Series
Tue, Aug 21, 2018
#BalticBrief: Kremlin Pivots to Video in the Baltics
How Sputnik tried to use short video stories to drive traffic to its Baltic Facebook pages
Sun, Aug 12, 2018
#BalticBrief: Russian Ridesharing Service Possible Data Risk
Newly introduced Yandex Taxi app faces allegations of spying on users in the Baltics
Sun, Aug 5, 2018
#BalticBrief: Sputnik Targets NATO Exercise, Reveals Wider Narrative Trend
Pundit in Kremlin outlet asserts “prostitutes” were only beneficiaries of NATO exercise
Mon, Jul 30, 2018
#BotSpot: Bots Join Backlash Against Islamophobic Cartoon Contest
The Dutch far-right organized an inflammatory cartoon contest involving Islamophobic material and bots joined the backlash
Sat, Jul 21, 2018
#BalticBrief: False Story About Collapsed Mall Doesn’t Hold Up
A network of Facebook pages imitating real people shared disinformation about the collapse of shopping mall in Latvia
Wed, Jun 27, 2018
#BalticBrief: Russia Editorializes Saber Strike
The spread of hostile messaging during joint NATO exercise in Poland and the Baltic states
Mon, Jun 11, 2018
#BalticBrief: Film Stirs Old Allegations Around Latvian Independence
How resurfaced allegations of violence toward civilians during the Latvian coup in 1991 spread through media
Mon, Jun 4, 2018
#BotSpot: Sex And Sensibility
A horde of Jane Austen-quoting bots leads to Russian porn sites
Mon, Jun 4, 2018
#BalticBrief: Three Men Kick Ambulance in Estonia, NATO Blamed
How news about three English-speaking men damaging an ambulance in Tapa spread
Sat, May 12, 2018
#BalticBrief: Russian Nationalists Attack Latvian Embassy in Moscow
Open source forensic research on how the attack was carried out
Fri, Apr 27, 2018
#BalticBrief: False Claim of Plans for Ethnic Cleansing in Latvia
How a false story about “ethnic cleansing” of Russian language speakers spread from social to traditional media
Thu, Apr 26, 2018
#BalticBrief: Cipko Not Seen in Latvia
Sighting of notorious pro-Kremlin impersonator in Latvia proved false