Anneli Ahonen, Nerijus Maliukevičius: Why we should care about disinformation

Anneli Ahonen, Nerijus Maliukevičius: Why we should care about disinformation

14.7.2022 / 17:00 - 18:15
Global stage

Disinformation is not just a matter of foreign policy or security. Disinformation affects our way of life, it can affect our daily business, it can threaten peoples' lives. From the US to Europe to Asia, we have seen people affected by dangerous disinformation campaigns, acting on them, and threatening others.

Anneli Ahonen, analyst and journalist. European leader in communication and exposing disinformation.

Anneli is an analyst, PR specialist and manager, former head of the East Stratcom Task Force at the European External Action Service, where analysis and strategies are prepared for top diplomats and politicians for relations outside the European Union. Anneli specialises in identifying and deciphering disinformation.

Nerijus Maliukevičius, researcher and lecturer. His research focuses on information warfare, propaganda disinformation, strategic communication, conflict management as well as Russian studies.

Dr. Nerijus Maliukevičius works as researcher and lecturer at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University. He was also a guest lecturer at universities and institutions in Germany, Georgia and Estonia. He is the author of two books about Russian information warfare strategies.