Denmark’s Defence Against Disinformation
“We are facing a threat against our liberal democracy which we need to firmly address”: Denmark steps up efforts against Russia’s disinformation campaign.
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Potemkin Videos
Local people did not recognise their city in TV report showing Putin’s visit to Omsk in Siberia.
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Figure of the Week: 14
A group of pro-Kremlin hackers has released fake documents claiming that U.S. secret services are helping Kyiv poison water supplies in eastern Ukraine.
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Disinformation and Paranoia
Fresh polling suggests that the disinformation campaign is successful in influencing Russian public opinion.
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Figure of the Week: 93
Bots and Russian trolls are behind many of the messages about vaccination published on social media, according to a new study by researchers at George Washington University.
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Figure of the Week: 46
As many as 46 percent of Russians “know nothing” about the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, according to a new survey.
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Figure of the Week: 9
Russian hackers were likely behind a series of crippling cyberattacks against at least nine Swedish media outlets in 2016, according to a newly released U.S. State Department cable.
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Old disinformation finds fresh ground in Serbia, targets the EU
The recurring myth that the EU is legalising paedophilia finds new ground in Serbia. In fact, any sexual abuse of children is illegal in all EU Member States.
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Figure of the Week: 32
On 31 July Facebook announced that they had removed 32 pages and accounts from their platforms for “coordinated and inauthentic behaviour.”
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“Finland puts Russian kids in prison” – Disinformation that Shaped the Minds of Millions
How Finland faced an information operation unseen since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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