Estonia Policies Affecting Disinformation
Initiatives Against Disinformation
Estonia created a Computer Emergency Response Team in 2006.[1] Estonia has dedicated "baltic elves", who are volunteer internet users who monitor for Russian disinformation. The network of "baltic elves" became active after the events in Maidan square in Ukraine.[2]
In 2007 Estonia was hit by a distributed denial of service attack which some call the first "cyber war".[3]
In 2016 Estonia’s State Electoral Office created an interagency task force to combat disinformation affecting their election process.[4]
Estonia relies on the East StratCom Task Force formed in 2015 to combat Russian disinformation.[5] Estonia also began to use the rapid alert system set up by the European Commission for the 2019 elections.[6][7]
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National Policies Affecting Disinformation
- ↑ https://www.ria.ee/en/cyber-security/cert-ee.html
- ↑ https://www.dw.com/en/baltics-battle-russia-in-online-disinformation-war/a-40828834
- ↑ https://gcn.com/Articles/2019/01/09/Estonia-disinformation-defense.aspx?Page=2
- ↑ https://successfulsocieties.princeton.edu/sites/successfulsocieties/files/TM_Estonia_Election_FINAL%20edited_JG.pdf
- ↑ https://gcn.com/Articles/2019/01/09/Estonia-disinformation-defense.aspx?Page=2
- ↑ https://gcn.com/Articles/2019/01/09/Estonia-disinformation-defense.aspx?Page=2
- ↑ https://www.baltictimes.com/estonia_welcomes_eu_action_plan_for_tackling_disinformation/