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Disinformation Review

March 26, 2020

Disinformation Can Kill

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, lives depend on accurate and timely information. In the words of the EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, “Disinformation is playing with people’s lives. Disinformation can kill.”

News and Analysis

March 25, 2020

Sputnik: Coronavirus Could be Designed to Kill Elderly Italians

In a time that calls for international cooperation to fight a common threat, Kremlin mouthpiece Sputnik chooses to spread disinformation about COVID-19. 

Figure of the Week

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.

News and Analysis

March 21, 2020

“The Information Boomerang Returns”

How have the Kremlin-controlled media handled the corona crisis so far? And what should we expect to see in terms of disinformation? Six independent Russian journalists and political analysts give their assessment.

News and Analysis

March 19, 2020

EEAS SPECIAL REPORT: Disinformation on the coronavirus – short assessment of the information environment

Note: The objective of this report is to provide a snapshot overview of the current trends and insights into disinformation activities related to COVID-19. It does not provide a comprehensive or complete overview and focusses primarily on the external dimension, in line with the EEAS mandate. The report was…

Disinformation Review

March 19, 2020

The Virus to Liberate us from Freedom

Pro-Kremlin disinformation efforts aims at inducing distrust in institutions; distrust in experts, the health care system and the individuals, engaged in the self-less work to help people affected by the virus. In a situation where trust, cooperation and persistence is essential, disinformation kills people.

News and Analysis

March 18, 2020

“If You Want to Know, You Can Know”

Nataliya Gumenyuk is a Ukrainian journalist and the author of a new book about Crimea. Six years after Russia's illegal annexation, she discusses the problem of disinformation; how it affects the local population and what can be done to challenge it.

Figure of the Week

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.

News and Analysis

March 16, 2020

The Kremlin and Disinformation about Coronavirus

According to Russian military theory on information warfare, occupying the information space is essential. Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets attempt to poison the public discourse to cause confusion and sow distrust in authorities.

Coronavirus

March 12, 2020

Disinformation Mash-Up: MH17 and Coronavirus

What do the MH17 investigation and coronavirus have in common? According to pro-Kremlin disinformation, both are apparently nothing more than Russophobic attacks by the West against an innocent Russia.