Trouble in Disinfo World: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 284)
Peddling fakes gets Russia’s NewsFront kicked off Facebook. Economic degradation: Russian media on Ukrainian land reform
https://youtu.be/dBN08V1kwuM
The Atlantic’s executive editor talks conspiracy theories, journalistic norms, and new products for all...
By Sarah Scire, for NiemanLab
“I had people believing outlandish, harmful things who were repeating back to me the values that I, as a journalist,...
Australia Parliament debunks 5G COVID-19 conspiracy theory
By Phil Mercer, for VoA
An Australian parliamentary report has debunked a conspiracy theory linking COVID-19 to 5G technology. Anti-lockdown protesters in Australia and beyond...
Stanisław Żaryn: Putin’s “corona-diplomacy”
By Stanisław Żaryn, for StopFake
In the COVID-19 pandemic Vladimir Putin sees a chance to pull Russia out of its international isolation. Therefore, the coronavirus...
Capitalizing on the coronavirus conspiracist frenzy
By EU vs Disinfo
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to monopolise public life around the world, conspiracy theories about the virus continue to gather steam...
Fake: US, EU Congratulate Separatist Republics on Self-Determination Anniversary
American and EU officials congratulated the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics on the sixth anniversary of independence announced scores of separatist and Russian media,...
Brian Whitmore: A viral Victory Day
By Brian Whitmore, for CEPA
The subdued Victory Day celebrations in Russia this weekend were an apt metaphor for the state of Vladimir Putin's propaganda...
COVID-19: Moscow’s hand shows signs of shakiness
By EU vs Disinfo
Oscar-winning film director targets Bill Gates as coronavirus disinformation in Russia is on decline.
Bill Gates wants to implant microchips in billions...
Figure of the week: 117 million
By EU vs Disinfo
Harmful misinformation on coronavirus was shared over 1.7 million times on Facebook and viewed an estimated 117 million times. These results...
Americans struggle to navigate COVID-19 “infodemic”
By JEJeffrey M.Jones, for Knight Foundation
The novel coronavirus pandemic has spawned what the World Health Organization is calling an “infodemic,” an overabundance of information —...