Truth Talks: Disinformation in France

🇫🇷 In this episode, we dive into France’s complex disinformation ecosystem with Vincent Couronne, CEO of Les Surligneurs, a unique French media outlet specializing in legal fact-checking. 🎯 Topics we cover: • How fake legal claims undermine trust in justice and democracy • Disinformation around Marine Le Pen’s corruption case • The rise of “sovereign citizens” and anti-rule-of-law narratives • French politicians echoing Kremlin talking points • How Russian operations feed GenAI tools like ChatGPT with fake news • The strengths—and blind spots—of France’s fact-checking ecosystem 💡 “Critical thinking is not the same as just criticizing,” says Couronne. The sole responsibility for any content supported by the European Media and Information Fund lies with the author(s) and it may not necessarily reflect the positions of the EMIF and the Fund Partners, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the European University Institute.