A quarter of Belarusians rely on Russian media for news, new study says
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
One Belarusian in four has not read the Belarusian media during the last month but instead relies on...
How social media companies are failing to combat inauthentic behaviour online
By Sebastian Bay, Rolf Fredheim, for NATO Strategic Communication Centre of Excellence
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
From the 2014 invasion...
Fake: Kyiv Planning Impending Provocation on Normandy Format Paris Meeting
Pro-Kremlin media and media operating in the occupied territories of eastern Ukraine launched another fake about an “impending provocation“ Ukraine was allegedly planning on...
Fake: UN Recognized that Crimea is Russian
Russia brought a member of Crimea’s occupying authority to the 12th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues held in Geneva last...
Russian ‘troll farm’ posts ersatz report on Hong Kong Thanksgiving Rally
By Polygraph
RIAFAN.ruRussian news agency“Then everyone watched a video prepared by the organizers of the action. The video encouraged not to stop there,...
In Ethiopia’s disinformation epidemic, the crumbling ruling coalition is the elephant in the room
By Endalkachew Chala, for Global Voices
This story is the second in a two-part series on online disinformation and politics in Ethiopia. You can read...
Singular or plural?
By EU vs Disinfo
Russian grammar can be difficult – even to a native speaker.
However, in some Russian media, linguistic mistakes appear out of a wish to produce stories...
KREMLIN WATCH STRATEGY for Countering Hostile Russian Interference
Prague-based European Values Center for Security Policy has just launched its KREMLIN WATCH STRATEGY, which is a policy document suggesting 20 specific measures to be taken...
NATO’s East flank: conflict scenarios
By Janusz Bugajski, for CEPA
Reexamining the Alliance's Vulnerable Shoulder Ahead of the NATO London Summit
At NATO’s London Summit on 3-4 December 2019, Alliance leaders...
Twitter was a minefield of false information during the 2019 Nigerian elections
By Nwachukwu Egbunike, for Global Voices
Ethnic hate speech and disinformation were rife on Twitter.
This story is the second in a two-part series on online...