New internet laws in Russia — and US tech giants’ acquiescence — spell trouble...
By Christopher Moldes, for Global Voices
A 2017 law regulating online activity and anonymous speech went into effect in Russia at the beginning of this month.
The law “on...
Denigrating Ukraine with disinformation
By EU vs Disinfo
As the confrontation around the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait has escalated, so has the disinformation as well as the rhetoric denigrating...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Will the EU’s new Action Plan on disinformation fulfil expectations?
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New EU Action Plan on disinformation: Will it fulfil expectations?
Foreign interference in France’s “yellow vests” protests? Automated Twitter activity spotted, but no direct...
Made-in-China fake news overwhelms Taiwan
By I-fan Lin, for Global Voices
Since 2016, when Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected as Taiwan's president after the pro-independent Sunflower Movement,...
Russia deflects blame for France’s Yellow Vests
By Polygraph
Dmitry Peskov
Russian Presidential Press Secretary
"Any statements about Russia’s alleged involvement are nothing but slander."
Source: TASS Russian News Agency, December 10, 2018
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Moscow didn’t...
“You always place me between two foreigners”
By EU vs Disinfo
What just happened? Did Russian state media decide to drop disinformation and replace it with democratic debate? Since when has criticism...
Few people are actually trapped in filter bubbles. Why do they like to say...
By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab
The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard to...
Russian Foreign Ministry Distorts Ukraine Famine Legacy
By Polygraph
Russian Embassy in Canada
Official Russian Foreign Ministry Twitter Account
“#Famine in 1930's in USSR was common tragedy for Ukrainians, Russians, Kazakhs, other Soviet people....
Russian troll factory expanded and harassing independent press
By Fatima Tlis, for Polygraph
Alexandr Rogers
Commentator
“Khodorkovsky's puppets are fulfilling an order from the West, trying to sabotage Russia's defense industry. But that is...
American blogger’s Ukraine martial law theory, shared on RT is flawed
By Polygraph
Patrick Lancaster
Patrick Lancaster, Video Blogger in Donbas
“If someone looks at a map of the areas that he’s put martial law in affect, these...