Saturday, September 21, 2024

Pro-Kremlin media praise Putin’s leadership overseeing nuclear drills

By Nika Aleksejeva, for @DFRLAb Kremlin media emphasized Putin’s leadership role conducting annual Grom nuclear drills On October 26, the Kremlin and the Russian Defense Ministry both issued press releases...

Photo Fake: Dozens of Miniature Explosive Devices Discovered in Lviv

The photo being shared online is not of an improvised explosive device at all, but rather of a used and disassembled disposable e-cigarette. The...

Fake: Criminal Groups in Finland Receive Weapons From Ukraine

Accusations regarding the illegal supply of weapons from Ukraine to Finland and other EU countries, made by the Finnish media Yle, were refuted by...

Fake: Receiving UNICEF Payments Requires Viber and Telegram Registration

This is an internet scam to access sensitive user data. UNICEF and other international organizations do not offer registration via Viber and Telegram and...

Fake: Bring a Friend to a Recruiting Office and Get 20,000 Hryvnia

Such a "promotion campaign" does not exist. Verified Ukrainian Armed Forces  Facebook and Instagram accounts never conducted such advertising campaigns to encourage enlistment. Currently...

Experts grade Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube on readiness to handle midterm election misinformation

By Dam Hee Kim, Scott Shackelford, Anjana Susarla, for The Conversation The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation...

Explosive Words On Dirty Bombs

By EU vs Disinfo Over the past week, Kremlin top officials and pro-Kremlin outlets resurfaced a washed-out and distinctly appalling disinformation claim. Namely, Kyiv will supposedly detonate a dirty bomb...

Freedom Calling — Cold War Radio, Then and Now

By Mark G. Pomar, for CEPA By making free discussion a criminal offense, the Soviet and Putin regimes have opened the war for US and...

Learning To Defend Yourself Against Disinformation: An Essential Skill In The 21st Century

By EU vs Disinfo To mark the Global Media and Information Literacy Week, the EEAS and EUvsDisinfo are launching an information campaign to raise awareness...

Fake: Harsh US Response to Ukraine HIMARS Request 

The U.S. Defense Department has officially announced that it will deliver 18 HIMARS as part of the next Ukraine aid package. A Pentagon source...