Sunday, November 17, 2024

Countering Disinformation: Right Direction, Insufficient Speed

By Jakub Kalenský, for Disinfo Portal The recent #StratComDC event ended with a closed session where the top government specialists from North America, Europe, and...

Fake: Ukrainian Authorities Ready to Lift Russia Sanctions

Scores of Russian media reported last week that Ukraine is ready to lift economic sanctions against Russia. Gazeta.ru, RIA Novosti, Versiya, Zvezda, Rosbalt and...

Putin announces plan to ‘replace’ Wikipedia

By Eilish Hart, for Global Voices An electronic version of the Great Russian Encyclopedia would provide "reliable information," says the president. On November 5, 2019, Russian...

Incompetent disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo The greatest threat to the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign is not always a strong pushback by the Kremlin’s external opponents. Sometimes the disinformation...

Disinformation Review: In the cards this week

By EU vs Disinfo Cartomancy is the concept of fortune-telling, using a deck of cards. The similarity with traditional pro-Kremlin disinformation is strong: the disinformation...

Fake: Ukraine Abandons Minsk Agreements, Preparing Donbas Occupation

Ukraine admits it has no intention of fulfilling the Minsk Agreements and openly opposes peace with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics Russian media...

Fake: Russia Only Sends Humanitarian Aid to Donbas

Earlier this month the United Nations International Court of Justice ruled that it has the jurisdiction to consider Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia, in which...

The world according to Macron

By Edward Lucas, for CEPA Is Global France Compatible With the Atlantic World? Atlanticists have complained for decades that the European end of the Alliance is...

RIA Novosti inserts false claims in article on interview with MH17 suspect

By Polygraph RIA Novosti Russian state news outlet "Kyiv blamed the disaster on the militias, who said they did not have the means to shoot down an...

Why Facebook is more revealing on nudity than on Russian disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo Researchers, election observers, and governments alike all struggle to measure the scope and impact of Russian disinformation campaigns. So far, sporadic...