Potemkin Prophecies
By EU vs Disinfo
Hoaxes as a Kremlin Tactic
The pro-Kremlin media spend much of their time detecting Western “provocations” before they even take place. But...
When Arguments Become Heated
By EU vs Disinfo
Last week the pro-Kremlin media targeted mostly Ukraine, US, NATO, and the West.
After the Brussels summit ended earlier last week, NATO issued...
A (New) Sputnik Has Been (Re)Born
By EU vs Disinfo
After closing its business on 31 December 2019, Sputnik is back in Estonia. But this time, it’s different.
First, a quick recap....
Covid, Cows and Politics: How a Vaccine Falsehood Spread in India
By William Echols, for Polygraph
Gaurav PandhiA Congress party leader“he Modi Govt has admitted that COVAXIN consists Newborn Calf Serum. This is heinous! This information...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Putin-Biden Summit in Geneva
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France to establish a new agency to combat disinformation.
PR agency Fazze offered money to French and German influencers to spread disinformation...
Russia As The Silver Medallist In The Putin – Biden Geneva Duel
By EU vs Disinfo
Read Tomorrow’s Headlines in the Kremlin Media Today
A feature of pro-Kremlin disinformation is that it is fairly repetitive. Old tropes are...
Fake news: a simple nudge isn’t enough to tackle it – here’s what to...
By Sander van der Linden, Jon Roozenbeek, for The Conversation
One high-profile theory of why people share fake news says that they aren’t paying sufficient...
No Laughing Matter: Criminal Snowman Evades Arrest
By EU vs Disinfo
No Thaw in Belarus despite Warm Weather
Immediately after the outbreak of mass protests in Belarus following the disputed 9 August 2020...
Turning A Tragedy Into A Weapon
By EU vs Disinfo
Exploiting the Death of a Child to Justify Violence
On 2 April, a four-year-old boy was killed outside the village of Oleksandrivske,...
Fake: Thousands of Russians Urgently Leaving Ukraine
A phrase uttered by Russia’s Vladimir Putin during his recent Rossiya 1 television interview has been taken out of context and has given rise...