National Whataboutism As A State Ideology
By EU vs Disinfo
The Kremlin and the Art of Pointing Fingers
“Whataboutism” is a rhetorical device to deflect attention to an unpleasant issue. The Oxford...
Fake: Hundreds of Children Killed to Create COVID 19 Vaccinations
Anti-vaccination supporters are spreading misinformation on social media claiming that the pharmaceutical and medical industries are killing hundreds of babies to extract cells in...
When’s the best time to correct fake news? After someone’s already read it, apparently
Plus: A thorough report on why social media is not biased against conservatives, and TikTok takes new steps to reduce the spread of unverified...
Manufactured Support Part 2: Using Western Voices To Spread Disinformation
By EU vs Disinfo
In Donetsk, a small media outlet translates pro-Kremlin disinformation campaigns into French and English for Western audiences
Previously, EUvsDisinfo described how pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets...
Russia Disinfo Targets New Ukraine Media Sanctions
By Polygraph
Maria ZakharovaRussian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman“We consider the deprivation of three Ukrainian media outlets … contrary to the laws of Ukraine and Kyiv's international...
Deflection Instead Of Dialogue
By EU vs Disinfo
The Kremlin has answered the European Union’s invitation to dialogue with a shameless attempt to deflect attention from its violations of...
Fake It Until You Break It
By EU vs Disinfo
Biology can be useful to improve our understanding of disinformation. After all, deception is an important element of life. For their...
Manufactured Support Part 1: The Kremlin’s Pocket Journos
By EU vs Disinfo
Part 1. Outlets Pretending to be Western
Pro-Kremlin media outlets recycle the conspiratorial musings of sympathetic Western bloggers, falsely implying they are...
Language Terrorism in Ukraine: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 312)
Fake: Russians banned under Ukraine’s toughest language law. Language police reviving Great Terror in Ukraine. Ukraine to buy Russian COVID vaccine from Germany at...
Understanding online false information in the UK
By Ofcom
As part of our duty to promote media literacy, we undertake research into how people access and use information online.
This paper contributes to...