Facebook labels holiday greeting of Ukrainian General as hate speech
Facebook has blocked the post of Mykola Oleshchuk, Ukraine’s Lieutenant General and Air Force Commander, congratulating Ukrainian radio…
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Amid Russian war scare, a “panic infrastructure” targeting Ukrainians unfolds in Facebook
UPDATE. At publication time, the mentioned pages were already banned by Facebook. A fake Ukrainian patriotic FB page:…
Russian propaganda made up camps for Middle East refugees in Georgia: case of a forged letter
The beginning Our research shows that the disinformation campaign began on 24 August 2020 in a French-language blog.…
Belarusian journalists on strike replaced by Russia’s RT strike-breakers
Journalists at the Belarusian State Channels started a strike on 17 August. Alyaksandr Lukashenka reacted with almost immediately…
Salisbury all over again: novichok in trends of Russian propaganda
In a striking case of déja vu, pro-Kremlin media is seeking to muddy the waters surrounding the suspected…
Belarusian, Russian state-run media tweak disinformation narratives to conform them to each other
The initial awkward “wrinkles”, like when the Belarusian state media claimed that Russian Wagner group militants traveled to…
Russia’s English-language disinformation outlets disregard developments in Belarus
“C’mon, let’s ignore!” The English-language segment of pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets is surprisingly indifferent towards the ongoing events in…
Pro-Kremlin disinformation about the protests in Belarus: freedom as an imperialist scheme
Pro-Kremlin pundits and outlets exclude any thoughts of protests as an expression of public discontent. The protests, claims…
Color revolutions everywhere: pro-Kremlin media covers popular protests
“A color revolution, instigated by the Anglo-Saxons/America/the West” – is the knee-jerk reaction of pro-Kremlin media whenever crowds…
This week’s Russian propaganda: “Facebook uses Ukrainian nazis to fight Russia,” and other absurdities
Dealing with disinformation is often psychologically draining – both for its creators as well as for those fighting…
Research reveals how Russia-linked social media accounts targeted 2020 US elections
The research comes from professor Young Mie Kim of the University of Wisconsin, who started analyzing posts on…
Facebook takes down 122 Russian military intel accounts that targeted Ukraine
Tactical Evolution The operation was characterized by greater tactical sophistication aimed at circumventing Facebook’s monitoring capabilities and obscuring…
Why Facebook is more revealing on nudity than on Russian disinformation
Even though Facebook and the Russian government have their Brussels offices next door to each other, they appear…
Facebook removed 364 propaganda pages and accounts of Russian origin
In short, Facebook has managed to identify 364 pages that claim to be independent news pages, but in…
Facebook to counter Kremlin-style info interventions in election campaigns
The document acknowledges that governments or organized non-state actors take to Facebook to “distort domestic or foreign political…
‘Trump has betrayed Russia to escape impeachment’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Facebook representative to visit Ukraine
Popular Ukrainian users of Facebook who are increasingly being blocked on the social network are convinced that this…
Author of popular posters offers his services to Ukrainian Ministry of Information
We remember each grain from 33. We remember each Siberian snowflake. May all devils be damned. Despite the…
Russland: Facebook, Twitter und Google: Mechanismen des Ausschaltens
Der föderale Aufsichtsdienst für Kommunikation, Informationstechnologie und Medien Roskomnadzor begann bereits mit der Vorbereitung für die Sperrung der…