“God-level trolling” – Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zakharova promotes debunked Internet...
Following the recent publication of information about the two suspects in the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal a number of attempts have been made to debunk the evidence, most notably from the…
Americans expect to get their news from social media, but they don’t expect it...
Forty-two percent of Democrats say the news they get on social media has helped their understanding of current events, compared to 24 percent of Republicans who say the same thing. Lots of news on social media?
Figure of the Week: 50
French government think tanks have issued 50 recommendations to combat “information manipulations. The recommendations are part of an exhaustive new study published by the Centre for Analysis, Planning and…
Edward Lucas: Threads of the past
Edward Lucas seams together a Soviet chic garment and the Kremlin’s inability to deal honestly with history. Nazi memorabilia is not cool.
Russian propaganda fakes ‘praise for Hitler’ by Ukrainian Speaker Parubiy
Russia has been caught brazenly fabricating a ‘scandal’ around invented praise of Adolf Hitler by Andriy Parubiy, speaker of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, with some Ukrainian media and politicians helping to spread the lie.
Russian Police Say the Election Day Was ‘Calmest,’ After Clamping Down on Country-wide Protests
“In general, the situation during the united Election Day remained calm. Source: RIA-Novosti, September 9, 2018 FALSE Scores detained during the nationwide protests Russia held a “united Election Day” on Sunday, September 9.
StopFake #200 with Marko Suprun
Fake: France recognizes Donetsk People’s Republic. Ending trade with Russia is killing Ukraine’s economy. Russian lies about the accident at the Crimean Titan chemical plant. https://youtu.be/m8XmuOs97f8
Russian Humor or Honest Confession? RT Admits it is Kremlin’s Propaganda Bullhorn
“The president of France slanders us because we slander him.”... “The longer you watch, the more upset Hillary Clinton becomes.
Accident at the Crimean Titan Chemical Plant: Fifty Shades of Official Russian Lies
"There is no danger", "everything is under control," "atmospheric pollution is at permissible levels", "there are no health hazards" - Crimean occupation authorities are going out of their way to reassure the…
“Not the murderer, but the murdered is guilty!”
As our favourite parody account Darth Putin frequently reminds us, one of the most repeated disinformation tactics is to accuse your counterpart precisely of what you are doing yourself.