Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen looks on during a “Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030” press conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 16, 2025. Yves Herman/ReutersThe European Commission’s new European Democracy Shield claims it will “counter information manipulation and disinformation” and strengthen democratic resilience through a “whole-of-society approach.”But critics warn that by centralizing narrative control in Brussels, the EU risks outsourcing press freedom to government-funded bodies and transforming democratic debate into a managed information system.
EUs New Democracy Shield Prompts Free Speech Concerns
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