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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
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maam feddit.uk maam@feddit.uk
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maam Moderator maam@feddit.uk
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We need much more accountability in the EU.

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CompactFlax discuss.tchncs.de CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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What possible benefit is there to kowtowing to Trump?

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Ostfriesentee feddit.org ennof@feddit.org
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Interesting. What were Canada and the EU pressured with?

Edit: It's still being funded, apparently. Just the branding is gone.

EU officials, the Guardian understands, did not agree with the characterisation of the US as a disinformation actor.

Despite withdrawing its branding as an official supporter, the EU continues to fund the conference.

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samus12345 sh.itjust.works samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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samus12345 sh.itjust.works samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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What possible benefit is there to kowtowing to Trump?

The billionaire owners are worldwide.

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maam Moderator maam@feddit.uk
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What possible benefit is there to kowtowing to Trump?

To keep fascism growing for profits.

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SnarkoPolo lemmy.world SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world
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Fascism will conquer the world.

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Darkonion lemmy.world Darkonion@lemmy.world
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I do appreciate that they did an incredibly poor job of hastily 'removing' the countries from the displayed poster.

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Yama_core discuss.tchncs.de Yama_core@discuss.tchncs.de
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Interesting. What were Canada and the EU pressured with? Edit: It's still being funded, apparently. Just the branding is gone. EU officials, the Guardian understands, did not agree with the characterisation of the US as a disinformation actor. Despite withdrawing its branding as an official supporter, the EU continues to fund the conference.

Must be a top comment or part of the post - 99 % of people don’t read so far based on the other comments here

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oneser lemmy.zip oneser@lemmy.zip
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What possible benefit is there to kowtowing to Trump?

The EU is in an unfortunate position coming into winter.

It remains reliant on a traditional, key ally to get through the current situation/s. Now that ally is turning up the pressure for their advantage, they need long term planning mixed with short term diplomacy (a.k.a. ass licking).

You can call the politicians that put it here what you want, but it doesn't change the situation.

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alexquiniou lemmy.zip alexquiniou@lemmy.zip
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Little b!tch.

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