State Media

A health worker gestures during a day of immunization against Covid-19 with the compound manufactured in China Sinopharm aimed at high school students at a high school in the west of the city, in Caracas, Venezuela, October 29, 2021.

Wed, Jan 26, 2022

Pro-China messaging amplified in Venezuela’s “hashtag of the day”

Hashtag trended on Venezuelan Twitter alongside messages praising China for donating its vaccine and attacking US for sanctions.

by Daniel Suárez Pérez, Kenton Thibaut

China Coronavirus

Fri, Jan 21, 2022

Russian War Report: Troops arrive in Belarus as propaganda narratives heat up

The Digital Forensic Research Lab’s global team presents the first installment of the Russian Hybrid Threats Report.

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Illustration from Russian policy document regarding procedures to bury large numbers of bodies.

Thu, Dec 23, 2021

Russia’s not-so-subtle policy update raises specter of mass burials

Russian policy document describes new procedures for the mass burial of corpses amidst rising tensions with Ukraine and NATO.

by Lukas Andriukaitis

Government Government

Wed, Dec 22, 2021

China’s COVID-19 messaging makes its way to South Africa

China leverages its investment in the South African media space to push Beijing-approved narratives and conspiracies.

by Kenton Thibaut

Africa China

Tue, Jul 18, 2017

History Revisited: The Forest Brothers

Video spurs social media fight between Russia and the Baltics

by Donara Barojan, Ben Nimmo

Baltics Disinformation

Wed, Jul 12, 2017

RT and Sputnik: Clean Bill of Health?

Fact checking the Russian Foreign Ministry’s claims

by Ben Nimmo

Disinformation Propaganda

Wed, Jun 28, 2017

Misleading by Mistranslation

How a cluster of Russian sites ran a fake story based on a false translation

by Donara Barojan, Ben Nimmo

Disinformation Europe

Fri, Jun 2, 2017

Russian Media Spin Putin-Macron Meeting

Selective quoting of Western media to create the image of success

by Ben Nimmo, Nika Aleksejeva

Conflict Disinformation

Wed, May 24, 2017

The Seth Rich Story in the Kremlin Media

How Russia’s state organs cover the conspiracy theory

by Donara Barojan

Disinformation Russia

Sun, May 21, 2017

Is the Kremlin Amplifying Pro-Corbyn, Anti-UK Views?

Analyzing RT and Sputnik editorials on UK politics

by Ben Nimmo

Disinformation Elections

Tue, May 9, 2017

Russia’s Fake “Electronic Bomb”

How a fake based on a parody spread to the Western mainstream

by Ben Nimmo, Nika Aleksejeva, Donara Barojan

Defense Technologies Disinformation

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

The French election through Kremlin eyes

How the Russian state’s French-language wire portrays the French election

Botnets Disinformation