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EU drops support for US disinformation conference under US pressure

Original: This week in Stuff You Couldn't Make Up: the EU has yielded to US government pressure to drop its support for a conferen

The EU has withdrawn its support for a conference that was set to examine disinformation coming from the United States, following pressure from the US government. Commentators are calling it a striking capitulation, with the story spreading among European politics watchers as an example of the EU yielding to American demands on an issue of press freedom and information integrity.

Why now: The perceived irony of the EU backing down to US pressure over a conference about US disinformation is fueling discussion this week.

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