Types and Tactics of Russian “Information Operations”
By Kseniya Kirillova, for CBAP
When speaking of Russian propaganda, it is important to keep in mind its main difference from Western counterparts. Along with...
How Putin made the international media his unwitting accomplices
By Peter Dickinson, for UkraineAlert
The headline read like a Moscow propagandist’s dream. “Kremlin says fears Ukrainian side could restart civil war in eastern Ukraine,” it declared....
Fact-checking in Nepal in the time of pandemic: The spread of the virus opened...
By Sanjib Chaudhary, for Global Voices
From exposing the misleading social media photos about the recent wildfires to discrediting COVID-19 hoaxes, the South Asia Check group has...
‘Russian Propaganda has Become Indistinguishable from Its Soviet Predecessor,’ Loshak Says
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
Moscow’s handling of the case of Aleksey Navalny is so similar to the ways in which Soviet officials dealt...
Baltics and Ukraine targeted for refusing Sputnik V, with social media amplifying false messages
By InformNapalm
Article prepared by Debunk EU senior analyst in Lithuania Laima Venclauskienė and first time published in Debunk EU web page.
With global COVID-19 vaccination programmes getting into the full...
Is Putin about to launch a new offensive in Ukraine?
By Peter Dickinson, for UkraineAlert
Russia has sparked alarm in Ukraine and throughout the international community in recent days by massing its armed forces close...
Google to contribute €25 million to new EU fund to fight fake news
By EURACTIV.com wirh Reuters
Alphabet unit Google will contribute 25 million euros to the newly set up European Media and Information Fund to combat fake...
How YouTube Helps Fund Kremlin Allies and Evade Sanctions
By Ben Dubow, for CEPA
YouTube is in business with Russia’s leading disinformation outlets and it’s proving extremely profitable for both.
On November 5, 2015, Metro...
The Perpetual 1 April Of The Kremlin Disinfo
By EU vs Disinfo
1 April is globally celebrated as ”April Fools’ Day”; an international exercise in source criticism. Newsrooms attempt to fool the readers...
Fake: A child died in Donbas as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack...
On April 6, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine confirmed the death of the child. He reportedly died "due to blast trauma and...