One potential route to flagging fake news at scale: Linguistic analysis
By Fatemeh Torabi Asr, for The Conversation
Have you ever read something online and shared it among your networks, only to find out it was...
Fake: Americans violate INF treaty
Treaty on Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) speaks about total liquidation of intermediate-range nuclear missiles. It was sign on 8th December 1987 in Washington between...
The Alphabet book of pro-Kremlin disinformation (Part IV: S – Z)
By EU vs Disinfo
The Claims
The Facts
S
Salisbury
The Spire of the Salisbury Cathedral is 123 m high. It is best viewed in snowy weather in March....
Kremlin using archaeologists in Karelia to undermine truth and whitewash Stalin’s reputation
Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
Moscow has deployed archaeologists at Sandarmokh, the site in Karelia where more than 10,000 of Stalin’s victims were buried, in...
Two decades on, Russian state media omits facts about the Kursk submarine disaster
By Polygraph
RIA Novosti
Russian state news agency
"On August 15, Norway offered help in the rescue operation. The offer was accepted by the Ministry of Defense."
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Finally, Instagram is getting fact-checked (in a limited way and just in the U.S.,...
“The potential to prevent harm is high here, particularly with the widespread existence of health misinformation on the platform.”
By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab
Facebook...
Your friendly local pro-Kremlin outlet: disinformation in Belarus
By EU vs Disinfo
Pro-Kremlin disinformation increasingly exploits Belarusians’ trust in local news to question sovereignty of Belarus and undermine its people, language and culture.
“Over...
Russia: Non-information as disinformation
By Margarita Assenova, for Polygraph
Using non-information as a disinformation tool is not a new tactic for the Kremlin. But the Russian government’s attempt to...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Russia watchers targeted by a sophisticated cyber-attack
Topics of the Week
The phishing attack on Russia-watchers was more successful than initially believed. European Values Think-Tank was among those targeted.
US Senate is negligent to...
Journalistic protests against disinformation
By EU vs Disinfo
Moscow is protesting. Against the abuse of power. For free and fair elections.
Global audiences are watching disturbing footage of the Russian government’s physical...