Exposure to social engagement metrics increases vulnerability to misinformation
By Mihai Avram, Nicholas Micallef, Sameer Patil, Filippo Menczer, for Misinformation Review, Harward Kennedy School
News feeds in virtually all social media platforms include engagement...
Lots of visible likes and shares on social lead people to spread more misinformation
By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab
When people saw that a questionable piece of content had been liked and shared lots of times, they were...
In the Wake of Russian Propaganda: How the Kremlin Attacks Facebook with Ukrainian Media
By Natalia Ishchenko, for Den
Den Daily Newspaper (day.kyiv.ua): №142-143, (2020)
For a month now, there has been a scuffle and a brawl in media circles...
To Outshout and Overpower: How Russia Is Trying to Influence the Ukrainian Information Environment...
By Yuriy Lapayev, for Tyzhden.ua
Weekly Magazine, № 31 (663), July 29 2020.
More than five years ago, Ukraine attracted the attention of world media. It...
Men arrested in Belarus formerly fought for Russia in Ukraine and elsewhere
By DFRLab
On July 29, 2020, a group of 33 men allegedly working for Russian intelligence-associated Wagner mercenary group were detained by Belarusian authorities outside of Minsk. Approximately...
Pro-Kremlin platforms go on the offensive on after investigation into Russian bounties on U.S....
By DFRLab
At least five narratives emerged on Russian outlets and social media, following a well-established playbook
A number of pro-Kremlin and Kremlin-funded outlets spread various...
EU sanctions Russian intelligence, North Korean, Chinese firms over alleged cyberattacks
By EURACTIV
The European Union imposed on Thursday (30 July) travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia’s military intelligence service and on firms...
Fake: Ukrainian cities Kharkiv, Mykolayiv and Odesa Want to “Return to Russia”
Kremlin propaganda has long propagated narratives about alleged pro-Russian sentiments in eastern Ukraine. These narratives are intended to deflect attention from the presence of...
RUSSIA DID NOT… (AND ANYWAY, THERE IS NO PROOF)
By EU vs Disinfo
Despite evidence pointing to the contrary, pro-Kremlin media continues to claim Russia had nothing to do with downing flight MH17, poisoning the Skripals, or interfering...
Fake: NATO Troops Enter Donbas
Former Ukrainian MP Oleg Tsarev who is currently living in Russian occupied Crimea announced that Ukraine’s dreams have come true and NATO troops have...