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EU vows to fight Russia’s “information war” in Europe
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BRUSSELS, 09 March 2022, (TON): European Union officials defended the 27-nation bloc’s decision to ban Russian state-controlled media outlets from broadcasting in the region as decisive steps to check a Kremlin-led information war.
Speaking at the European Parliament during a debate on foreign interference and disinformation, the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell brushed off critics who say the EU is threatening freedom of information with the ban on Sputnik and Russia.
Borrell told lawmakers “they are not independent media, they are assets, they are weapons, in the Kremlin’s manipulation ecosystem.”
“We are not trying to decide what is true and what is false. We don’t have ministers of the Truth. But we have to focus on foreign actors who intentionally, in a coordinated manner, try to manipulate our information environment.”
Borrell said “Moscow-controlled outlets are part of a well-oiled propaganda machine providing biased news about Vladimir Putin’s true intentions.”
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