Figure Of The Week: 100,000
By EU vs Disinfo
The EUvsDisinfo database contains over 450 examples of pro-Kremlin disinformation claims in the German language that were collected between 2015 and...
Lukashenka’s Belarus Celebrates The Soviet Attack On Poland
By EU vs Disinfo
Manipulation and disinformation have become fundaments of Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus. After manipulating the present, Lukashenka is now set to manipulate the past:...
Donbas Voters = Kremlin Electoral Fodder
September 8, Donetsk. A well planned rally of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party was underway in the occupied Ukrainian city of Donetsk....
Smart Voting Vs Outsmarting Democracy
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or Disinformation in the Very Name of a Candidate
Russia’s constitution is democratic at is very core. It was adopted after a referendum...
How social media – aided by bots – amplifies Islamophobia online
By Saif Shahin, for The Conversation
In August 2021, a Facebook ad campaign criticizing Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, the United States’ first Muslim congresswomen, came under...
“The Repressive Machine Is Easy To Start But Hard To Stop”
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Interview with Co-Owner of Independent 7×7 on the Crack-Down on Russian Media
Based in the northern Russian city of Syktyvkar, 7×7 is...
How ‘engagement’ makes you vulnerable to manipulation and misinformation on social media
By Filippo Menczer, for The Conversation
Facebook has been quietly experimenting with reducing the amount of political content it puts in users’ news feeds. The move is...
Modus Trollerandi Part 7: Denial
By EU vs Disinfo
How Democracy is SWAMPED: Seven Cheap Tricks
In a series of articles, EUvsDisinfo will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of...
Election Premonitions On Russian State-Controlled Media
By EU vs Disinfo
Just a few weeks are left until the Russian legislative election. However, instead of pre-election staples – political debates, analysis of...
Fake: UN Has Open Access to Crimea, Observer Reports ‘Dubious’
Last week Russian media featured a number of disinformation materials dedicated to the UN report on human rights violations in occupied Crimea. The publications...