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Russian Disinformation Outlets Cited on Wikipedia, Study Finds

April 29 2022, 10:24 am 10:24 am Published by Editor Comments Off on Russian Disinformation Outlets Cited on Wikipedia, Study Finds <p>An EU Project has pub­lished a study about Russ­ian dis­in­for­ma­tion out­lets cit­ed on Wikipedia, the pop­u­lar online ency­clo­pe­dia any­one can […]</p>

How Russia Uses Its Embassies to Spread Disinformation about the Ukraine War

April 28 2022, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on How Russia Uses Its Embassies to Spread Disinformation about the Ukraine War <p>UK media is report­ing that Russ­ian embassies and con­sulates around the world are using Face­book, Twit­ter, and oth­er plat­forms pro­lif­i­cal­ly […]</p>

Canadian Government on “High Alert” Against Russian Disinformation

April 27 2022, 10:18 am 10:18 am Published by Editor Comments Off on Canadian Government on “High Alert” Against Russian Disinformation <p>Cana­di­an media is report­ing the Cana­di­an gov­ern­ment is “on high alert” against Russ­ian dis­in­for­ma­tion attempts against the coun­try. Accord­ing to […]</p>

EU Adopts New Law to Combat Disinformation; Described as “Landmark” Legislation

April 26 2022, 15:21 pm 3:21 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on EU Adopts New Law to Combat Disinformation; Described as “Landmark” Legislation <p>US media is report­ing that the Euro­pean Union has adopt­ed a new land­mark law forc­ing tech com­pa­nies and oth­ers to […]</p>

French Muslim Brotherhood Group Called for Supporting Macron in French Elections

April 25 2022, 15:56 pm 3:56 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on French Muslim Brotherhood Group Called for Supporting Macron in French Elections <p>In mid-April, a French Mus­lim Broth­er­hood group issued a state­ment call­ing for sup­port of Emmanuel Macron in the country’s pres­i­den­tial […]</p>

Popular Twitter Account Spreads Anti-LGBTQ Sentiment to US Rightwing

April 22 2022, 8:46 am 8:46 am Published by Editor Comments Off on Popular Twitter Account Spreads Anti-LGBTQ Sentiment to US Rightwing <p>US media is report­ing on a pop­u­lar Twit­ter account that has become a “social media phe­nom­e­non” that spreads anti-LGBTQ+ sen­ti­ment […]</p>

Over Half the French Believe in Russian-Backed Conspiracy Theories

8:05 am Published by Editor Comments Off on Over Half the French Believe in Russian-Backed Conspiracy Theories <p>EURACTIV,  an inde­pen­dent pan-Euro­pean media net­work, report­ed late last month that more than half of the French pub­lic believes in […]</p>

US Muslim Brotherhood Groups Criticize Insurance Company for Cancelling Event With Controversial Anti-Israel Activist

April 21 2022, 13:09 pm 1:09 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on US Muslim Brotherhood Groups Criticize Insurance Company for Cancelling Event With Controversial Anti-Israel Activist <p>On 8 April 2022, a coali­tion of US Mus­lim Broth­er­hood groups released a joint state­ment con­demn­ing US insur­ance com­pa­ny GEICO […]</p>

US Conservatives Creating “Synergy” With Russian Propaganda on Ukraine

12:51 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on US Conservatives Creating “Synergy” With Russian Propaganda on Ukraine <p>UK media is report­ing that con­spir­a­to­r­i­al nar­ratuves on Ukraine being pushed by US con­ser­v­a­tives, led by Fox News star Tuck­er […]</p>

Dozens of US Political Candidates Affiliated with QAnon

April 20 2022, 13:43 pm 1:43 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Dozens of US Political Candidates Affiliated with QAnon <p>US media is report­ing that dozens of US politi­cians run­ning for state and fed­er­al offices are align­ing them­selves with the […]</p>