US pressured EU, Lithuania and Canada to drop sponsorship of disinformation conference

The US State Department pushed the EU, Lithuania and Canada to withdraw sponsorship of the #Disinfo2026 conference in Vilnius over a panel framing the US as a foreign information threat. Sponsor logos were removed from the website and covered on printed materials days before the event. The EU kept funding the conference but dropped official branding.

• State Department pressure followed a panel on the US as a FIMI threat
• EEAS, Lithuanian MFA and Global Affairs Canada logos were pulled days before the event
• EU still funds the conference but removed its official sponsorship
• France refused to change its commitments and kept supporting the event