Open Web

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Three thousand fake tanks

How a network of conspiracy sites spread a fake story about US reinforcements in Europe

by Ben Nimmo

Disinformation Europe & Eurasia

Tue, Dec 20, 2016

Slavic Brotherhood?

What open sources can tell us about the arrest of three pro-Russian journalists in Belarus and the uneasy relationship between Minsk and Moscow.

by Ben Nimmo

Belarus Belarus

Mon, Nov 21, 2016

One Night of Shelling, Two Stories to Tell

Comparing the aftermath and opposing media coverage of overnight shelling in the Luhansk Oblas

Conflict Disinformation

Fri, Oct 14, 2016

«Архипелаг ГУЛАГ» на Донбассе

Как украинские правозащитники обнаружили каторжные лагеря на оккупированных территориях

Human Rights OSCE

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

The Donbass GULAG Archipelago

How a Ukrainian human rights organization uncovered prison slave labor in occupied territory

Human Rights OSCE

Wed, Oct 12, 2016

The Iskanders Have Landed

From Troubled Waters to Deployed Missiles

by Ben Nimmo, Donara Barojan

Baltics Estonia

Mon, Sep 19, 2016

Kremlin Unleashes Attack Dogs on MH17 Investigation

“Anti-Bellingcat” bloggers have ties to ultra-nationalists and government

Conflict Disinformation

Fri, Sep 2, 2016

Schrödinger’s President

DFRLab monitored social media for confirmation of Uzbek leader Islam Karimov’s death. Conflicting reports made the president's death unclear.

Disinformation Eurasia

Wed, Aug 10, 2016

Competing Narratives of the Crimean “Terrorist Attacks”

How can digital breadcrumbs help us understand the FSB claims?

Conflict Crisis Management