Europe Archives - EAVI Information and Democracy Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:15:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://eavi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-Untitled-design-32x32.webp Europe Archives - EAVI 32 32 Democracy in the Age of Deepfakes: How Can We Still Trust What We See? https://eavi.eu/ai-deepfake-democracy/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:17:05 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=18667 The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has introduced a new dimension to the information landscape, enabling the creation of fabricated videos, images, and voices that convincingly imitate reality. Known as “deepfakes”, these synthetic media forms have become increasingly sophisticated and accessible, prompting concern among European policymakers and citizens alike. While they may once [...]

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]]> Teen Age-Verification on Social Media: Australian & European Approaches https://eavi.eu/protecting-youth-online/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:33:31 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=18622 Every generation faces new frontier problems. For today’s teens, the frontier is digital — a world of likes, shares, endless scrolling, and unseen pressures. With concerns mounting about mental health, attention spans, and the unseen harms of social media, Australia has taken an important step: a law banning social media access for under-16s. As [...]

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]]> MINDS & TRUST https://eavi.eu/minds-trust/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:31:07 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=16498 As we look at the campaign for the US elections, an alarming trend is clear: the infantilisation of voters. Instead of meaningful discussions, we see debates reduced to catchy slogans and personal stories designed to trigger emotions rather than encourage evaluation and thinking. In Europe, we see a similar pattern with the far right [...]

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]]> The Rise of Antidemocratic Far Right, Propaganda and Disinformation https://eavi.eu/aftermath-of-the-2024-eu-elections/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:32:24 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=16201 The European Parliament Elections resulted in a significant shift as the extreme right gained substantial ground. With 220 seats, extreme right parties currently make up almost one-third of the parliament, while Greens and Socialist Democrats have lost 18% and 3% of their seats, respectively. Far-right parties have been persistently targeting younger voters with [...]

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]]> Europe is for Peace https://eavi.eu/europe-is-for-peace/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 15:28:17 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=16122 The European Parliament’s Spring 2024 Eurobarometer survey is the latest survey conducted before the 2024 European elections. The survey was carried out by Verian (previously known as Kantar Public) between 7 February and 3 March in the 27 EU Member States. More than twenty-six thousand (26411) interviews were conducted face-to-face using CAPI (Computer [...]

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]]> How Platforms Compete to Get our Attention? https://eavi.eu/platforms-competing-to-get-our-attention/ Tue, 07 May 2024 23:19:41 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=16084 When you log in to your social media accounts, you are constantly exposed to a flood of new information and content. Every day, you are exposed to this stream of data that is competing for your attention. Being online causes us to switch rapidly between tasks, leading to a lack of presence in the [...]

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]]> The EU Policies on Digital Well-Being https://eavi.eu/eu-policies-on-digital-well-being/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:17:26 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=16073 Digital well-being encompasses our online safety, managing our online time, our ability to critically assess the media we consume and becoming responsible and confident digital citizens. In this regard, the European Union is actively striving to enhance the digital environment to benefit all citizens of Europe. According to The Council of the EU [...]

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]]> EU ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT: NEW RULES https://eavi.eu/eu-artificial-intelligence-act/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:15:23 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=16050 12/04/2024 Artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution. Its proliferation and gradual improvement will profoundly change our economy and daily lives. However, as AI tools become more powerful and efficient, their potential negative impacts raise concerns among institutions and the need to regulate them. The European Union has established itself as a pioneer [...]

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]]> Mind the Surprising Media Mechanisms Influencing Voting Preferences https://eavi.eu/surprising-media-mechanisms-influencing-voting-preferences/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:08:10 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=15950 Remember the last time you went to vote. Remember how you took the ballot and entered the voting booth with the candidate you long before settled upon firmly fixed in your mind. Or did you decide right there, on the spot? Or perhaps you changed your mind in fractions of a second before the [...]

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]]> European Elections 2024 https://eavi.eu/european-elections-2024/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:57:26 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=15942 Between 6 and 9 June 2024, millions of Europeans will vote to renew the European Parliament. The European elections are a crucial moment that will determine the future direction of the European Union, as the decisions taken at the European level affect all Europeans. Free and fair elections are at the heart of [...]

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