The only redeeming thing about fake news is that it’s ruining April Fool’s Day...
Plus: A lot of junk news on Election Twitter in Michigan, the AP pushes for clarity, and fifth graders get better at B.S. detection.
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Swedish kids to learn computer coding and how to spot fake news in primary...
Swedish kids are set to learn programming from their first year of primary school, as the country's government introduces an improved digital competence aspect...
Fake: Ukraine to Open Camps for Syrian Refugees
The US news and entertainment site Buzzfeed published a story last month claiming that during Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman’s March visit to Ankara,...
Fake: Ukrainians Ask for Electricity from Crimea
Russia’s RIA Novosti agency announced this week that Ukrainians have repeatedly asked Crimean occupation forces to share the peninsula’s electricity with the bordering southern region of...
European Court of Human Rights Begins Investigating Russia’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Law
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started investigating whether Russia's infamous 'foreign agent' law violates human rights.
The court has begun to process...
Russia’s Sputnik Now Partners with Slovakia’s Largest News Agency
By Coda Story
The Kremlin-funded Sputnik news agency and radio broadcaster signed its first cooperation agreement with Slovakia’s largest news agency TASR. The agencies will...
Foreign Politicians’ Visit to Crimea Is Russia’s Latest Disinformation Failure
Western politicians from marginal parties may help Putin score points at home, but the international community rejects a Russian Crimea.
By Anton Shekhovtsov, for The...
How (Not To) Cover Lies
As journalists try to figure out how to cover a “post-factual” world, they should look at Ukraine for lessons
On March 12, 2014, long before...
How does Russian propaganda cover the Russia protests? It’s awkward
By Jon Levine, for MediaITE
It’s not easy being a state-sponsored propaganda news organization when your country is embroiled in domestic unrest. Case in point...
Understanding Russian “Hybrid Warfare” and what can be done about it
By Christopher S. Chivvis, RAND
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee on March 22, 2017.
This report is part of the RAND Corporation testimony...