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Countering Foreign Malign Influence in Central Europe and the Western Balkans

February 21 2022, 13:21 pm 1:21 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Countering Foreign Malign Influence in Central Europe and the Western Balkans <p>Glob­sec, a Slo­vak think tank, has pub­lished a study on the sus­cep­ti­bil­i­ty to malign for­eign influ­ence in eight Cen­tral Euro­pean […]</p>

Belgium Revokes Recognition and Funding for Official Muslim Umbrella Organization Accused of Foreign Influence

1:15 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Belgium Revokes Recognition and Funding for Official Muslim Umbrella Organization Accused of Foreign Influence <p>Bel­gian media is report­ing that the Bel­gian gov­ern­ment has decid­ed to with­draw recog­ni­tion and fund­ing from the Mus­lim Exec­u­tive, the […]</p>

Report Details Role Of Russian Intelligence, Oligarchs, Kremlin Associates And Anonymous Influencers Within Russian Disinformation Ecosystem

3:55 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Report Details Role Of Russian Intelligence, Oligarchs, Kremlin Associates And Anonymous Influencers Within Russian Disinformation Ecosystem <p>Miburo, a US-based con­sult­ing com­pa­ny, has pub­lished a detailed overview of the Russ­ian pro­pa­gan­da and dis­in­for­ma­tion ecosystem—media net­works, out­lets, and […]</p>

China Uses Private Marketing Companies to Hire English-Speaking YouTube Influencers to Spread Covid-19 Disinformation

February 16 2022, 15:52 pm 3:52 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on China Uses Private Marketing Companies to Hire English-Speaking YouTube Influencers to Spread Covid-19 Disinformation <p>The Aus­tralian Strate­gic Pol­i­cy Insti­tute (ASPI), an Aus­tralian think tank, is report­ing that Chi­na is using pri­vate mar­ket­ing agen­cies to […]</p>

Pro-China Twitter Accounts Coopt Human Rights Hashtag Critical of Beijing Winter Olympics

3:21 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Pro-China Twitter Accounts Coopt Human Rights Hashtag Critical of Beijing Winter Olympics <p>US media report­ed last week that in the lead-up to the Bei­jing Win­ter Olympics, pro-Chi­na accounts have flood­ed Twit­ter with […]</p>

Veiled State Media Reporters, Honeypots, and Peers: China’s Global Influencer Operations

February 15 2022, 16:02 pm 4:02 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Veiled State Media Reporters, Honeypots, and Peers: China’s Global Influencer Operations <p>Miburo, a US-based con­sult­ing com­pa­ny, is report­ing that the Chi­nese gov­ern­ment has adopt­ed a cal­cu­lat­ed social media influ­encer strat­e­gy that […]</p>

Qatari College of Islamic Studies Program Now Part of UN Youth Network

3:52 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Qatari College of Islamic Studies Program Now Part of UN Youth Network <p>One of the plat­forms oper­at­ing under Qatar’s Col­lege of Islam­ic Stud­ies at Hamad Bin Khal­i­fa Uni­ver­si­ty was accept­ed to a […]</p>

Head of Turkish-European Lobbying Group Welcomes Erdoğan to Ukraine

February 14 2022, 15:06 pm 3:06 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Head of Turkish-European Lobbying Group Welcomes Erdoğan to Ukraine <p>The head of a Turk­ish-Euro­pean lob­by­ing group sup­port­ing Pres­i­dent Erdoğan and his AKP greet­ed Erdoğan when he arrived in Ukraine. […]</p>

Russia Spent $35 Million On Foreign Influence And Lobbying Targeting The US Amid Escalating Ukraine Conflict

2:54 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Russia Spent $35 Million On Foreign Influence And Lobbying Targeting The US Amid Escalating Ukraine Conflict <p>US media is report­ing that Rus­sia is pour­ing mil­lions into for­eign influ­ence and lob­by­ing oper­a­tions tar­get­ing the US amid the […]</p>