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  • False allegations target activists raising funds and collecting aid for Ukraine

    Individual stories are identified aiming to undermine public trust to mainstream media reporting on Ukraine For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Estonian media For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Latvian media For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Lithuanian media MOST (North Macedonia), Fakenews.pl (Poland), Slovak Security Policy Institute (Slovakia), Detector Media

  • Doppelganger journalist FIMI incident from Belarus National State TV against Lithuanian president elections 2024 candidates

    Ekaterina Tikhomirova, a prominent host within this media landscape, assumes a pivotal role in orchestrating Various well-documented  media investigations show that the Belarus-1 is often publishing fabricated outlets it controls and replaced them with Russian media employees, thus hindering further repression of civil society and removing the right for free and transparent media. Therefore, it could be claimed that the centralised control of Belarus-1 contrasts starkly with media

  • Populist politicians provoke vitriol against Ukrainian refugees

    Pro-Russian voices claim that they are a source of social ills, drain resources intended for actual citizens Report collates insight drawn from the monitoring of narratives trending across pro-Kremlin sites and social media across eleven countries in Central and Eastern Europe, as they relate to Russia’s war in Ukraine Ukrainians are a source of social ills Pro-Russian voices claim that Ukrainian refugees destabilize their MOST (North Macedonia), Fakenews.pl (Poland), Slovak Security Policy Institute (Slovakia), Detector Media

  • Back to the (Soviet) basics: Ukrainian biolabs and dirty bombs in the Kremlin’s propaganda

    In early March 2022, days after launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian authorities and media scandals related to similar laboratories in Georgia: these claims were invented in 2018 by Russian media Pro-Kremlin media, populist tabloids, and conspiracy theories’ websites from the fringe to the mainstream the Kremlin’s general media offensive related to COVID-19 or to discredit other countries in general They are also being well-received and echoed by media such as Fox News, which pushed similar false claims

  • Debunker: The 'Ukrainian bioweapons' conspiracy

    WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: One longstanding pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative which continues Pro-Kremlin media outlets claim that there are ‘dozens’ of Biolabs operating in Ukraine. .’[4] WHAT ARE THE FACTS: The ‘Biolabs’ conspiracy is a part of the Kremlin’s broader, long-lasting disinformation discovery of ‘secret documents’ are part of a familiar strategy adopted by the Kremlin to push the disinformation linked to the notion that ‘the war is a proxy war between Russia and the US’.[12] Ultimately, this disinformation

  • Bust-AD: Fake ads infestation on Facebook

    As we didn’t get rich during our recent research  in Montenegro about the social media scams for “money-making It breaks down disinformation incidents into five key elements: Actor, Behavior, Content, Degree and The majority of them, seem to be erectile dysfunction medication - 12 in total (Alfa Beast; Alfa Zone A modest consolation is that we found no evidence of the medication being harmful, although, admittedly The second is to seek proper medical help as it truly is not a big deal and it can happen to anyone.

  • Pro-Kremlin messengers use decontextualized report to spread claims of Ukrainian war crimes

    The following overview summarises developments in disinformation narratives monitored in Estonia, Latvia For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Estonian media For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Latvian media For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Lithuanian media MOST (North Macedonia), Fakenews.pl (Poland), Slovak Security Policy Institute (Slovakia), Detector Media

  • WeRedirect APT. The Large-Scale Scam Attack: Exposing the Elaborate Tactics of Online Scams Part III

    Furthermore, they employ various techniques to conceal their content on social media platforms, making META should develop an anti-crime policy and offer a safe way to use social media platforms.. As users, it is essential to stay vigilant, report scams promptly on social media and fake websites, Skėrytė, Lithuania to turn to EC as Meta ignores calls to deal with scammers on social media , 6.12.2023 en/news-in-english/19/2143013/lithuania-to-turn-to-ec-as-meta-ignores-calls-to-deal-with-scammers-on-social-media

  • Debunker: The myth of 'Russophobia'

    WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: Accusations of ‘Russophobia’ have come to characterise pro-Kremlin media criticism.[3] WHAT ARE THE FACTS: In the majority of cases where the term is employed, Russia utilises this disinformation The disinformation narrative constitutes an ad hominem attack, whereby the focus is shifted to the speaker 02/25/business/list-global-sanctions-russia-ukraine-war-intl-hnk/index.html Debunker is a series of disinformation-busting

  • ‘Merciful’ Belarus uses migrants to accuse Lithuania and Poland of using methods close to ‘fascism’

    , and spread throughout migrant-linked social media and online resources. ‘details’ as to the migrant being brutally beaten by Lithuanian officers, whilst Belarusian state media The visit was broadcasted live by the state television , amplified broadly by the official Minsk media and Kremlin-aligned sources , as well as shared by migrant-linked social media groups/pages . , social and traditional), but it was also a delivery of a targeted message both to the West and migrant-communities

