Disinformation, ‘fake news’ and influence campaigns on Twitter
THIS STUDY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST ANALYSES TO DATE ON HOW FAKE NEWS SPREAD ON TWITTER BOTH DURING AND AFTER THE 2016 ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Russian intelligence gaffes: Bellingcat identifies second Skripal suspect, Dutch government reveals...
Hybrid Analytica: Pro-Kremlin Expert Propaganda in Moscow, Europe and the U.S.: A Case Study on Think Tanks and Universities The Institute of Modern Russia (IMR) has published a new report by Dr.
Going off script, RT style
Imagine you are a journalist from a Western country who has been hired to work for RT (Russia Today). Perhaps you’re excited to now be a part of a large international network; but you are probably also very…
Figure of the Week: 919
StopFake is – as the name suggests – a media project which tries to stop “fake news” and disinformation. Among other actors in the field of pushing back on pro-Kremlin disinformation, StopFake has a special status.
Fake: Dnipro on the Verge of Russian World
Referring to the documentary film The Battle for Dnipro by Estonian journalist Krister Paris, pro-Kremlin online publication Ukraina.ru declared that the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro (formerly…
Viral “manspreading” video is staged Kremlin propaganda
A young woman walks up to a man in a subway train and pours liquid over him from a plastic bottle. The scene is repeated a number of times with different men who all react with anger and bewilderment.
StopFake #204 with Marko Suprun
Fake: Children killed by Ukrainian mines in Donbas. IMF policies deprive Ukrainians of their land. Norwegian diplomats recognize Crimea as Russian.
Fake: National Security Chief Urges Ukraine to Prepare for War with Russia
Russian Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda published a news story claiming that Ukraine’s National Security Council Secretary Oleksander Turchynov urged Ukrainians to prepare for war with Russia.
Tailored for disinformation heavy users: Conspiracy theories on biological weapons
Never heard of the Lugar laboratory in Georgia? Neither have many of us. But it is a familiar name for the readers of a whole network of websites promoting the most obscure pro-Kremlin conspiracies globally.
No Evidence for Putin claim that ‘scumbag’ Skripal sanctified in West
Some media outlets are “pushing through a theory that Mr. Skripal is some sort of a rights activist. He’s plainly a spy. A traitor to his homeland. There’s such a thing – being a traitor to the homeland.