Behind the scenes at the Swedish troll factory
By EU vs Disinformation
Last week, we described how trolling and personal intimidation towards journalists and commentators is the most prominent form of propaganda in...
Fake news. It’s complicated
By Claire Wardle, First Draft
To understand the misinformation ecosystem, here's a break down of the types of fake content, content creators motivations and how...
The Czech Republic’s Phantom Muslim Menace
By Michael Colborne, for Coda
Pro-Kremlin media have found fertile ground for Islamophobia in a country where most people have no personal experience with Islam
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Portrait of a botnet: Uncovering a network of fake Trump supporters set up to...
By Ben Nimmo, AtlanticCouncil's Digital Forensic Research Lab
On February 20, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, died unexpectedly in New York.
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Russian TV shows fake ’anti-terror operation’ to hide arrests of Crimean Tatar activists
For the second time in a month, Russian media have produced fake news stories about ‘terrorists’ after a prominent lawyer the first time and...
The fake news phenomenon: How it spreads, and how to fight it
By Molly Callahan, Northeastern
This past weekend, Northeastern University and Harvard University co-hosted a conference on fake news and how to combat it. Experts ranging...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. February 23, 2017
New Publications
Two of our colleagues, Jakub Janda and Ilyas Sharibzhanov, published on the Atlantic Council an overview of six main narratives that Russian disinformation...
Fake: Russia – Top Importer of Ukrainian Arms
Ukrainian and Russian media disseminated a story this week claiming that despite the 2014 Ukrainian ban on doing business with the Russian Federation, Russia...
A guide to spreading fake news about Paris riots
First: start with a strong headline. "Three police officers beaten up in Bobigny" will do. Second: add a photo of a man in a...
Fake: Ukrainian Capital Raises Electricity Costs to Cover Eurovision
Russian media are gleefully disseminating a fake story originally featured by the Ukrainian publication Vesti claiming that residents of Kyiv will be paying more...