SPLEE stands for “Streaming Platform for Longreads and Essays from Europe” and aims to create a digital space that allows all EU citizens access to high-quality essays and longreads. In a time when information can often be fragmented and superficial, SPLEE creates a platform for relevant topics and well-founded exchange and aims to make EU-wide discourse movements visible.
Why is this important? Studies show that 65% of people in Europe have difficulty distinguishing between reliable information and disinformation (source: EU Digital Progress Report 2024). This has concrete consequences: Poor decisions, loss of trust in institutions, and polarization of society are increasing. According to a study by the Oxford Internet Institute 2023, the spread of disinformation leads to a feeling of powerlessness and insecurity among 45% of those surveyed.
SPLEE promotes critical thinking and offers space for knowledge – across borders and accessible, and this is precisely where it starts: Through free access to well-founded essays and longreads from Europe’s leading media, the platform creates a reliable source for in-depth knowledge. Instead of fragmented information, citizens receive well-researched content.
How does SPLEE defuse these consequences?
· Orientation instead of uncertainty: SPLEE offers space for critical thinking and comprehensible insights into social, cultural, and scientific topics.
· Trust instead of polarization: Disinformation and polarization can be countered through transparency and well-founded content.
· Participation instead of powerlessness: Knowledge is the basis for active participation. Those who are informed can make informed decisions and participate democratically.
SPLEE is the platform of the future for the most important discourses in the EU. In 2025, it is time for all EU citizens to benefit from it.
