Brussels, 30 April 2019 DOCUMENT PARTIALLY                                                   WK 5524/2019 INIT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC (12.08.2020)                                                         LIMITE API INF WORKING PAPER This is a paper intended for a specific community of recipients. Handling and further distribution are under the sole responsibility of community members. MEETING DOCUMENT From:                 General Secretariat of the Council To:                   Delegations Subject:              Presentation by the European Parliament: Fighting disinformation before the European Parliament elections Delegations will find attached copy of the European Parliament's presentation concerning point 2.b of the agenda of the WPI meeting of 30 April 2019. WK 5524/2019 INIT                            COMM       NH/ip LIMITE                                                                                              EN

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Nas vesperas do Natal de 2007, foı divulgade a supusta proibigäo de inciusäo de brindes no bolo-rei, por razöes

u de seguranga allmentar do consumidor. A limitag&o a estes brindes remanta a 1999, aquando da adordo de um
Decreto-Iei n.® 158/99, de 11 de maio. O artigo 4.0 do Decreto-lei estabelece a proubigäo ds <comercializegäo
+ de generos nlimentieios que contenham brindes misturadass. Todavis, o n.® 2 da mesma artigo exelui desta
. Ri sroibigäo o bolv-rei, devido a sus elevada tradıcao cultural. O brinde do bolo-rei apenas tem que respeitar os
eräries de seguranga fiadas no artige 3.° do Desrete-Iei supracitado. Terd que ze distinguir da alimenta peln
a «su cor, tamanho, vonssstänos € apresentagäo, ou se)a concebido de forma que n3o cause rı5005, no ato de

manussamento ou ingestäo, & snüde ou seguranca do consumider, nomeadamente asfixis, envenenamento
perfuragso ou obstrug3o do aparelho digestivor.

 

Conclusäo: Este limitagso resultou, ünice « exclusivemente, do sistems juridico portuguäs, conforme resulta do
pröprio Deereto-lei

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Mite: A UE proibiu a venda de bolss de Berlim nas praias

 

Dizit-se que a5 bolas de Berlim nas arains Ho respeitans 05 citärios de hipiene € segurange Simentar
determinados pelas regras europeias.
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contamınazäo,

Narratives
feeding into

- EUistoo big a bureaucracy

false or
twisted
information

« |t costs way too much money

- The rules it sets are a nuisance

° Debunking can spread the myth to new audiences

- A simple myth is more attractive than a complicated
correction

° Backfire effect - corrections can strengthen already fixed

We can help fan

with facts but - Most effective: warn and inform people beforehand
debunking ° Media literacy training is key to strenghten civic resilience
has its limits
MYTH

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WhattheEP
does:

Prevention

 

- Access to credible facts: FAQs, studies, press releases

° Positive narratives (What EU does for you, seminars,

groups, video ...)

- Awareness-raising (workshops, video, face-to-face,

online

- Good relations with journalists and fact-checkers

° Prepare when bad stories are expected

Whatthe
SERIE

Monitoring
and
reaction

 

- Special unit since 2018

° Information source - journalists, EPLOs

- Intensified work inside EP (taskforce) and with other

EU institutions

° New system for early detection (EPLOs)

° Rebuttals

“EU strategic communication to counteract anti-EU
propaganda by third parties” (November 2016)
2016/2030(IN])

“The use of Facebook users’ data by Cambridge Analytica and
the impact on data protection” (October 2018)
2018/2855(RSP)

"State of EU-Russia political relations” (March 2019)
2018/2158(IN])

"Taking stock of the follow-up taken by the EEAS two years after
the EPreporton EU strategic communication to counteract
propaganda against it by third parties” (March 2019)
2018/2115(IN])

- Tripartite platform (CIRCABC)

WhattheEP - RAS

does:
Cooperation