At the RADAR Public Debate co-hosted by the Jagiellonian University and TEPSA, we gathered 75 participants from 10 EU Member States and 6 non-EU countries to learn and share perspectives on the disinformation against LGBTQIA+ folks. Not only did attendees discuss the noxious impacts of disinformation on the public sphere, but they also explored the methods and techniques used to spread disinformation.

“We live amongst information chaos. Everyday we are bombarded with news whose veracity and credibility may be difficult to assess. New media have brought an unprecedented experience of being exposed to a permanent stream of news. But at the same time they have been used to spread fallacies, conspiracy theories and politically biased portrayals. Populist politics, which gains popularity in numerous countries, seems to thrive off this chaos. Some claim that we have entered the era of ‘post-truth’, in which verification is no longer possible. It seems that whoever wins in producing their own narrative on the world, prevails.”

As part of our follow-up to the RADAR Public Debate that took place in Kraków on October 6, we polled attendees to gather their views. This is what they answered…