StopFakeNews #116 with Benjamin Cohen
The latest edition of StopFake News with Ben Cohen. This week’s fakes include Russia media claims that Ukrainian MPs are either criminals or crazy,...
COMMENTARY: Means, goals and consequences of the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign
The EU’s East StratCom Task Force was set up by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini in 2015, in response to a request from all...
Putin’s throwback propaganda playbook
By Yardena Schwartz, Columbia Journalism Review
Russian President Vladimir Putin had dreamed of becoming an intelligence agent ever since high school. “What amazed me most...
Populism in Europe and Its Russian Love Affair
By Dalibor Rohac, Edit Zgut, Lóránt Győri, American Enterprise Institute
Key Points
Populism is on the rise across Europe, often with help from Russian propaganda.
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Russian Poet Faces New Criminal Charges for Poem in Support of Ukraine
Alexander Byvshev is facing another prosecution under Russia’s ‘anti-extremism’ legislation over a poem entitled ‘On Ukraine’s Independence’. A search was carried out on Jan...
Disinformation with a Silicon Valley ethos
By Louise Lief, Columbia Journalism Review
Set aside for a moment concerns that the Russians are undermining our democracy, and let’s pause to admire their...
Fake: Volyn And Vinnytsia Could Secede From Ukraine
Regional autonomy and local separatism are favorite topics of the Russian disinformation machine. The latest example of this theme is a story disseminated by...
Fake: Ukraine Begins Hunt For Separatists
Scores of Russian and pro-Russian publications in Ukraine disseminated news stories this week with such menacing headlines as “Ukrainian Realities: Prison for Separatism” and...
Lies make history
By Maximiliane Koschyk, Deutsche Welle
From the "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" to ex-US President Bill Clinton's affair with Monika Lewinsky: lies...
Did media literacy backfire?
By Danah Boyd, Points
Anxious about the widespread consumption and spread of propaganda and fake news during this year’s election cycle, many progressives are calling...