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YouTube Bans Kremlin-Backed RT Media Outlet from Monetizing Ads

February 27 2022, 9:19 am 9:19 am Published by Editor Comments Off on YouTube Bans Kremlin-Backed RT Media Outlet from Monetizing Ads <p>Fol­low­ing the Russ­ian inva­sion of Ukraine, US media is report­ing that Google has banned Russ­ian state-backed media out­let RT and […]</p>

GIOR REPORT: New Alliance Between US Conservatives & European Nationalists a Potential Vehicle for Russian Influence

February 26 2022, 7:47 am 7:47 am Published by Editor Comments Off on GIOR REPORT: New Alliance Between US Conservatives & European Nationalists a Potential Vehicle for Russian Influence <p>The Glob­al Influ­ence Oper­a­tions Report (GIOR) has pub­lished the first in a series of reports on glob­al influ­ence oper­a­tions, titled […]</p>

The BBC Guide to Russian Information Warfare on Ukraine

February 25 2022, 13:22 pm 1:22 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on The BBC Guide to Russian Information Warfare on Ukraine <p>BBC News has post­ed a guide to the meth­ods used by pro-Krem­lin media out­lets in their infor­ma­tion war against Ukraine. […]</p>

Anti-Western Disinformation on Ukraine Resonating in Eastern Europe

1:09 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Anti-Western Disinformation on Ukraine Resonating in Eastern Europe <p>Inde­pen­dent Russ­ian media is report­ing that anti-West­ern dis­in­for­ma­tion is mak­ing sur­pris­ing inroads in east­ern Europe, a region once dom­i­nat­ed by […]</p>

Elite Capture Undone? Former European Leaders Resign from Russian Corporate Boards

1:01 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Elite Capture Undone? Former European Leaders Resign from Russian Corporate Boards <p>UK media is report­ing that sev­er­al for­mer senior Euro­pean gov­ern­ment lead­ers have resigned from the boards of Russ­ian com­pa­nies fol­low­ing […]</p>

Future Russian Influence Operations to Be Critical if Invasion Succeeds

February 24 2022, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Future Russian Influence Operations to Be Critical if Invasion Succeeds <p>For­eign Pol­i­cy mag­a­zine has post­ed an arti­cle that cogent­ly high­lights the role that Russ­ian influ­ence oper­a­tions will like­ly play in […]</p>

US Right-Wing & Conspiracy Theorists Using DuckDuckGo Search Engine

11:09 am Published by Editor Comments Off on US Right-Wing & Conspiracy Theorists Using DuckDuckGo Search Engine <p>US media is report­ing that using pri­va­cy-ori­ent­ed search engine Duck­Duck­Go has become an impor­tant theme dur­ing the COVID-19 aca­d­e­m­ic for […]</p>

Russian Disinformation Campaign on Ukraine “Detached from Reality, and at Times Cartoonishly Unhinged” EU Watchdog Finds

8:36 am Published by Editor Comments Off on Russian Disinformation Campaign on Ukraine “Detached from Reality, and at Times Cartoonishly Unhinged” EU Watchdog Finds <p>EUvs­Dis­in­fo, a dis­in­for­ma­tion watch­dog run by the Euro­pean Union’s for­eign ser­vice, has post­ed a com­pelling sum­ma­ry of the cur­rent pro-Krem­lin […]</p>

Local DITIB Head Convicted of Incitement

February 23 2022, 15:53 pm 3:53 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Local DITIB Head Convicted of Incitement <p>Ger­man media is report­ing that Mustafa Keskin, a local head of the Turk­ish mosque asso­ci­a­tion DITIB, has been indict­ed for […]</p>

Facebook Launches Initiatives to Counter Disinformation in Upcoming French Elections

3:32 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Facebook Launches Initiatives to Counter Disinformation in Upcoming French Elections <p>Euro­pean media is report­ing that Face­book’s par­ent com­pa­ny Meta announced a series of ini­tia­tives on its plat­forms to fight dis­in­for­ma­tion […]</p>