Anna Longhini

Researcher @DIGIEFFECT_EU @UnivBabesBolyai ▪Public Administration ▪ Disinformation ▪Text as data ▪Multi-track diplomacy / Outdoor Lover

[Anna Longhini @anna_longhiniX]

Earlier this year, our @DIGIEFFECT_EU team was asked to contribute to the increasing relevant issue of large scale disinformation by foreign actors. We focused on the current UK & EU regulatory landscape. Link to read our written evidence for the UKParliament below @BorzGabriela

[DIGIEFFECT @DIGIEFFECT_EU]

Happy to have contributed with written evidence (DIS0041) to the Foreign Affairs Committee inquiry:
“Disinformation diplomacy: The UK and the EU regulatory landscape”
https://t.co/kbSFf85YYh
#Disinformation @EUvsDisinfo @CORDIS_EU #NextGenerationEU @StrathPolIR @FspacCluj

[Gabriela Borz @BorzGabriela]

Democracy in action through research in Bruxelles @DIGIEFFECT_EU @MontgomerieTom @crimitrea @RemiAlmodt @anna_longhiniX

[Thierry Breton @ThierryBreton]

Is McCarthy’s witch hunt back? 🧹

As a reminder: 90% of the European Parliament — our democratically elected body — and all 27 Member States unanimously voted the DSA 🇪🇺

To our American friends: “Censorship isn’t where you think it is.”

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

This is the Wild West.
Not free speech.

[DIGIEFFECT @DIGIEFFECT_EU]

How is India regulating platforms and digital campaigns?

Check out our new DIGIEFFECT blog by Bhaswati Sarkar & Ankita Dutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Dehli India.
https://t.co/smM3mvJn9m

@DigitalEU @CORDIS_EU #NextGenerationEU

[Gabriela Borz @BorzGabriela]

'Disinformation diplomacy' with @anna_longhini @MontgomerieTom

[European Digital Media Observatory @EDMO_EUI]

🇪🇺🗳️ 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱: our new comparative analysis of #politicaladvertising during the 2024 #EUelections examines:

🔍 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 (#VLOPSEs) – #Meta and #Google – on commitments made on #polads in the context of the #CodeofPractice (as of July 2025, #CodeofConduct) on #Disinformation

🔍 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 during the run up to the #EuropeanParliament #elections in June 2024

🔗 All findings: https://t.co/ACCqDhGAiz

🤝 The study is a collaborative effort of ten EDMO Hubs, covering electoral advertising 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 #𝗘𝗨 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. It was authored by Trisha Meyer @Edmo_Belux @Brussels_School with contributions by @MadalinaBotan @BROD_EDMO, Mato Brautovic @ADMOeu, Domenico Cangemi @IDMO_it, @vaggie_kar @MEDDMOhub, Vojtěch Kupka @CEDMOhub, @irenelarraz @iberifier, Pantelitsa Leonidou (MedDMO), @meg_mallia (MedDMO), Csaba Molnár @HdmoHub, Shane Murphy @Ireland_EDMO, Aurken Sierra (IBERIFIER), Andreea Stancea (BROD), Karina Stasiuk-Krajewska (CEDMO), and Susanne Wegner @GADMOeu, and further support by @goripaula (EDMOeu) and @elenamaggi_ (EDMOeu).

[The Gun Violence Archive @GunDeaths]

Real-time U.S. gun violence statistics for 2025, as of September 16th:

•10,592 gun deaths
•19,351 gun injuries
•304 mass shootings
•10 mass murders
•527 children (0-11) shot
•2,769 teenagers (12-17) shot
•834 defensive use incidents
•961 unintentional shootings
•469 murder-suicides

[DIGIEFFECT @DIGIEFFECT_EU]

In great company @UBC @ElectIntegrity @HollyAnnGarnett candidate and campaigns, electoral management, technology and the voting process, election campaigns, artificial inteligence, civic education and public participation @crimitrea @MontgomerieTom @RemiAlmodt @anna_longhiniX

[Gabriela Borz @BorzGabriela]

Fantastic early start for Section 31 'Internet and Politics' panel 'Digital parties and digital citizens'@ECPR @RemiAlmodt @marcogug79 @tanyalokot @ramonvillaplana #ecprgc25 @paclaess @b_llaforlondon @DanielSarovec @andreuterwl

[INACH @INACHnet]

👉️YouGov conducted a survey and its results show that the majority of people in France, Germany, and Spain support the EU's tough regulation on Big Tech, even when this may damage relations with Trump.
👉️Read this analytical article on the survey via: https://t.co/OZFwyxWQBX

[DIGIEFFECT @DIGIEFFECT_EU]

Interview alert ✍️: Discussion around the systemic, societal and individual risks of electoral campaigns in the on-line environment on pg. 7 of the Portugal Diplomático June 2025:
XIª Edição Portugal Diplomático https://t.co/a5H1TNN1Lm

@AiRisks @BorzGabriela #NextGenerationEU

[Digital EU 🇪🇺 @DigitalEU]

Algorithms shape what you see, buy and believe online.

Thanks to the #DSA and the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency, we're opening the black box 🗃️ behind them to make sure that algorithms work for people, not the other way around.

Discover how on Social Media Day ↓

[The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR @ECPR_TheLoop]

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Does military intervention against #Iran contradict Trump’s #AmericaFirst ideology?
📘Ruairidh Brown argues it, in fact, is a textbook case of Trump’s #Machiavellian philosophy.
#IsraelIranConflict #IsraelIran #USmilitary
https://t.co/RLhzDVZQM3

[DIGIEFFECT @DIGIEFFECT_EU]

#academic #practitioner #regulator workshops can work very well! @DIGIEFFECT_EU @COSTprogramme #RELINK2 #COSTACTION #CA23114 #DEMOCRACY @eprc_eu @StrathPolIR @CORDIS_EU @fspc #democracy #AI

[Gabriela Borz @BorzGabriela]

Honoured to host the: @DIGIEFFECT_EU and @COSTprogramme Relink2 WP4 event @StrathPolIR #AIfordemocracy #democracy #disinformation #misinformation #Elections2026

[DIGIEFFECT @DIGIEFFECT_EU]

Digital skills for democratic resilience: exchanging research and good practices across academics, regulators and practitioners @DIGIEFFECT_EU @UBBTechTransfer @UniStrathNews #RELINK2 #COSTAction #disinformation @DigitalSkillsEU @DigitalEU @CORDIS_EU #DemocracyMatters

[Robin Beaumont @robin_beaumont_]

Plus de 20 ans après l’invasion de l’Irak, les Européens s’apprêtent à cautionner le principe de guerre préventive. Nous avons tué le droit international avec Gaza, nous allons peut-être désormais l’enterrer.

[Gabriela Borz @BorzGabriela]

'Methodological Innovation and Regulation' across 3 continents @thehertieschool. Thank you: Emma Aisbet, Australian National University & Benjamin Faveri Carleton University, Ottawa.
@anna_longhiniX @RemiAlmodt @Reg_Gov
#risk #Ai #digitalcampaigning #Democracy @DIGIEFFECT_EU

[Luca Bertuzzi @BertuzLuca]

🚨SCOOP: The European Commission is weighing a move to ‘stop the clock’ on enforcing the AI Act, alongside targeted ‘simplification’ amendments set to be included in an omnibus package expected later this year.
https://t.co/e13MvKPON1