The Czech Republic’s Phantom Muslim Menace
By Michael Colborne, for Coda
Pro-Kremlin media have found fertile ground for Islamophobia in a country where most people have no personal experience with Islam
Nestled...
Portrait of a botnet: Uncovering a network of fake Trump supporters set up to...
By Ben Nimmo, AtlanticCouncil's Digital Forensic Research Lab
On February 20, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, died unexpectedly in New York.
One minute...
Russian TV shows fake ’anti-terror operation’ to hide arrests of Crimean Tatar activists
For the second time in a month, Russian media have produced fake news stories about ‘terrorists’ after a prominent lawyer the first time and...
The fake news phenomenon: How it spreads, and how to fight it
By Molly Callahan, Northeastern
This past weekend, Northeastern University and Harvard University co-hosted a conference on fake news and how to combat it. Experts ranging...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. February 23, 2017
New Publications
Two of our colleagues, Jakub Janda and Ilyas Sharibzhanov, published on the Atlantic Council an overview of six main narratives that Russian disinformation...
A guide to spreading fake news about Paris riots
First: start with a strong headline. "Three police officers beaten up in Bobigny" will do. Second: add a photo of a man in a...
Identifying Khmuryi, the Major General Linked to the Downing of MH17
This article was collaboratively researched and written by the Bellingcat MH17 Investigation Team.
On 18 July 2014, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) published several...
Spread it on Reddit: How a fake story about Angela Merkel led to a...
By Ben Nimmo, DFRLab
Germany holds elections in late 2017. Analysts have already reported that Chancellor Angela Merkel is being targeted with fake news and...
Fake news is ‘killing people’s minds’, says Apple boss Tim Cook
Apple chief calls on governments and technology companies to crack down on misinformation in public discourse
By Kevin Rawlinson, The Guardian
Fake news is “killing people’s minds”,...
U.S. launches TV network as alternative to Russian propaganda
Current Time, an up-and-coming player in the Russian media market, will mark on Tuesday, Feb. 7 the formal launch of its 24/7 digital and...