Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Beating the Islamist propagandists

Barely 12 hours had passed since the siege on Paris’ Bataclan theater ended and already the propagandists of the Islamic State had put together...

Fake: Graves of ATO Soldiers Bulldozed

Ukrainian and Russian media recently posted a false report that a bulldozer had destroyed the graves of thirty-three Ukrainian soldiers who had died during...

Ukrainian Men’s Travel Ban News Debunked as Fake by Military

On November 19, Ukrainian men woke up to discover that if they were under 45, they would now apparently have to cancel their travel...

Fake: Yatsenyuk Turns down Debt Restructuring Proposal

Ukrainian, Russian, and European media misleadingly reported that Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had turned down a recent Russian proposal to restructure $3 billion...

Fake: Ukrainian Men Forbidden to Leave the Country

On November 19, Ukrainian and Russian media falsely reported that Ukraine men under the age of forty-five would be forbidden from leaving Ukraine as...

Russian Media Distort Hollande Comment

Russian media incorrectly translated a statement by French President Francois Hollande about Syria. His actual comment, translated, was: “In Syria, we're diligently looking for the...

Too little too late: The horror of Paris proves the media need to debunk...

‘Have you seen the news from Paris? Just awful isn’t it’. This WhatsApp message was the start of a long evening cross-referencing updates on...

Russian Lawmaker Suggests Banning Telegram Messenger ‘Because It’s Used by ISIS’

Russian users’ access to the Telegram messenger app should be restricted, according to Russian lawmaker Aleksandr Ageyev, who appealed to the Russian state security...

How has Russia Weaponized Information?

In CEPA’s latest report, Edward Lucas and Ben Nimmo describe the Kremlin’s ongoing disinformation campaign to subvert both international onlookers and its domestic population. CEPA...

Photo Fake: Ukrainian Tanks Gathering in ATO Area

On November 14, the Russian website Vesti.ru reported that the Ukrainian armed forces had moved the line demarcating their anti-terrorist operations (ATO) closer to...