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January 16 2021, 16:49 pm
US Muslim Brotherhood Group Seeks Applicants For Influence Positions In Biden Administration
The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), an umbrella group for the US Muslim Brotherhood, has published an online form for government jobs in the incoming US administration as part of its “Empowerment and Service”...
January 16 2021, 14:10 pm
EU Increases Efforts To Combat Russian Disinformation
OBC Transeuropa, a think tank focused on South-East Europe, Turkey, and the Caucasus, published a report last month on increasing EU efforts to combat foreign disinformation, emphasizing the threat posed by Russia. According  to the...
January 16 2021, 13:48 pm
US State Department Official Says China’s United Front Work Is Part Of “Malign Influence”
David R. Stilwell, the US Department of State Assistant Secretary Bureau Of East Asian And Pacific Affairs, has made remarks at a conference last October explaining how China’s United Front Work Department works to promote...
January 16 2021, 13:45 pm
EU Agency Says Russia Shifting From COVID Disinformation To Promoting Its Vaccine
EUvsDisinfo, a project of the European External Action Service’s East StratCom Task Force, is reporting that pro-Kremlin media are trying to generate support for the Russian Sputnik V COVID vaccine by shifting its disinformation narratives....
January 15 2021, 17:11 pm
CNN Security Analyst Says Russia Targets US With COVID Pandemic Disinformation
A CNN national security analyst wrote a summary last month of what she says are Russian efforts to spread COVID-related disinformation. According to a report by Samantha Vinograd, the Russian effort is aimed at undermining US...
January 15 2021, 14:19 pm
FBI Says Iranian “Cyber Actors” Behind Website With Death Threats To US Election Officials
The US FBI is reporting that Iranian “cyber actors” were most likely behind the creation of a now inactive website that contained death threats aimed at U.S. election officials. According to the FBI report: December...
January 14 2021, 14:50 pm
QAnon Conspiracy Theory Helped Shape US Capitol Insurrection
US media is reporting on how the conspiracy theory known as QAnon helped to influence the violent events at the US Capitol building last week. According to The Washington Post report: January 13, 2021 The...
January 14 2021, 14:45 pm
Iranian Regime Hackers Behind Influence Campaign To Disrupt Iran Opposition Rally
Saudi English language media is reporting that Iranian regime hackers targeted an online rally in July, which brought together a large number of dissidents, as well as more than 1,000 politicians and government officials, including...
January 14 2021, 14:22 pm
RECOMMENDED READING: “How China Censored Covid-19”
The New York Times and ProPublica have published an extensive investigation into state-sponsored Chinese disinformation efforts centered on the Covid pandemic. As the report explains: China’s curbs on information about the outbreak started in early January,...
January 14 2021, 14:01 pm
European Hamas Support Network Establishes Another Front Group
The website of an organization itself tied to Hamas support activity reported in October last year on the founding of a new European umbrella organization called the European-Palestinian Initiative for National Action (EPINA). According to...