Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, Moscow has ramped up its propaganda and disinformation efforts, crafting a through-the-looking-glass image…
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A new magazine delves into the ways that people consume wrong information | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Shraddha Chakradhar
April 15, 2022
There’s a new magazine in town, one dedicated to pieces about misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and other ways that people…
Where Russia’s disinformation campaigns are working—and where they aren’t | Slate
by Joshua A. Tucker
April 13, 2022
Every day we wake up to new Russian atrocities—and new Russian lies about those atrocities—in Ukraine. The latest example is…
China is Russia’s most powerful weapon for information warfare | The Washington Post
by Elizabeth Dwoskin
April 8, 2022
Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine cratered last month after Russian state news channels were blocked in Europe and restricted globally.…
The Unsung Force Digging Through Misinformation | CNET
by Oscar Gonzalez
April 8, 2022
Tell someone that talk show host Ellen Degeneres is under house arrest for child trafficking, an actual false rumor that…
Twitter takes a harder line on POW photos and shadowbans Russian government accounts | The Verge
by Mitchell Clark
April 7, 2022
Twitter announced on Tuesday that it will “require the removal of Tweets posted by government or state-affiliated media accounts” if…
Maria Ressa: How Disinformation Manipulates Elections | The Atlantic
by Maria Ressa
April 7, 2022
In the Philippines, we’re 33 days before our presidential elections. Filipinos are going to the poll and we are choosing…
Liberal government tables legislation to force online giants to compensate news outlets | CBC News
by John Paul Tasker
April 7, 2022
The federal Liberal government introduced legislation Tuesday to force digital giants to compensate news publishers for the use of their…
Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network to support fact-checkers with yearlong Google News Initiative partnership | Poynter
by Sara Bealor
April 3, 2022
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the nonprofit Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalistic excellence, has entered a yearlong partnership with…
Russia’s Diabolical New Approach to Spreading Misinformation | Slate
by Andrew Moshirnia
April 1, 2022
The war against truth has entered its most diabolical phase: false flag fact-checking. For several years, propaganda wings have simply masqueraded…