EU理事会、新型コロナのパンデミックの文脈で、ディスインフォメーションなど複合脅威対策の強化要請

EU理事会、新型コロナのパンデミックの文脈で、ディスインフォメーションなど複合脅威対策の強化を要請

Brussels, 15/12/2020 - 13:55, UNIQUE ID: 201215_12

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EU News 357/2020

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欧州連合（EU）理事会は本日、ディスインフォメーションを含む複合脅威への対策と、それらに対するレジリエンスの向上に関するEUとしての対策の強化を求める結論を採択した。EU理事会は、今般の新型コロナウイルス感染症のパンデミックなど、新しい技術や危機は、非友好的な主体が妨害活動を拡大する機会を提供する点に留意した。このことは、本来の危機に加えて、EU加盟国やEUの諸機関に追加的課題を突き付ける。

EU理事会は、新型コロナウイルス感染症のパンデミックがEUとその加盟国の複合脅威に対する脆弱性を高めることを認識している。このような脅威には、ディスインフォメーションの拡大増加と操作的妨害が含まれる。特に悪意あるサイバー活動、ディスインフォメーションおよび経済安全保障への脅威のような複合脅威に対応するには、効果的な協力や調整を用いた包括的なアプローチが必要だ。

この文脈において、EU理事会は、ディスインフォメーションに対するEUの取り組みは多くの専門分野にわたり、複数のステークホルダーが関与することを理解している。EU理事会は、欧州委員会とEU外務・安全保障政策上級代表に対し、ディスインフォメーションや人工知能を含む先進的技術の悪用によってもたらされる経済的・社会的被害のほか、公衆衛生への被害の可能性を考慮しつつ、EUとしての対策を強化するよう求めた。

EU理事会はまた、欧州対外行動庁の戦略的コミュニケーション・タスクフォースの強化に向けた取り組みを継続し、EU加盟国やEU諸機関のための包括的なプラットフォームを展開させるための、早期警告システムを開発するよう求めた。

Council of the EU
Press release
15 December 2020
13:27

Council calls for strengthening resilience and countering hybrid threats, including disinformation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Council today adopted conclusions which call for further enhanced responses at EU level to counter hybrid threats, including disinformation, and strengthening resilience. The Council notes that new technologies and crises, such as the ongoing pandemic, offer opportunities for hostile actors to expand their interference activities. These pose an additional challenge for the member states and the EU institutions, besides the crisis itself.

The Council acknowledges that the COVID-19 pandemic makes the EU and its member states more vulnerable to hybrid threats. Such threats include the increased spread of disinformation and manipulative interference. Addressing such threats, in particular malicious cyber activities, disinformation and threats to economic security, requires a comprehensive approach involving effective cooperation and coordination.

The COVID-19 pandemic made clear that intensified efforts are needed to protect the European Union, its Member States and their societies and the EU institutions from hybrid threats and their harmful effects. We must protect our democratic societies and institutions from such threats, notably by enhancing our resilience and further strengthening our tools at EU and Member State level.
Markus Kerber, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community

In this context, the Council acknowledges that the EU approach to addressing disinformation is multidisciplinary and involves multiple stakeholders. The Council invites the Commission and the High Representative to further enhance responses at EU level, taking into account the economic and societal damage, as well as the possible damage to public health, caused by disinformation and the malign use of newly emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence.

The Council also urges to continue efforts to strengthen the EEAS StratCom Task Forces and to develop the Rapid Alert System with a view to developing a comprehensive platform for member states and EU institutions.

It invites the Commission to develop and eventually implement additional transparency requirements for online platforms. The aim of such requirements would be to promote a well-functioning digital public sphere, develop greater accountability and enhance transparency in addressing disinformation.

The Council notes that diplomatic engagement and measures are an effective European tool. This is in addition to enhancing resilience, which remains one of the most important tasks and is at the heart of European efforts to counter hybrid threats.

Lastly, the Council invites the Commission and the High Representative to play an active role in addressing pan-European vulnerabilities, including in ensuring the security and resilience of supply chains as part of economic security, and to propose initiatives designed to strengthen resilience and improve responses as appropriate with due consideration of emerging technologies.