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Disinformation Dilemma: Trump and TikTok Squeeze Europe

Europe’s new law designed to tame illegal online content is off to a slow start – and faces giant obstacles. By Anda Bologa, for CEPA Europe’s Digital Services...

Appeasement Will Only Fuel Vladimir Putin’s Imperial Ambitions in Ukraine

By Anastasiia Marushevska, for UkraineAlert When US President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House next week, his foreign policy priority will be ending the war...

Analysis: Meta’s fact-checking pullback will have global consequences

The social media company’s widespread overhaul of its content moderation policies will have a real-world negative impact, embolden authoritarian regimes, and put its own...

Putin’s Peace Plan is Actually a Call for Ukraine’s Capitulation

By Serhii Kuzan, for UkraineAlert With Donald Trump set to return to the White House in the coming weeks, speculation is mounting that Ukraine and...

Putin Faces Antisemitism Accusations Following Attack on ‘Ethnic Jews’

By Joshua Stein, for UkraineAlert Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of antisemitism after claiming that “ethnic Jews” are seeking to “tear apart” the Russian Orthodox...

RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA: SUMMARY OF 2024

The Russian-Ukrainian war continues, and the Kremlin's demand for propaganda efforts remains consistently high. The main mistake may be underestimating the power of propaganda...

Romania Pays the Price for Kremlin Interference

By Alison Mutler, for CEPA The country has been plunged into political instability by a Russian campaign that no one saw coming. Romania avoided a bullet,...

Spreading conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories have long been one of the most powerful disinformation tools used to manipulate public opinion and influence public behavior. In recent years,...

Someone Else’s Fault — Kremlin Propagandists Explain Syrian Collapse

As Syria’s fleeing dictator arrived in Moscow, the state’s mouthpieces battled to shield Putin from any blame By Julia Davis, for CEPA Russia’s premier propagandists —...

Tucker Carlson Warns of WWIII, but Russia’s Nuclear Threats Ring Hollow

By Peter Dickinson, for UkraineAlert US media personality Tucker Carlson was back in Moscow this week to interview Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and raise...