Context

The phrase ‘smoke and mirrors’ refers to a 19th-century illusion that magicians used to project an image in the air. Since then, it has come to mean chicanery and deception.

On October 26, the Kremlin and the Russian Defense Ministry both issued press releases about Russia carrying out its annual “Grom” (“thunder”) nuclear drills.

The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social media. With two more election cycles rife with misinformation under their belts, social media companies have experience identifying and countering misinformation.

Over the past week, Kremlin top officials and pro-Kremlin outlets resurfaced a washed-out and distinctly appalling disinformation claim.

To mark the Global Media and Information Literacy Week, the EEAS and EUvsDisinfo are launching an information campaign to raise awareness of foreign information manipulation and interference, including disinformation.

Nine out of the top ten political Telegram channels in Russia spread Kremlin pro-war propaganda By Eto Buziashvili, for @DFRLab Since Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Telegram has emerged as a…

It has been almost eight months since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war has gone through different phases on the battlefield: from Kremlin self-confidence and certainty of a quick…

Narrative recycles old footage of the Ukrainian president recording a hologram to allege he fled the country By Roman Osadchuk, for @DFRLab Pro-Kremlin actors are re-circulating the false narrative that claims…

In the Serbian information environment, a Twitter account circulated the story of a Serbian mother living in Germany who was allegedly fined for not dressing up her son as a girl at the request of the school.

Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets openly call for revenge and retaliation in the aftermath of the Crimean Bridge explosion, urging Russia to commit more war crimes against Ukrainian civilians.