EEAS SPECIAL REPORT: Disinformation on the coronavirus – short assessment of the information environment

disinformation activities related to COVID-19. It does not provide a comprehensive or complete overview and focusses primarily on the external dimension, in line with the EEAS mandate.

The virus to liberate us from freedom

Alexander Dugin, a Russian nationalist philosopher with close ties to the Kremlin, is relishing in the COVID-19 outbreak.

COVID-19: to counter misinformation, journalists need to embrace a public service mission

As COVID-19 spreads globally, so has misinformation about how to counter it. From politicians downplaying the risk it poses to public health to journalists tweeting false claims about who can be infected…

A Weeks’ Worth of Crazy Coronavirus Fakes

As the number of people around the world infected by the Covid-19 pandemic grows, so does the number of fakes concerning this deadly virus.

Infowars’ Jones hawked ‘nanosilver toothpaste’ fake coronavirus cure

“The patented nanosilver we have, the Pentagon has come out and documented and Homeland Security has said this stuff kills the whole SARS-corona family at point-blank range.

For the Kremlin, COVID-19 is not just a crisis, it’s an opportunity

rules-based international order with one based on spheres of influence, great power imperialism, and limited sovereignty for small states.

Common crisis: The implications of COVID-19 for the Transatlantic Alliance

​Alliance cohesion is under increasing strain amid public squabbling between member governments and growing fears of both the likely death toll and the economic damage. NATO has been all but invisible.

Four super fake coronavirus claims (that we saw today)

Fake coronavirus claims are all over the internet. Below we correct a few claims about the virus origin, diagnosis, prevention and cures.

Fake: Fight Corona Virus with Hitler Salute

Ukraine, the corona virus and Nazis, that’s how the Russian site Eurasia Daily decided Ukraine’s Orthodox Church was battling the corona virus, by raising their arms in a Nazi salute.

The Kremlin and disinformation about coronavirus

efforts on the coronavirus are all over the place, broadcasting conflicting messages. In one pro-Kremlin outlet we read that the coronavirus is less harmful that the seasonal influenza: The great COVID-19 legacy will leave far fewer deaths than common influenza when the panic has dissipated.