'Nobody is safe' from disinformation campaigns, expert tells Dublin conference

Lutz Gullner, attached to the EU diplomatic service, told a conference in Dublin that 'nobody is safe' and that it doesn’t matter if a country is 'big or small' as disinformation campaigns are transmitted in the digital world, not the physical one. File picture

Small EU countries such as Ireland are not safe from the threat posed by information manipulation from hostile countries, a top European Commission expert has warned.

Lutz Gullner, attached to the EU diplomatic service, told a conference in Dublin that “nobody is safe” and that it doesn’t matter if a country is “big or small” as disinformation campaigns are transmitted in the digital world, not the physical one.