The Ultimate Cure for the Fake-News Epidemic Will Be More Skeptical Readers
New algorithms will help — but users' skepticism is the ultimate weapon
By David Pogue, Scientific American February 2017 Issue
“Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald...
Are Russia’s Closed Discussion Clubs Becoming ‘Hybrid’ Think Tanks or Something More?
Russia lacks the tradition of think tanks found in many Western capitals, but the rise of closed discussion clubs where Russian officials, businessmen and...
StopFakeNews #116 with Benjamin Cohen
The latest edition of StopFake News with Ben Cohen. This week’s fakes include Russia media claims that Ukrainian MPs are either criminals or crazy,...
COMMENTARY: Means, goals and consequences of the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign
The EU’s East StratCom Task Force was set up by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini in 2015, in response to a request from all...
Putin’s throwback propaganda playbook
By Yardena Schwartz, Columbia Journalism Review
Russian President Vladimir Putin had dreamed of becoming an intelligence agent ever since high school. “What amazed me most...
Populism in Europe and Its Russian Love Affair
By Dalibor Rohac, Edit Zgut, Lóránt Győri, American Enterprise Institute
Key Points
Populism is on the rise across Europe, often with help from Russian propaganda.
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Russian Poet Faces New Criminal Charges for Poem in Support of Ukraine
Alexander Byvshev is facing another prosecution under Russia’s ‘anti-extremism’ legislation over a poem entitled ‘On Ukraine’s Independence’. A search was carried out on Jan...
Disinformation with a Silicon Valley ethos
By Louise Lief, Columbia Journalism Review
Set aside for a moment concerns that the Russians are undermining our democracy, and let’s pause to admire their...
Fake: Volyn And Vinnytsia Could Secede From Ukraine
Regional autonomy and local separatism are favorite topics of the Russian disinformation machine. The latest example of this theme is a story disseminated by...
Fake: Ukraine Begins Hunt For Separatists
Scores of Russian and pro-Russian publications in Ukraine disseminated news stories this week with such menacing headlines as “Ukrainian Realities: Prison for Separatism” and...