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Figure of the Week: 20
Facebook’s “War Room” will use specially designed software to spot and track unusual activity flowing across the social network during election periods in different countries.
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Russian Election Meddling in the US and Beyond
Trolling and the spread of disinformation aim at destabilising societal structures and weaken a counterpart,
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Russians Ridicule RT Interview with Salisbury Suspects
The Kremlin’s damage control strategy most likely calculated with the mockery RT would provoke.
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Figure of the Week: 100
British news outlets have republished tweets from Russian trolls more than 100 times, according to an investigation by the Guardian.
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How to Rob Peter to Pay Paul
What do you do when one of your heaviest disinformation attacks backfires? You send out way more disinformation attacks and hope that they will silence the outrage.
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This website is part of a campaign to better forecast, address and respond to pro-Kremlin disinformation. The ‘EU versus Disinformation’ campaign is run by the European External Action Service East Stratcom Task Force. The team was set up after the EU Heads of State and Government stressed the need to challenge Russia’s ongoing disinformation campaigns. In March 2015, the European Council tasked the High Representative in cooperation with EU institutions and Member States to submit an action plan on strategic communication.
Disinformation Review
The flagship product of the EU vs Disinformation campaign, the Disinformation Review, was launched in November 2015. The Review brings you the latest news articles carrying key examples of how pro-Kremlin disinformation finds its way into the international information space, as well as news and analysis on the topic. The Review focuses on key messages carried in the media, which have been identified as providing a partial, distorted or false view or interpretation and/or spreading key pro-Kremlin messaging.
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