Thu, Nov 21, 2019

Breaking down Sputnik’s Facebook audiences in the Baltic states

While the local audience remained modest, Sputnik still managed to engage a small segment of Baltic users via Facebook

Wed, Nov 13, 2019

Secondary Infektion redux? Suspected Russian intelligence operation targets Greenland

The operation employed the same strategy an earlier suspected Russian disinformation operation

Wed, Nov 6, 2019

Is this granny a bot? The challenges of detecting automation

A Brazilian account that mixes bot-like and human-like features illustrates the difficulty in determining whether an account is automated

Tue, Oct 29, 2019

Pro-Kremlin sources target the BBC for report on murdered Chechen commander

Russian officials, news sites, and social network users accused the BBC of glorifying Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

Misleading homophobic memes target former Estonian president

Memes on Russian fringe sites and a pro-Kremlin outlet disparaged Estonia and the West

Mon, Oct 21, 2019

Grybauskaitėphobia: Kremlin media in Baltic states target former Lithuanian president

Sputnik, Baltnews, and Rubaltic.ru shared negative messages about Dalia Grybauskaitė’s career

Wed, Oct 9, 2019

U.S. impeachment heats up in Ukraine and Russia

U.S., Ukrainian, and pro-Kremlin Russian outlets all covered the phone call from differing angles

Tue, Oct 8, 2019

Anti-5G conspiracy theories dominate on social media

Top five most engaged-with articles on social media every month about 5G for the past year were anti-5G

Mon, Oct 7, 2019

Kremlin disinformation mill targets Poland

After World War II commemoration snub, the Kremlin doubled down on false narratives

Tue, Sep 24, 2019

Disinfo bingo: The 4 Ds of disinformation in the Moscow protests

Applying the 4 Ds of disinformation formula to assess the Kremlin’s propaganda surrounding the Moscow protests

by Lukas Andriukaitis

Mon, Sep 23, 2019

The Kremlin’s search for scapegoats amid Moscow protests

To discredit the pro-democracy protests gripping Moscow, the Kremlin claimed they were an outside job

by Givi Gigitashvili

Mon, Sep 23, 2019

Family separation: the Kremlin’s latest anti-protest strategy

Russian authorities presented trumped up child endangerment charges against two families it claimed were involved in the protests

by Givi Gigitashvili