The EU will launch a new platform to counter disinformation campaigns by Russia and China, the bloc’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday (7 February), as EU delegations and missions abroad are increasingly becoming a target. EU missions and operations are increasing “targets” of disinformation and manipulation of information by foreign actors, while EU delegations “face an increased risk of becoming a target of these initiatives, with potential threats putting staff at risk”, a senior EU official told reporters ahead of the announcement. “When it comes to China, there is a certain activity of taking up narratives, which are nearly copy-pasted by Chinese actors from the Russian playbook,” an EU senior official said