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FB spotted and took down accounts linked to influence ops based in Russia, Iran, Georgia, US, Mauritania and Myanmar
Russia sides with China...
EEAS Special Report update: short assessment of narratives and disinformation around the COVID-19 pandemic...
By EU vs Disinfo
Note: The objective of this report is to provide a snapshot overview of the current trends and insights into disinformation activities...
“Not funny at all”
By EU vs Disinfo
Bill Gates-bashing is back in the COVID-19 narrative on Russian state-controlled TV, paired with anti-vaccine messaging.
One would have hoped that the recent...
Boosted by Russia, a viral video falsely claims Italy wants Bill Gates arrested
By Polygraph
YouTube/Social media video"Italian Government call for arrest of Bill Gates."Source: YouTube, May 14, 2020FALSE
On May 14, the YouTube channel “prisoners0fprogress” posted a video captioned “Italian...
Secret labs and George Soros: COVID-19 disinformation in the EU Eastern Partnership countries
By EU vs Disinfo
As COVID-19 spread across the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood, conspiracy theories, misleading information and disinformation followed in its wake. For pro-Kremlin media,...
Nigerian pastor spreads COVID-19 conspiracies and disinformation
By Nwachukwu Egbunike, for Global Voices
Check out Global Voices’ special coverage of the global impact of COVID-19.
When it comes to spurious information and the coronavirus,...
In Georgia, clerics use anti-vaxx rhetoric, call pandemic a “bluff”
By Polygraph
Archibishop AntonArchibishop of the Vani and Bagdati Eparchy of the Georgian Orthodox Church“It has been transpiring that the current pandemic – as I...
Australia Parliament debunks 5G COVID-19 conspiracy theory
By Phil Mercer, for VoA
An Australian parliamentary report has debunked a conspiracy theory linking COVID-19 to 5G technology. Anti-lockdown protesters in Australia and beyond...
Capitalizing on the coronavirus conspiracist frenzy
By EU vs Disinfo
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to monopolise public life around the world, conspiracy theories about the virus continue to gather steam...
COVID-19: Moscow’s hand shows signs of shakiness
By EU vs Disinfo
Oscar-winning film director targets Bill Gates as coronavirus disinformation in Russia is on decline.
Bill Gates wants to implant microchips in billions...