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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for responsive and adequate surveillance systems to detect disease outbreaks and accurately monitor disease circulation among the general population. Traditional surveillance systems usually rely on healthcare providers and generally suffer from reporting lags that prevent immediate response plans. Participatory surveillance, a digital approach whereby individuals voluntarily monitor and report on their own health status via Web-based surveys, has emerged in the past decade to complement traditional data collections approaches. This talk will describe the experience of Influenzanet, a Europe-wide network of Web-based platforms for participatory surveillance of Influenza-like Illness and COVID-19 and how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and, in a way, enhanced the capabilities of this approach.