June 03, 2020
Figure of the Week: 23.2%
Almost one-fourth of Russians consider the COVID-19 pandemic a fiction.
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May 19, 2020
Figure of the Week: 1,152,270
494 coronavirus-related cases spreading disinformation and collected at EUvsDisinfo database received 1,152,270 likes, shares and comments on different social media platforms.
May 05, 2020
Figure of the Week: 117 Million
Harmful misinformation on the coronavirus was shared over 1.7 million times on Facebook and viewed an estimated 117 million times. This is the conclusion of a recent study published by the Avaaz activist network.
April 14, 2020
Figure of the Week: Three-in-ten
Coronavirus conspiracy theories are gaining traction with audiences: nearly three-in-ten Americans believe that COVID-19 was produced in a lab.
April 07, 2020
Figure of the Week: 8000
The EUvsDisinfo database has now surpassed 8000 disinformation cases, covering over 20 languages and averaging about 60 new cases per week.
March 31, 2020
Figure of the Week: 203
Facebook and Instagram have removed a total of 203 accounts linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency that were operating out of Ghana and Nigeria and targeted the United States.
March 24, 2020
Figure of the Week: 76 Million
Advertisements for some of the best-known global brands are funding some of the most notorious disinformation sites in Europe – to the tune of US$76 million per year.
March 17, 2020
Figure of the Week: 32
A new analysis of 32 Russia-linked Facebook and Instagram accounts – which have since been removed – reveal how the Internet Research Agency’s tactics are evolving to circumvent the platforms’ nascent defences against manipulation.
March 10, 2020
Figure of the Week: 8
At least eight media outlets in Norway have cited social media accounts controlled by the St. Petersburg "troll factory" in news stories.
February 25, 2020
Figure of the week: 80
The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was not only a non-aggression pact, but included cooperation on trade, economy and cultural exchange. Within the framework of the pact, hundreds of German refugees in the USSR, including communists and Jews, were handed over to the Gestapo by Soviet authorities.
