Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Russia’s latest attempt to smear Bellingcat over MH17 – unsuccessful

By Polygraph Dmitry Polyanskiy First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Mission to the UN "We also have a lot of reasons not to trust particularly Bellingcat...

Old disinformation finds fresh ground in Serbia, targets the EU

By EU vs Disinfo No, in fact the EU is not “legalising paedophilia”. But a controversial TEDx talk about the nature of paedophilia has recently incited fighters...

#PackOfLies: Propaganda by proxy

It is vital for Kremlin’s representatives to convince the West that the disinformation spread by them is not just a position taken by Moscow...

Figure of the Week: 32

By EU vs Disinfo Since the US election in 2016, Facebook has worked with improving its knowledge of and resilience towards information operations that are using the...

WhatsApp is a black box of viral misinformation — but in Brazil, 24 newsrooms...

And unlike previous efforts, WhatsApp is giving the fact-checkers an important tool to reach the public more easily. By Shan Wang, for NiemanLab Another big national election...

Russia hides truth about death of American student in Siberia

By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake Russian authorities say 25-year-old Colin Madsen from Missouri died from hypothermia in Buryatia under the influence of drugs. His...

Disinformation Analysis on the Western Balkans: Lack of Sources Indicates Potential Disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo One key feature of disinforming news stories is that they are most often published without quoting any sources, alongside having a biased...

“Finland puts Russian kids in prison” – Disinformation that Shaped the Minds of Millions

By EU vs Disinfo “We are at the Finnish Gestapo. Russia, help us.” “Finnish government’s policy against Russian kids – genocide or fascism?” And “Finland...

StopFake #195 with Marko Suprun

Donbas talks on prisoner exchange collapse because of Ukraine; Ukraine will not sign declaration prohibiting torture in Donbas; Crimeans who left after the Russian...

Maria Zakharova Claims Ignorance of Slain Journalists’ Activities

By Polygraph Maria Zakharova Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson "I don't even know who sent them there. I don’t know whether they represented the media or a public...