Friday, July 11, 2025

In Georgia, clerics use anti-vaxx rhetoric, call pandemic a “bluff”

By Polygraph Archibishop AntonArchibishop of the Vani and Bagdati Eparchy of the Georgian Orthodox Church“It has been transpiring that the current pandemic – as I...

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...