Canada Yanks Sponsorship of Disinformation Conference Discussing U.S. as a Threat
Canada still plans to attend, but officials said they were not comfortable with panel framing and will not chair sessions.
- On Wednesday, Canada withdrew its sponsorship from the Disinfo2026 conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, after organizers scheduled panels describing the United States as a source of "foreign information manipulation and interference ."
- The Trump administration pressured diplomatic officials from Canada, Lithuania, and the European External Action Service to withdraw, according to a State Department cable seen by POLITICO.
- A session scheduled for Thursday examines "growing evidence that the United States has, in specific Arctic contexts, operated as a FIMI actor," specifically focusing on Greenland.
- Although logos for Canada, Lithuania, and the EEAS were removed from conference signs on Wednesday, officials will still attend but will not chair any sessions.
- Calling the withdrawals a "shock," Benjamin Shultz, a researcher with the American Sunlight Project, noted all scheduled speakers are still attending despite the "damper on the atmosphere.
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EU disowns Vilnius event that warned of US political interference, but France maintains support
US pressure pushed some European governments to disown a Vilnius conference on disinformation and interference, which had dared to ask if America itself was now warping European politics.
The Guardian reveals the pressure of the U.S. State Department on the European Union, Canada and Lithuania to boycott a disinformation conference. In their view, a panel describing the United States as a possible threat to Europe. I removed the logos of official supporters
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