Fractured reality - How democracy can win the global struggle over the information space

The report examines how the digital information space is undermining democracy through the attention economy, algorithmic amplification, echo chambers, misinformation, and growing dependence on foreign-controlled platforms. It argues that democratic resilience requires structural responses rather than only individual fact-checking or media literacy, and recommends alternative public-interest digital spaces, stronger user agency, new platform business models, and greater EU digital sovereignty.