Primary source: AI4Debunk

On 3 June 2025, a high-level roundtable titled “AI and Disinformation: Who Will Win the Battle?“ took place at the European Parliament in Brussels. The event was co-hosted by Member of the European Parliament Prof. Ivars Ijabs (Renew, Latvia).

The roundtable brought together researchers, policymakers, sociologists, media professionals, leading AI experts, civil society representatives, and institutional representatives to explore how artificial intelligence can be leveraged to counter disinformation across critical domains, including climate change, the war in Ukraine, strengthen digital resilience, and uphold democratic values across the European Union.

Opening the event, Prof. Ijabs highlighted the urgency of advancing the fight against false narratives:

“The tools to disseminate disinformation get ever more sophisticated, and, subsequently, the people who fight the spread of fake news, disinformation and distorted facts, must counter the hostile narratives with greater sophistication as well. It is a fight to preserve our democratic European values we collectively stand for, and strategically applied artificial intelligence is a technology that can help a great deal in combating disinformation and improving media literacy, especially among the European youth. The challenges we face today require modern tools, and organizations such as AI4Debunk are clearly moving in the right direction to offer a creative, contemporary, and much-needed push to fight for accessible information that is not contaminated by anti-European rhetoric”.

The event featured a dynamic exchange, reaffirming the need for cross-sector collaboration, agile policy frameworks, and sustained public engagement to address the evolving disinformation landscape in Europe.