case (Streisand effect).

      yep. i would have continued to have zero awareness of the conference’s existence if it weren’t in the news for the fascist clown admin whining about it. the sponsors were probably like “LOL ok dumbasses. go ahead and do the work for us”

      it’s unbelievable how pants on head stupid literally everyone in this admin is