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News and Analysis

February 09, 2024

What He Said and What it Really Means – Vol. 5: “Interview/ history lecture”

Kremlin's propaganda spectacle, dubbed Putin's 'interview' with former Fox talking head Tucker Carlson, attempts once again to rewrite history and recycle all the favourite pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives

News and Analysis

February 14, 2024

Belarus: Militarisation of minors

Militarisation of minors in Belarus has been part of the regime’s response to the 2020-2021 protests. In parallel with large-scale repression, authorities introduced a broad set of measures to ideologically indoctrinate and militarise minors as part of schooling.

News and Analysis

October 05, 2020

More Proof: Disinformation Works!

Disinformation works, and pro-Kremlin disinformation is often able to influence people’s opinions. This is the conclusion drawn from a recent research on “online astroturfing”.

News and Analysis

February 27, 2018

Figure of the Week: 20 000

As concern grows over social media's role in helping spread disinformation, Facebook pledges to have 20,000 employees monitoring harmful content on its platform by the end of the 2018.

Fun

March 27, 2019

One Lie Per Minute

Dmitry Kiselyov keeps living up to his reputation as one of the Kremlin's most passionate propagandists.

News and Analysis

September 16, 2023

17th of September in Lukashenko’s Belarus: militarist, USSR-style rhetoric and the demonisation of Poland

The Belarusian people - schoolchildren in particular - are constantly fed pro-USSR narratives and anti-western propaganda, with Poland portrayed as a real demon to bolster the “Day of People’s Unity”

News and Analysis

May 16, 2017

The Facebook perspective on information operations

Facebook recently put forward a paper recognising the existence of information operations on the popular social networking site. Much of its technical analysis confirms what we already know about pro-Kremlin disinformation.

News and Analysis

April 13, 2018

Portraits of Europe on Russian TV: "Mother Nature is punishing immoral EU countries"

Have you ever wondered why Europe suffers from so many natural disasters? According to Russian State TV, Mother Nature is punishing EU countries for losing their moral compass and abandoning traditional values.

News and Analysis

June 01, 2021

Part 1: Threat report Facebook. Looking back.

In two articles we cover Facebook’s latest threat report on influence operations on their platform. It offers valuable insights on interference trends. Facebook claims to have taken down 150 networks. How should we weigh this number? 

News and Analysis

July 09, 2020

Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Keeps Ignoring Basic Facts on Syria

EU sanctions on Syria have been a favourite target of disinformation from Russia and pro-Kremlin media to discredit the EU’s action in and policy towards Syria. This week we devote the Disinformation Review largely to disinformation on Syria, EU policies and the sanctions regime.