Disinformation has been an element of politics since politics began, with propaganda used by governments and their intelligence agencies to influence the political landscape both at home and abroad. But disinformation and misleading narratives have been, for the most part the privilege of those in power.

This research shows:

• what methods the New Right uses to disseminate disinformation,
• that the marketing mechanisms of social media platforms offer ideal conditions for the New Right,
• that a specially created EU body to clarify disinformation is struggling with legitimacy and competence problems,
• that the national governments and the EU Commission will transfer control to the companies, namely Google, Facebook and Twitter, which will, however, earn money from the campaigns,
• that transparency standards for election advertising on the internet are not sufficient and, moreover, have so far only been partially implemented.