Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their...
By Adrian Bardon, for NiemanLab
Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s ineffective pandemic response...
The secret labs conspiracy: a converging narrative
By EU vs Disinfo
Some observers have recently argued about a convergence of narratives between pro-Kremlin and Chinese disinformation networks. We have taken a closer...
Nationalists in North Macedonia use border closures to sow confusion and mistrust
By Metamorphosis Foundation, for Global Voices
This story is based on reporting by Global Voices’ content partner Meta.mk News Agency, a project of Metamorphosis Foundation. Check out...
Four experts investigate how the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory began
By Wasim Ahmed, Joseph Downing, Marc Tuters, Peter Knight, for The Conversation
In times of crisis conspiracy theories can spread as fast as a virus.
As...
China’s disinformation threat is real. We need better defences against state-based cyber campaigns
By Sarah Morrison, Belinda Barnet, James Martin, for The Conversation
The Australian government recently announced plans to establish the country’s first taskforce devoted to fighting disinformation campaigns,...
Chinese white paper praises coronavirus response, but critics say secrecy costs lives
By Polygraph
Xinhua NewsState-run news agency“Ma Xiaowei, director of the National Health Commission, said there is ‘no delay or cover-up’ in the Chinese government's response...
Brian Whitmore: Propaganda labs
By Brian Whitmore, for CEPA
Covid-19 Has Revived the Freddy Krueger of Kremlin Disinformation Narratives
For years, Kremlin-backed media and surrogates have been vilifying laboratories in...
Figure of the week: 23.2%
By EU vs Disinfo
Almost one-fourth of Russians (23.2%) consider the COVID-19 pandemic a fiction, concocted by the “interested parties”, Russian media reports. An additional 9%...
Propaganda backfire: the Kremlin’s conspiracy theories undermine its own authority
By Kseniya Kirillova, for Byline
By supporting theories aimed at destabilising the US during the Coronavirus pandemic, Kseniya Kirillova reports on how Putin has opened...
Chinese disinfo hits U.S. biolab with new COVID-19 conspiracy
By Polygraph
Global Times“Days before the institution's (Fort Detrick laboratory) temporary shutdown in 2019, a respiratory illness was reported on June 30 at a community...