Welcome to the age of the upside down: how to cover the U.S. as an Axis power

Fulfilling journalism's democratic function now demands recognising the Trump Administration and its Big Tech enablers as a new axis power which poses a direct threat to the integrity of elections in liberal democracies that historically regarded the US as an ally and a guardian of democracy.
This new form of hybrid warfare practised by the world's first elected Broligarchy involves the US perpetrating the kind of foreign state actor-style influence operations designed to further Trump's far-right foreign policy agenda which previous Administrations associated with geopolitical actors like Russia and China.
The weaponisation of internationally enshrined freedom of expression protections by the MAGA movement has ironically led to the US defunding counter-disinformation programmes and even banning European experts on disinformation and election interference, while Big Tech companies tear down the guard rails. The result? Counter-disinformation work by journalists, researchers and civil society actors designed to protect the integrity of elections had been dramatically undermined.
So, how can we hold the line for democracy - from Brazil to Denmark and the Philippines - during critical forthcoming elections?
This panel brings together journalists and researchers from Latin America, South East Asia and the EU to outline a new playbook for covering elections in which the new Axis power seeks to interfere.
Moderated by Julie Posetti.
Organised in association with the Information Integrity Initiative.