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...
Fake: Ukraine Has No Heat, Organizes Public Warming Centers
A favorite Russian disinformation topic this winter has been the frigid cold enveloping Ukraine and the population’s alleged huge energy consumption in order to...
StopFakeNews #120 with Jim Kovpak
The latest edition of StopFake News with Jim Kovpak. This week’s fakes include Russian claims that the US and Canada are ending military cooperation...
Fake: 700 Tanks in Occupied Eastern Ukraine are Spoils of War
Ask Kyiv where the 700 tanks came from, Russia does not send tanks to the Donbas, declared Russian Presidential spokesman Dimitry Peskov, responding to...