  • Debunker: 'Ukraine is being liberated'

    This disinformation narrative is central to Russia’s justification of its illegal war of aggression in As with many Russian disinformation narratives which seek to advance the Kremlin’s worldview, the idea Vladimir Saldo stated that, “[Russia] has no choice but to once again liberate Kherson.”[3] Russian state media This disinformation narrative serves to create an enemy for the people of Russia to unite against and russia-ukraine-illegitimate-results-of-sham-referenda-must-not-enable-illegal-annexation-of-occupied-areas/ [11] https://www.idea.int/news-media

  • Debunker: 'Russian war crimes are fake'

    Pro-Kremlin media outlets have sought to minimise these charges, promoting the disinformation narrative which they have been accused, are ‘fake.’[1] Pro-Kremlin actors began laying the groundwork for this disinformation other countries, including Ukraine, and to frame Russia as the perpetrator.[3] WHAT ARE THE FACTS: This disinformation 08/statement-on-publication-of-press-release-on-ukrainian-fighting-tactics/ Debunker is a series of disinformation-busting

  • Supported by the Kremlin in the information war, Lukashenko started dropping hints of a nuclear one

    number of articles on our object of analysis skyrocketed from the maximum of 39 posted by pro-Kremlin media Simultaneously, the number of hits grew within the coverage by media sources of migrant countries of Media-IQ fact-checkers found out that many parts of the talk were omitted in the version shown on Belarus His words were disseminated by a considerable number of pro-Kremlin media on the same day. from origin countries of migrants, and 852 articles from regional hostile media sources were reviewed

  • Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian propagandist or opposition figure?

    main news programme of Russian state-run Channel One with a poster saying "No war" had overflown both social and mainstream media. Marina continues to present herself as an opposition figure in frequent interviews with Western media Marina even managed to land a job at a prominent Western media outlet and was awarded the Vaclav Havel Marina Ovsyannikova’s presence on the global media further strengthens this message.

  • Debunker: 'Ukraine is causing the food crisis'

    address the food crisis.[4] Unsurprisingly, the global food crisis has been a recurring theme in Russian disinformation Debunk.org has closely monitored the emergence of the disinformation narrative which suggests that ‘Ukraine Pro-Kremlin media outlets highlight the proportion of grain which has been funnelled to the EU, rather Humanitarian crisis[6], claiming “only five per cent went to the world's poorest countries.”[7] The disinformation provision of military aid from Ukraine’s allies directly acknowledges this right.[15] By spreading disinformation

  • Debunker: The war in Ukraine is a 'proxy war' between the West and Russia

    WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: One disinformation narrative which has been promoted by pro-Kremlin outlets In fact, they had launched that war in 2014.”[1] Additional disinformation narratives are used to construct ’”[4] WHAT ARE THE FACTS: The ‘Biolabs’ conspiracy is a part of the Kremlin’s broader, long-lasting disinformation February 2022 triggered the war in Ukraine as a result of Putin’s ‘special military operation’.[5] This disinformation https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-putin-authorises-military-operations-donbass-domestic-media

  • Facebook content moderation inconsistencies in the context of war in Ukraine

    Since the start of the war in Ukraine, social activists, opinion leaders, journalists and ordinary civic-minded media platform and the penalties imposed for them is not clear, as we do not usually have a complete Each of these topics is restricted not only by the general rules of the social media site, but also by In times of war, social media platforms are often used for nefarious purposes, spreading misinformation For this reason, moderation and control of user-generated content on social media platforms is essential

  • Debunker: 'Ukraine is hampering peace negotiations'

    This disinformation narrative portrays Ukraine as being ‘unwilling’ to reach a diplomatic end to the This disinformation narrative portrays Ukraine as being ‘unwilling’ to reach a diplomatic end to the and ostensibly asked for them, but now they issued a formal decision that prohibits them.”[2] This disinformation "[5] This narrative is closely linked to other disinformation narratives surrounding the West’s role ukraine-says-it-never-refused-negotiate-with-russia-wants-talks-with-putin-2022-11-07 Debunker is a series of disinformation-busting

  • Economic Sanctions in the Discourse of Pro-Kremlin Messengers

    included in the monitoring, anti-sanction messaging constituted the largest percentage, up to 31% of disinformation In Ukraine, disinformation about sanctions aims to undermine the citizen morale and trust in Western American secret negotiations and trade agreements with Moscow are circulating within the monitored media

  • The large-scale scam attack also exploits well-known Lithuanian and foreign personalities. Part II

    Part I of the investigation: https://www.debunk.org/the-largest-disinformation-and-scam-attack-ever-recorded-in-lithuania-part-i Donald Tusk, former president of the European Council FACEBOOK PAGES AND WEBSITE PRETENDING TO BE REAL MEDIA articles that exploit well-known personalities are being published by Facebook accounts pretending to be media

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