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Thu, Apr 9, 2020
Rumors about helicopters spraying chemicals go viral globally alongside COVID-19
Hoax mutated from one information environment
Mon, Apr 6, 2020
Media outlets highlight Mexican president’s inadequate COVID-19 response
Criticism falls on President López Obrador
Fri, Apr 3, 2020
Op-Ed: The Kremlin’s reputational losses do not mean that the West is winning the information war
Even countries with low pro-Kremlin sentiment
Fri, Apr 3, 2020
Conservative group manipulates Pelosi footage to support Trump coronavirus policies
State of the Union speech edited
Fri, Apr 3, 2020
Bill Gates trends in South Africa after coronavirus anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory goes viral
Forged statement about Gates Foundation vaccine
Fri, Apr 3, 2020
When accurate coronavirus info grows stale, obsolete data becomes misinformation
Social media channels and fringe outlets
Fri, Apr 3, 2020
Suspicious accounts spread COVID-19 disinfo in Armenian Facebook groups
Amid tensions with Azerbaijan, Facebook accounts
Thu, Apr 2, 2020
Disinfo targeting South African Defence Force surges amid COVID-19 lockdown
South African Twitter accounts recycled old
Thu, Apr 2, 2020
Twitter botnet targeted Turkey while politicizing coronavirus
Network traces back to anti-Turkey operation
Fri, Mar 27, 2020
Suppressing democracy in the name of coronavirus
Amid tightening global measures against COVID-19, the Kremlin has seized the opportunity to silence dissent at home
Fri, Mar 27, 2020
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kremlin insists it has everything under control
Pro-Kremlin media frame Russians as fearless despite the COVID-19 threat
Fri, Mar 6, 2020
Analysis | How the Bundestag Research Services helped Putin’s propaganda
A recent report from the research unit indirectly helped the Kremlin’s disinformation efforts around Russia’s involvement in Ukraine