Three thousand fake tanks
How a network of conspiracy sites spread a fake story about US reinforcements in Europe
By Ben Nimmo, DFRLab
On January 4, a little-known news site based...
Facebook launches initiative to combat fake news in Germany
The social media giant has announced a series of measures to curb news-packaged disinformation on its German platforms. Analysts have dubbed Germany a "fake...
StopFakeNews #115 with Paul Niland
The latest edition of StopFake News with Paul Niland. This week’s fakes include Russia media claims that US Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson...
The Emergence of a Post-Fact World
By Franсis Fukuyama, for Project Syndicate
One of the more striking developments of 2016 was the emergence of a “post-fact” world, in which virtually all...
Fake: Tillerson Names Conditions under Which Crimea Would Be Recognized as Russian
Scores of Russian media manipulated statements made by US Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson during his congressional confirmation hearing, claiming that Tillerson named...
Judy Asks: Can Europe Defeat Russian Disinformation?
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Ian...
Think reporting on Trump is hard? Try being a journalist in Donetsk
By Alisa Sopova, for The Guardian
When I started working as a journalist in my native city of Donetsk I never imagined that war would...
The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen
During the recent Christmas holiday, a disinformation campaign alleging the death of Queen Elizabeth II under the hashtag #mediablackout appeared on social media, and...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. January 11, 2017
New Publications
Our Jakub Janda discusses in Observer what the West lacks in order to be able to come up with sufficient policy responses for...
Print Media at All Levels Collapsing in Russia
Print media are going out of business because of shrinking readerships, advertising budgets, and cutbacks in subsidies from governments or owners, a trend that...