How could deepfakes impact the 2020 U.S. elections?
By Nicholas Diakopoulos and Deborah Johnson, for NiemanLab
Seven scenarios — from faked scandalous audio to voter intimidation to imagined journalistic corruption — show the...
Fake: Ukraine Buys Broken Locomotives from US
A number of Russian and pro-Kremlin media reported last month that Ukraine had purchased low quality Evolution type locomotives from the United States. Tezar...
Fake: Pope Presents Putin with Guardian Angel of Peace Medal
The recent visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican inspired pro-Kremlin media to come up with a rather fawning fake, that Pope...
Putin tells Elton John Russia ‘unbiased’ toward LGBT community
By Polygraph
Vladimir Putin
Russian President
"We really have a very smooth relationship with members of the LGBT community – really calm, perfectly unbiased.”
Source: Ria Novosti...
Top Takes: Suspected Russian Intelligence Operation. Operators worked across platforms to spread lies and...
By @DFRLab
A Russian-based information operation used fake accounts, forged documents, and dozens of online platforms to spread stories that attacked Western interests and unity....
Operation Secondary Infektion: The DFRLab Exposes a New Russian Influence Campaign
By EU vs Disinfo
Allegations of planned political assassinations, lurid forgeries, false flag attacks, brazen online impersonations… the universe of Russian disinformation grows ever more...
Figures of the week: 3-10
By EU vs Disinfo
It took 3 to 10 days for the Russian Internet Research Agency to increase polarization of the #BlackLivesMatter debate on Twitter,...
Lost in translation
By EU vs Disinfo
Imagine that you are a politician or an expert commentator, and a Russian state-controlled TV channel calls you and asks for...
Chornobyl Fear: StopFake with Marko Suprun (No. 242)
Russia reacts to the HBO television miniseries with a spate of fakes and distortions.
https://youtu.be/qdQE5GKXvsI
European Commission summarises its struggle against disinformation
In June, European Commission with Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy presented the report on the...