Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their...
By Adrian Bardon, for NiemanLab
Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s ineffective pandemic response...
China’s disinformation threat is real. We need better defences against state-based cyber campaigns
By Sarah Morrison, Belinda Barnet, James Martin, for The Conversation
The Australian government recently announced plans to establish the country’s first taskforce devoted to fighting disinformation campaigns,...
Brian Whitmore: Putin unmasked
By Brian Whitmore, for CEPA
In the midst of an abysmally managed crisis, the Russian leader argues that he should rule forever. Why? Because he...
How the Kremlin tries to play US protests
By Kseniya Kirillova, for Byline
Susan Rice, a national security adviser in the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama, has said that Russia could be behind...
Kaspersky’s charm offensive: A Russian cybersecurity company launches a PR campaign
By Dr. Solvita Denisa-Liepniece, for CEPA
Kaspersky is popular in Russia, less so elsewhere. Vladimir Putin called the cybersecurity company’s founder, Eugene Kaspersky, Russia’s answer to...
COVID is not the only virus: Russian cyberattacks are hardening Europe’s resolve
By Franklin Holcomb, for CEPA
The Kremlin uses its cyber toolkit to spread political disunity, delegitimize and destabilize national governments, and compromise European security. Russia’s operations target everything from European civil...
Brian Whitmore: Propaganda labs
By Brian Whitmore, for CEPA
Covid-19 Has Revived the Freddy Krueger of Kremlin Disinformation Narratives
For years, Kremlin-backed media and surrogates have been vilifying laboratories in...
Propaganda backfire: the Kremlin’s conspiracy theories undermine its own authority
By Kseniya Kirillova, for Byline
By supporting theories aimed at destabilising the US during the Coronavirus pandemic, Kseniya Kirillova reports on how Putin has opened...
A bad day in court for NS2: litigation, disinformation, and Russia’s energy weapon
By Alan Riley, for CEPA
Nord Stream 2 is in battle mode. The Russian-German gas project appears to be applying every possible legal argument and...
Infodemic in Italy: A Parliamentary intelligence committee lays bare Russian and Chinese interference
By Francesco Bechis, for CEPA
It’s official: China and Russia used the covid-19 pandemic to propagate and spread disinformation in Italy, exploiting the emergency for...