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Report Examines Election Disinformation in the US, Brazil and France

January 12 2022, 15:37 pm 3:37 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Report Examines Election Disinformation in the US, Brazil and France <p>The Cen­ter for Democ­ra­cy & Tech­nol­o­gy, a US think tank, and the Kon­rad Ade­nauer Stiftung, a Ger­man think tank, have […]</p>

Former UK Labour Party Leader Accepts Award From British Hamas Support Group

January 11 2022, 16:38 pm 4:38 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Former UK Labour Party Leader Accepts Award From British Hamas Support Group <p>As part of its 18 Decem­ber 2021 “PalFes­ti­val,” the Pales­tin­ian Forum in Britain (PFB) award­ed for­mer UK Labour Par­ty leader […]</p>

Bank Accounts Of Italian Hamas Support Group Closed Due To Suspicious Activity

3:37 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Bank Accounts Of Italian Hamas Support Group Closed Due To Suspicious Activity <p>Ital­ian media is report­ing the Uni­Cred­it bank has closed the accounts of the Asso­ci­azione Benefi­ca Di Sol­i­da­ri­eta’ Con Il Popo­lo […]</p>

Zombie Websites Being Used For Disinformation

January 10 2022, 15:35 pm 3:35 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Zombie Websites Being Used For Disinformation <p>US media report­ed in 2020 on the poten­tial use of so-called “Zom­bie sites,” the use of long-dor­mant web­sites for dis­in­for­ma­tion […]</p>

Reach Of Chinese Influence Operations On Twitter More Limited Than Expected, Research Shows

3:26 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Reach Of Chinese Influence Operations On Twitter More Limited Than Expected, Research Shows <p>US media report­ed last month on new research sug­gest­ing that Chi­nese state-backed influ­ence cam­paigns on Twit­ter are more lim­it­ed in […]</p>

Convicted Russian Influence Agent With Ties To US Republicans Becomes Russian MP

January 9 2022, 15:13 pm 3:13 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Convicted Russian Influence Agent With Ties To US Republicans Becomes Russian MP <p>US media report­ed in Novem­ber that a con­vict­ed Russ­ian influ­ence agent with strong ties to the Repub­li­can Par­ty and Don­ald […]</p>

Turkish Education Foundation Budget Increased 752% Since 2017

3:06 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Turkish Education Foundation Budget Increased 752% Since 2017 <p>Turk­ish media is report­ing that the Maarif Foundation’s bud­get has grown sev­er­al­fold since 2017. Accord­ing to the soL report: Decem­ber […]</p>

Autocracy Is Winning — The Atlantic

3:01 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Autocracy Is Winning — The Atlantic <p>US media has pub­lished a tren­chant analy­sis of what is called “Autoc­ra­cy Inc.”, the auto­crat­ic alliance of author­i­tar­i­an states that […]</p>

Conservative Influence Networks Succeed in Promoting “Critical Race Theory” as Hot-Button Issue in the US

2:42 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Conservative Influence Networks Succeed in Promoting “Critical Race Theory” as Hot-Button Issue in the US <p>US media report­ed last Novem­ber on the role of right-wing influ­ence net­works in the US in pro­mot­ing so-called “Crit­i­cal Race […]</p>

Former Trump Official Funded by “Dark Money” to Seek Presidential Pardons

2:27 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Former Trump Official Funded by “Dark Money” to Seek Presidential Pardons <p>US media report­ed last Decem­ber about the role of con­ser­v­a­tive “dark mon­ey” and an unreg­is­tered lob­by­ist in seek­ing Pres­i­den­tial par­dons […]</p>