Creating 'paranoia' and 'division': EU faces tide of online disinformation as vote looms
Accused on social media of wanting to ban the repair of old cars or hiding insect ingredients in food, the EU faces a tide of disinformation ahead of June's parliamentary elections. These and other spurious claims – for example, that the European Union will require cattle to wear face masks or inject the population with microchips to track their every movement – have gone viral in recent months. For more, FRANCE 24 is joined by Dr. Dan Lomas, Assistant Professor, International Relations, at the University of Nottingham.