Disinformation: What is the EU’s Rapid Alert System?

November 10, 2025

Source: Official European Commission YouTube Channel (@EuropeanCommission)

How damaging is disinformation in a democracy? How to recognise it? What can be done to tackle it? In December 2018, the EU introduced its Action Plan against Disinformation – a comprehensive package to tackle deliberately deceptive posts online – over the short and long term.That includes the new Rapid Alert System. Hear from Roberto Viola, Director-General of DG CONNECT, and from Lutz Güllner, Head of EEAS Strategic Communications, about it.

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