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Russian State Channel RT Opens Office in Serbia

July 18 2022, 15:17 pm 3:17 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Russian State Channel RT Opens Office in Serbia <p>Euro­pean media is report­ing that Russ­ian state-owned TV and radio broad­cast­er Rus­sia Today (RT) plans to open offices in Ser­bia. […]</p>

Missouri Democratic Congresswoman Has Close Ties to Palestinian Activist with Anti-Semitic History 

2:02 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Missouri Democratic Congresswoman Has Close Ties to Palestinian Activist with Anti-Semitic History  <p>A con­tro­ver­sial watch­dog group mon­i­tor­ing what it con­sid­ers anti­se­mit­ic and/or anti-Israel activ­i­ty has report­ed on an Octo­ber 2020 cam­paign fund-rais­er […]</p>

Employees Say Russian State Media Resembles an “Army,” Coverage Mandated by Kremlin Officials

July 14 2022, 14:26 pm 2:26 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Employees Say Russian State Media Resembles an “Army,” Coverage Mandated by Kremlin Officials <p>The New York­er is report­ing that cur­rent and for­mer employ­ees describe Russ­ian state media as an “army” with many foot […]</p>

Former Executive Director of Controversial Mosque Appointed to Massachusetts Government Post

2:17 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Former Executive Director of Controversial Mosque Appointed to Massachusetts Government Post <p>On 26 May 2022, Boston May­or Michelle Wu announced the appoint­ment of Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty orga­niz­er Yusu­fi Vali as her Deputy […]</p>

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels Vastly Outperforming Channels Critical of Kremlin

July 13 2022, 15:22 pm 3:22 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Pro-Russian Telegram Channels Vastly Outperforming Channels Critical of Kremlin <p>US think tank The DFR­Lab is report­ing that Russ­ian pro-Krem­lin Telegram chan­nels have been able to increase their sub­scriber base […]</p>

Former US Naval Intelligence Officer Spreads Russian Propaganda on YouTube

July 12 2022, 15:40 pm 3:40 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Former US Naval Intelligence Officer Spreads Russian Propaganda on YouTube <p>Last month the US pub­li­ca­tion Vice post­ed a pro­file of Patrick Lan­cast­er, a for­mer USA naval intel­li­gence offi­cer now act­ing […]</p>

UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Participates in Online Event by British Group Close to Hamas

3:24 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Participates in Online Event by British Group Close to Hamas <p>On 11 May 2022, Michael Lynk, then out­go­ing UN Spe­cial Rap­por­teur on Pales­tine, par­tic­i­pat­ed in a vir­tu­al speak­ing event host­ed […]</p>

Russian Web Giant Yandex Named as Key Tool of Kremlin Propaganda

July 11 2022, 15:59 pm 3:59 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Russian Web Giant Yandex Named as Key Tool of Kremlin Propaganda <p>Lat­vian online news agency Meduza is report­ing that the Russ­ian web giant Yan­dex has played an impor­tant role in dis­sem­i­nat­ing […]</p>

TikTok Increasingly Used as Search Engine; Open Door to More Influence Operations

1:33 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on TikTok Increasingly Used as Search Engine; Open Door to More Influence Operations <p>Search Engine Jour­nal, a US pub­li­ca­tion, is report­ing that Tik­Tok is being increas­ing­ly used as a search engine, even being […]</p>

UK Sanctions Six Russians Disinformation Outlets

1:11 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on UK Sanctions Six Russians Disinformation Outlets <p>UK media is report­ing that the UK gov­ern­ment has sanc­tioned six Rus­sians it said were spread­ing dis­in­for­ma­tion. Accord­ing to a […]</p>