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May 03, 2017

Propaganda inundation

Just ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Reporters without Borders published this year’s edition of the World Press Freedom index. The ranking lists 180 countries according to their level of media freedom, including the level of pluralism, media independence, and respect for the safety and freedom of…

News and Analysis

May 14, 2019

Figure of the Week: 5G

Russian state media is stirring up fear about 5G technology in the West to decrease public support and give Russia the advantage.

Disinformation Review

May 14, 2020

Capitalising on the Coronavirus Conspiracist Frenzy

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to monopolise public life around the world, conspiracy theories about the virus continue to gather steam – and pro-Kremlin media are eager to jump on the bandwagon.

News and Analysis

March 30, 2017

"If it works out in France, the result will be unpredictable"

Marine Le Pen’s visit to Moscow and her meeting with President Putin last week were played out in Russia in such a way as to make it clear that Mme Le Pen is Moscow’s favourite in the French election campaign. Emmanuel Macron, on the contrary, remains the candidate Moscow would…

News and Analysis

March 12, 2022

Kremlin Evokes Satan in Support of the War

The Kremlin disinformation ecosystem is raising the stakes in its attempts to justify the attack on Ukraine. Now, the enemy is not merely “Nazis and drug addicts”; now the Kremlin is evoking an even more dramatic enemy: Satan himself.

News and Analysis

April 02, 2020

Throwing Coronavirus Disinfo At The Wall To See What Sticks

The EUvsDisinfo database has been accumulating coronavirus-related disinformation cases for more than two months - it’s time to take a look and see what’s hiding in plain sight.

Figure of the Week

August 28, 2018

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.

Top Story

October 23, 2022

Ales Bialiatski - Jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner in Belarus

In Belarus, human rights defenders continue much-needed work despite intense repression by the Lukashenka regime that makes false claims of ‘Western sabotage’

News and Analysis

September 10, 2018

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.

News and Analysis

April 04, 2017

Do you remember?

Sometimes it makes sense to take a step back from the overwhelming news flow and look back at topics that have already been covered. We picked a handful of stories we already published, but where there have been new developments: Remember we wrote about the way Pro-Kremlin media, and Sputnik…