The Red Web: How Russia uses the internet for surveillance and propaganda

The Red Web: How Russia uses the internet for surveillance and propaganda

Tuesday 22 September, 12.00-14.00 European Parliament, Room PHS 7C50, Brussels   MEPs Marietje Schaake and Kaja Kallas cordially invite you to an ALDE seminar on how various Russian authorities use the Internet, especially for propaganda and surveillance purposes. The event will be kicked off by the book launch of Andrey Soldatov and Irina Borogan´s ´The Red Web´. Please join us for a presentation of their findings and a discussion of their implications for the European Union by a panel of experts, including Jerzy Pomianowski (Executive Director of the European Endowment of Democracy, formerDeputy Foreign Minister of Poland), Giles Portman (‎Head of the East Stratcom Task Force at the European External Action Service) and Eric King (Deputy Director of Privacy International) 12:00 - 12:15           Opening - Marietje Schaake, MEP and Kaja Kallas, MEP 12:15 - 12:45           'The Red Web' book presentation by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan 12.45 - 13.00           Comments by Eric King, Privacy International 13.00 - 13.15           Comments by Jerzy Pomianowski, European Endowment of Democracy 13.15 - 13.30           Comments by Giles Portman, External Action Service 13:30 - 14:00           Questions & Answers and concluding words Read Marietje Schaake's blog: “Fight the real information war with Russia” More on Russian surveillance and The Red Web:

• The Guardian, live Q&A with the authors, September 8th, 14:00 (Western Europe time)
• The Guardian, Inside the Red Web: Russia's back door onto the internet – book extract
• Ars Technica, The Red Web: In Putin’s Russia, Internet watches you
• The Guardian, The Red Web by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan review – Russia’s attack on internet freedoms
• The Guardian, Russian data law fuels web surveillance fears
• Financial Times, Russian law sparks web surveillance fears