Putin’s throwback propaganda playbook
By Yardena Schwartz, Columbia Journalism Review
Russian President Vladimir Putin had dreamed of becoming an intelligence agent ever since high school. “What amazed me most...
Russian Poet Faces New Criminal Charges for Poem in Support of Ukraine
Alexander Byvshev is facing another prosecution under Russia’s ‘anti-extremism’ legislation over a poem entitled ‘On Ukraine’s Independence’. A search was carried out on Jan...
Disinformation with a Silicon Valley ethos
By Louise Lief, Columbia Journalism Review
Set aside for a moment concerns that the Russians are undermining our democracy, and let’s pause to admire their...
Lies make history
By Maximiliane Koschyk, Deutsche Welle
From the "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" to ex-US President Bill Clinton's affair with Monika Lewinsky: lies...
Did media literacy backfire?
By Danah Boyd, Points
Anxious about the widespread consumption and spread of propaganda and fake news during this year’s election cycle, many progressives are calling...
Russian state television flips president Obama a farewell bird
America’s ‘eight-year disgrace,’ according to Kremlin propaganda
By Ola Cichowlas, The Moscow Times
Ever since President Putin appointed him to lead the a state-owned international...
Three thousand fake tanks
How a network of conspiracy sites spread a fake story about US reinforcements in Europe
By Ben Nimmo, DFRLab
On January 4, a little-known news site based...
Facebook launches initiative to combat fake news in Germany
The social media giant has announced a series of measures to curb news-packaged disinformation on its German platforms. Analysts have dubbed Germany a "fake...
The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen
During the recent Christmas holiday, a disinformation campaign alleging the death of Queen Elizabeth II under the hashtag #mediablackout appeared on social media, and...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. January 11, 2017
New Publications
Our Jakub Janda discusses in Observer what the West lacks in order to be able to come up with sufficient policy responses for...