This site is “taking the edge off rant mode” by making readers pass a...
By Joseph Lichterman, NiemanLab
Two weeks ago, NRKbeta, the tech vertical of the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, published an explainer about a proposed new digital...
BBC Says Russia’s ‘Troll Factory’ Faked a Video Showing a US Soldier Shooting at...
The video seems to show a man dressed as a US soldier firing three shots into a copy of the Quran. It appeared online...
Lisa 2.0: How pro-Kremlin media in Germany have been using a new fake to...
By Ben Nimmo, DFRLab
In early 2016, the subject of Russian disinformation shot up the agenda in Germany with the false story of a 13-year-old...
How Moscow is spreading its propaganda using EU-funded media
By Alex Bosk, InformNapalm
Over the last 10-15 years the Putin regime has been infiltrating the European Union and slowly expanding its influence on the...
Explained: Ukraine’s Case Against Russia at The Hague
Analyzing the evidence presented by Ukraine accusing Russia of supporting “terrorism”
By @DFRLab
On Monday, oral observations began for Ukraine’s case against Russia at the International...
Russian state news agency misuses Barents Observer in fake news story
No, Ria Novosti, we have never pointed the finger of blame at Ukraine as the source of a January radiation leak.
By Thomas Nilsen, The...
When is a false claim a lie? Here’s what fact-checkers think
Readers have had enough of the media not calling things by their names.
Take Don Miller, of Littleton, Colorado, for example:
Do you remain asea in...
Here’s Why You Should Worry About Russian Propaganda
By Alina Polyakova, Atlantic Council
“Fake news” is the term du jour in the current discussion on the new media landscape. We knew long ago,...
Reporter who investigated Russian ‘trolling’ shares experiences, weighs in on hacking in presidential election
By Samantha Neal, The Chronicle
Although Internet trolls were once known for leaving inflammatory comments on relatively inconsequential topics, trolling has become an international political...
Russian propaganda foundation functioned under previous Polish gov’t: report
A Kremlin-run foundation headed by a former top KGB official was allowed to operate in Poland under the former Civic Platform (PO) government, the...