This event will serve as a platform for an expert-level consideration of the use of propaganda and disinformation in a hybrid warfare. The first panel will explore how propaganda and trolling, in particular, can undermine Europe’s freedom of speech. The participants are invited to reflect on words that incite violence – namely, on the causal link between the large-scale propaganda, combined with hate speech and unleashing of the war. The second panel will manifest: “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities*”, focusing on Ukraine as an example of an effective Russian disinformation campaign. A representative…

This event will serve as a platform for an expert-level consideration of the use of propaganda and disinformation in a hybrid warfare. The first panel will explore how propaganda and trolling, in particular, can undermine Europe’s freedom of speech. The participants are invited to reflect on words that incite violence – namely, on the causal link between the large-scale propaganda, combined with hate speech and unleashing of the war. The second panel will manifest: “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities*”, focusing on Ukraine as an example of an effective Russian disinformation campaign. A representative…