What’s wrong with RT?
Last month the British media regulator, Ofcom, found that RT (Russia Today) had been in “serious failure of compliance” with the rules of “due impartiality” in a total of seven cases.
Is Europe’s Gender equality resolution a “provocation” against Russia?
“It’s a provocation, specifically to coerce the Russian delegation to slam the door and pull out of PACE. Source: TV Channel Rossiya-24, January 9, 2019 FALSE The PACE letter was sent to all other parliaments…
From unstoppable immigrant flood to female Santa Claus
New Year is a time for resolutions, but can also be a time of uncertainty. What better moment to play on fear of the unknown and to dig out old, well-known deterrents?
Ukraine under information fire
Ukraine tops the EUvsDisinfo database as the most frequent target with 461 references among a total of 1,000 disinformation cases reported in the course of 2018.
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Borrowing Russian money has a cost
Read a detailed overview about the loan provided by the First Czech-Russian Bank to France’s far-right National Front and how it eventually became a thorn in the heel.
Russian op-ed smears Ocasio-Cortez, mistaking memes for actual quotes
"’In 1941, the Germans dropped an atomic bomb on us’: who now rules in the U.S. Source: Ria Novosti, December 16, 2018 FALSE Author misattributes satirical meme generated quotes to Ocasio-Cortez Dmitry…
Disinformation in 2018: Twelve embarrassing moments
Disinformation is a serious problem. It is used by the Kremlin as a means of gaining power in Russian domestic and foreign policy, and it undermines trust in free and independent journalism.
NASA disinvites Russian: Who is the biggest loser if space partnership with Russia unravels?
“This not fraught with anything for Russia; rather, (it is) for NASA and the USA. Source: NSN.ru, January 5, 2019 FALSE Roscosmos will face severe financial hardships if it loses U.S. funding Pavel Vinogradov…
2019: A year when fake news gets intimate and everyone disagrees on everything
The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard to keep up with. This weekly roundup offers the highlights of what you might have missed.
Russian agents in Western media
The exposure of a journalist of the German magazine, Der Spiegel, Claas Relotius, who falsified materials for his articles, was a real shock and sharply raised the issue of the availability of effective tools for controlling misinformation in the media community.