US lobbies allies to cut ties to anti-disinformation conference over panel critical of Washington, sources say ↧ ↧ US lobbies allies to cut ties to anti-disinformation conference ove... The US State Department lobbied Canada and European allies to withdraw support for an anti-disinformation conference because ‌it included a panel examining Washington's role as an alleged information threat to Europe, according to three US officials familiar with the matter and correspondence reviewed by Reuters.