Germany announces next steps against fake news
As we have reported on several occasions, (e.g. here and here), the fight against fake news online sees new initiatives in different countries. This...
Irony Dies Again as Russia Today Launches Fake-News Debunker
In case anyone needed a reminder that we’re living in strange times: Russia Today has launched a fake-news debunking site.
The Kremlin-backed news organization, a...
Tanks of Buhaivka: A training facility in Eastern Ukraine
By Klement Anders, Bellingcat
On March 16, 2017, popular Ukrainian Twitter user @GirkinGirkin published a tweet sharing imagery of armored vehicles, including tanks. The user...
How to Spot Fake News
By Eugene Kiely and Lori Robertson, FactCheck
Fake news is nothing new. But bogus stories can reach more people more quickly via social media than what...
Russian Lawmakers Order Probe Of RFE/RL, VOA, And CNN
The lower house of the Russian parliament has ordered a probe into whether RFE/RL’s Russian Service, Voice of America, and CNN are in compliance...
How Russia and WikiLeaks Became Allies Against the West
Some claim WikiLeaks is working for the Kremlin. The reality is hardly so simple
By Matthew Kupfer, The Moscow Times
The timing couldn’t have been better...
Wikileaks Switched To Russian Web Hosting During Election
By Grant Stern, OccupyDemocrats
Former Wikileaks & cyber activist Laurelai Bailey just used open source information to accurately prove that Wikileaks is being transmitted physically from...
U.S. falling short in countering propaganda from other nations, experts tell Congress
By Morgan Chalfant, The Hill
Experts told a House panel on Wednesday that the United States has failed to counter information operations from nation states...
Trump’s Russian connections and the “Cold War” inside the USA
Trump supporters are using blackmail tactics in the USA: even if he is really guilty of unlawful ties to the Kremlin, law enforcement bodies...
The Social Media ‘Echo Chamber’ Powering Austria’s Far-Right
Some say Austria dodged a bullet last year. After an acrimonious year-long election campaign the Alpine nation elected Alexander Van der Bellen, a veteran...