Friday, June 6, 2025

Catch Carlos If You Can

By Carl Schreck and Ana Poenariu, for RFE/RL A mysterious Twitter persona launched one of the most enduring Moscow-friendly hoaxes of the MH17 airline tragedy....

Russian state workers receive an election season raise, promised nearly six years ago

By Polygraph Maxim Topilin Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection “In January-February, the most significant increase occurred in these categories, because they went up by 200%...

Russian propaganda playbook on full display in Russian embassy tweets on poisoning of ex-spy...

By Paula Chertok. for East West blog The Russian Embassy’s twitter account is often a display of old and new Russian propaganda. The “old” propaganda...

Russian Parliament Leaders Falsely Imply Powerful US Lawmakers Are Immune to Charges of Sexual...

By Polygraph Vyacheslav Volodin Speaker, of Russian Parliament “If such accusations were put forward by the female journalists of Russia Today or Sputnik, for instance, against Senator...

How I Accidentally Spread ‘Fake News’ And Learned From It

By Gordana Knezevic, for RFE/RL Not long ago, during an extensive dive into my e-mails in search of a friend’s address, I came across a...

European Commission experts urge ‘Code of principles’ for social-media networks

By Rikard Jozwiak, for RFE/RL The European Commission's high-level expert group on fake news has called for a “code of principles” that online platforms and...

British PM: ‘Highly Likely’ Russia Behind Attack on Former Spy

By Jamie Dettmer, for VOA British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday a “military-grade nerve agent” known to have been developed by Russia was used to poison...

Fuel hysteria, sow discord, spread confusion. Detailed account on manipulation attempts before US elections

By EU vs Disinfo A more than two year long operation involving dozens of employees, hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of dollars –...

Fake News: A Roadmap’

By NATO Stratcom Centre of Excellence Download publication file (6.31 MB) Fifteen MA students studying strategic communications within the Department of War Studies have collaborated with...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Lies travel fast

Topics of the Week Social media companies should have national offices in order to better understand local environments and norms. This would prevent their making...