Identifying Luxembourg’s disinformation vulnerabilities, and how to fix them

Disinformation campaigns across media channels are among the most pressing threats to our democracies. A new public report, commissioned by the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies, seeks to understand and contextualise propaganda and disinformation campaigns, while also identifying the tools that governments can use to combat them.

Media Law Professor, Mark Cole and doctoral candidate Donatella Casaburo from the University of Luxembourg, along with Prof. Enjie Ghorbel, Dr. Stephanie Lukasik, and Dr. Maude Pauly for the Scientific Unit of the Chambre des Députés du Luxembourg have contributed to Research Note No. 054 “Campagnes de désinformation : fonctionnement et stratégies de lutte” or “Disinformation campaigns: how they work and strategies to combat them”.

This multidisciplinary research note provides a comprehensive analysis of the functioning of disinformation campaigns and related responses, addressing:

• The social, cognitive, and technological conditions that enable disinformation to thrive
• How platform algorithms and AI-driven tools are reshaping the threat landscape
• The systemic effects of coordinated disinformation campaigns on democratic resilience and institutional trust
• Legal, technological, and societal strategies to respond, while preserving freedom of expression

• Download the full report
• Read a summary of the findings