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Doppelganger journalist FIMI incident from Belarus National State TV against Lithuanian president elections 2024 candidates
A lack of attention to the details nearly costed two Lithuanian presidential candidates their credibility. Misled by the email adress,...
WeRedirect APT. The Large-Scale Scam Attack: Exposing the Elaborate Tactics of Online Scams Part III
In the third instalment of the investigation into the biggest scam and disinformation attack in Lithuania to date, our analysts uncover...
The large-scale scam attack also exploits well-known Lithuanian and foreign personalities. Part II
In Lithuania, online scammers are creating copies of major news portals and fake Facebook accounts, and inviting people to invest in fake...
Almost two out of three texts about the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in Kremlin media are positive
As Europe marks the 84th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Russian media continues its efforts to rehabilitate the treaty....
Advertisements of more than 300 brands detected on portals spreading disinformation
Around the world, disinformation-spreading websites receive a large portion of their income by showing advertisements. The ads of...
Pro-Kremlin media uses 30th anniversary of USSR collapse to ignite nostalgia towards the Soviet era
During the months leading up to the 30th anniversary of the USSR dissolution, various Kremlin-related Russian media outlets tend to...
By spreading disinformation, Minsk shifts the blame for increased migrant flow towards the West
As Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland grapple with a dramatic influx of illegal migration on the border with Belarus, the latter has started a...
False narratives about the surge of migrants used to portray Lithuania as a failed state
In the beginning of September, hostile media sought to deflect the attention by comparing living conditions of the migrants in Lithuania...
‘Should we let them catch us?’ - Facebook as a communication channel for illegal migrants
Increased flow of illegal migrants on the Lithuanian border with Belarus has brought on multiple challenges – one of them being the...
"This is not the second Chernobyl" and other narratives used to cover up accidents at BelNPP
Many eminent experts agree that the BelNPP was implemented as a Kremlin geopolitical project to profit from electricity exports to...
Pro-Kremlin media: "Lithuanian president protects the monopoly of Scandinavian capital"
After Belarus has given the green light for starting the industrial operation of the BelNPP in June, the European Union was accused of...
BelNPP related disinformation asserts a 30% price jump for electricity in the Baltics
Lithuania's strict position towards the Belarusian NPP is systematically presented in the Kremlin-supported media as causing...
Use of Soviet Era Nostalgia in Russian media, marking 30 years since the fall of USSR
Soviet era nostalgia is a social phenomenon that can be used as a means to spread disinformation, the Debunk EU analysis showed. Creating...
Pro-Kremlin media: Lithuania pushes Ukraine into the arms of Russian energy dependence
As several statements by members of international community were issued about the progress made regarding the safety of Belarusian NPP,...
‘The EU is failing the fight with COVID-19’: increased tensions amplify pro-Kremlin coverage
The news on suspending vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine and delays in dose supplies caused a spike of false and misleading...
180-degree turn: Lithuania accused of lying about the consumption of energy from BelNPP
This analysis was carried out with a contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania In February, the scope of...
Not just for fun. How memes spread disinformation on Covid-19?
It takes a short scroll through a news feed on any social media platform to stumble upon a meme. Images from well-known movies with jokes...
Incidents at the BelNPP are being covered up using falsehoods, mockery and made-up facts
Prior the launch of Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP) in Astravets, voices from international community have expressed their...
Breaches in regulation for political ads on social media pose a risk on electoral transparency
Political advertising on social media has given political parties and candidates more possibilities for reaching their constituents....
With a dramatic surge of COVID-19 cases, Baltic states may be facing the second wave of infodemic
With a rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases, healthcare systems, businesses, the general public are nothing less but exhausted —...
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