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The Digital Services Act, the EU’s digital regulation master stone, is designed with the intention of tackling content affecting democratic political debate without limiting free speech. But things get more complicated when it comes to so-called “harmful content” or “disinformation”: the line between keeping people safe and stifling free speech remains a difficult one to navigate. Join us for a discussion on the dilemmas in regulatory responses to disinformation.

Guest editor: Luis Bouza García, Associate Professor Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. 

Guests: Joan Barata Senior Legal Fellow for The Future of Free Speech Project, Vanderbilt University & Jan Penfrat is Senior Policy Advisor at European Digital Rights (EDRi).

Host: Lucas Proto (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid).

Sound: Franco Delle Donne (Rombo Podcasts).

"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is a motto adopted by the US newspaper The Washington Post in 2017. Does democracy need to be defended in the era of post-truth politics? How, from what or whom? Does the debate on the protection from post-truth phenomena deviate attention from other major problems democracies have? Join us for a discussion of the defence of democracy in the EU in 2024.

Guest editor: Álvaro Oleart, Postodoctoral Researcher, Université libre de Bruxelles.

Guests: Richard Youngs, senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at Carnegie Europe and Aarti Narsee,  Senior Policy and Advocacy officer at the European Civic Forum.

Host: Lucas Proto (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid).

Sound: Franco Delle Donne (Rombo Podcasts).

Do we really live in a "post-truth" era? Can  liberal democracy be reclaimed from polarised and epistemically disputed debates? This episode discusses possible responses by EU institutions and member states via civic education, platform regulation and political narratives.

Guest editor: Maximilian Conrad (University of Iceland).

Guests: Karolina Czerska-Shaw (Jagellonian University in Krakow) and Luis Bouza García (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid).

Host: Lucas Proto (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid).

Sound: Franco Delle Donne (Rombo Podcasts).

A monthly podcast examining the effects of post-truth politics on contemporary societies. The podcast will share and discuss the results of RECLAIM, a Horizon Europe research project that studies the impact of the information disorder on liberal democracies as we have come to understand them in order to advise on policy making and education and to react to the negative effect of disinformation on democratic discourse.
RECLAIM is funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe. The contents of this podcast are the sole responsibility of the guests and di not reflect the opinion of the European Union. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.