Talking Heads: How Russia’s Videobloggers are Shaping Public Opinion
As Russians turn from their televisions in favour of YouTube, the Kremlin is struggling to find a primetime slot.
By Ola Cichowlas, for The Moscow...
The Daily Vertical: The New NKVD (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, for RFE/RL
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.
Words matter.
And they particularly matter when they...
Crimean Tatar activist prosecuted for Facebook birthday greeting to Mustafa Dzhemilev
By Halya Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine
Rustem Mennanov has become the latest Crimean Tatar to be fined or jailed for innocuous social network posts. ...
Pre-MH17 Photograph of Buk 332 Discovered
By Bellingcat
Since the July 17, 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17), Bellingcat has published numerous articles concerning the anti-aircraft missile launcher that...
StopFakeNews #134 with Marko Suprun
The latest edition of StopFake News with Marko Suprun. This week we dissect Russian claims that Ukraine gets the short end of the stick...
Fake: Kyiv Demands Extradition of EU MP
Spain’s Público newspaper featured a story last month claiming that Kyiv was demanding that the European Union extradite 50 European antifascists, including 7 Spaniards...
In Germany, a Battle Against Fake News Stumbles into Legal Controversy
By Josie Le Blond, CodaStory
Some in Germany want social networks to decide what news is fake or ever illegal. It may not be so...
It’s too early to declare Facebook’s anti-fake news efforts a failure
By Laura Hazard Owen, NiemanLab
Plus: A new report on the many types of trolls, and what happens when fact and fiction get blended together.
The...
RT Editor-in-Chief Responds to Macron ‘Propaganda’ Accusations
Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Russian state news organization RT, has responded to accusations that RT is a source of anti-Western propaganda.
French President Emmanuel Macron...
The Daily Vertical: Putin Meets The World He Created (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL
Vladimir Putin just got a little taste of the world he created.
He got pomp and circumstance amid the opulent splendor of...