Disinformation and censorship: Two sides of the same coin in Russia
By EU vs Disinfo
A scandal has hit Russia’s media environment following last week’s public exposure of censorship at one of the country’s leading privately...
Figure of the Week: 500
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Avaaz, a global non-profit organisation and activist network, investigated Facebook accounts active in six biggest EU member states: France, Germany, Italy,...
Journalists lack knowledge of social media and propaganda: the results of the Presidential election...
On May 20, 2019, the coalition of civic organizations “Ukrainian Commission on Journalism Ethics”, “Human Rights Platform”, “Ukrainian Media and Communications Institute”, and StopFake,...
How big is the Kremlin’s obsession with Ukraine? Spoiler: very big
By EU vs Disinfo
It is old news that Russian state-controlled media outlets have little focus on Russia and that they are almost obsessed with...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: The UK leads the fight against disinformation in Eastern Europe
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The UK has launched a £10m programme that helps a network of Eastern European groups combat Russian and Russia-supported far-right disinformation.
Pompeo and Lavrov fail to...
Fake: UN Tribunal Decision on Captured Ukrainian Soldiers IS Illegitimate
The United Nations Maritime Tribunal issued a “wrongful decision” regarding the Russian seizure of Ukrainian naval vessels and sailors in the Kerch Strait in...
Fake: IMF Killed Ukrainian Economy
Russian and Ukrainian media were busy this week disseminating a statement made by Ukrainian MP Vadim Rabinovich who said that the International Monetary Fund...
Fake: Kerch Strait Incidents = Ukrainian Provocation
Last week Russian media yet again called its November 25, 2018 seizure of three Ukrainian naval vessels a provocation engineered by the Ukrainian authorities....
Fabricated news claims Poroshenko engineering 3rd round of voting
By Polygraph
Vladimir Kovalenko
Elise Journal Author
“Poroshenko is preparing for a 3rd round of presidential elections in Ukraine.”
Source: Elise Journal, May 15, 2019
False
The inauguration...
Democracy as an act of defiance
By EU vs Disinfo
The people of the European Union has voted. The second largest democracy in the world, after India, and the results of...