european union is on guard you have to remember there s been breck s and there s also growing euro skepticism across the e.u. and that s before we get to the dissin from asian campaigns trying to influence voters with lies and half truths last year the e.u. commission set up a task force to deal with this threat but critics say its efforts may be too little too late he doesn t use teri schultz explains to every you wherever you can get involved and european union institutions have poured enormous resources into get out the vote campaign but have invested enough in stay out of the vote efforts in ways to prevent malicious meddling it s not like there was no warning 5 years ago the kremlin s internet research agency in st petersburg was revealed as to me to disband more than a $1000000.00 a month pumping out anti western spin 3 years ago us. elections were the target of
internet research agency in st petersburg was revealed estimated to spend more than a $1000000.00 a month pumping out anti western spin 3 years ago u.s. elections were the target of that russian troll farm yet the european commission waited until just 6 months before the european parliament elections to launch its action plan against this information we should have been doing much more kalinski spent 3 years in the european commission s struck on task force a communications unit created in 2015 to counter russian efforts to smear the e.u. now with an independent think tank kalinski says brussels is way behind expecting that we will solve the problem in the last 2 months before the elections or even in the last month of the elections when the russians have been working on it for the past 5 years i think it s very naive to facebook google and twitter have a role in the commission s plan pressed to better verify users identities and remove fake accounts faster and to make clear who s pay
a major push to boost turnout already stunned by the brics a referendum bloc also faces growing euro skepticism and there are concerns over online foreign this information campaigns trying to confuse voters last year the you commission launched a task force to step up its response to those foreign and e.u. campaigns but critics say these efforts may be too little too late whoever you are wherever you are you can get involved european union institutions have poured enormous resources in to get out the vote campaign but have they invested enough in stay out of the vote efforts in ways to prevent malicious meddling it s not like there was no warning 5 years ago the kremlin s internet research agency in st petersburg was revealed estimated to spend more than a $1000000.00 a month pumping out anti western spin 3 years ago u.s.