Disinformation as Damage Control
By EU vs Disinfo
Last week Germany expelled two employees at the Russian embassy in
Berlin in connection with the murder of a Georgian asylum-seeker...
NTV plays with fire
By EU vs Disinfo
On 29 November the Russian state-controlled network NTV broadcast a smear documentary targeting Russian NGO activists alongside European diplomats.
The production applied...
Kremlin denies knowledge of MH17 suspect it included in prisoner exchange
By Nik Yarst, for Polygraph
Dmitry PeskovRussian Presidential Spokesman"No, you know, this is a question that has nothing to do with the Kremlin, so I...
Multiple measures failed to control mis- and disinformation in Tunisia’s 2019 elections
By Yosr Jouini, for Global Voices
Facebook's Ad Library 'failed to provide any measures of transparency'
On October 23, 2019, Tunisia's...
Russia’s response to Olympic ban: ‘Chronic anti-Russian hysteria’
By Polygraph
Yevgeny RevenkoDeputy Secretary General, United Russia party“I am sure this decision is to a large extent political. I cannot call it honest...
A quarter of Belarusians rely on Russian media for news, new study says
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
One Belarusian in four has not read the Belarusian media during the last month but instead relies on...
Russian ‘troll farm’ posts ersatz report on Hong Kong Thanksgiving Rally
By Polygraph
RIAFAN.ruRussian news agency“Then everyone watched a video prepared by the organizers of the action. The video encouraged not to stop there,...
In Ethiopia’s disinformation epidemic, the crumbling ruling coalition is the elephant in the room
By Endalkachew Chala, for Global Voices
This story is the second in a two-part series on online disinformation and politics in Ethiopia. You can read...
Singular or plural?
By EU vs Disinfo
Russian grammar can be difficult – even to a native speaker.
However, in some Russian media, linguistic mistakes appear out of a wish to produce stories...
KREMLIN WATCH STRATEGY for Countering Hostile Russian Interference
Prague-based European Values Center for Security Policy has just launched its KREMLIN WATCH STRATEGY, which is a policy document suggesting 20 specific measures to be taken...