Europe
Wed, Sep 4, 2024
Atlantic Council names Mark Scott as Senior Resident Fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab’s Democracy + Tech Initiative.
WASHINGTON DC — The Atlantic Council
Thu, Jun 6, 2024
Spanish-language ads amplify scams using audio deepfakes of public figures
Scammers fabricated interviews with politicians and tech moguls to present supposed investments as legitimate government-backed programs
Wed, May 22, 2024
Online conspiracies proliferate following the attack on Slovakian PM Robert Fico
Anti-Western and anti-Ukraine narratives circulated online after the assassination attempt on the Slovakian prime minister.
by Ruslan Trad
Wed, Jan 24, 2024
How Ukraine fights Russian disinformation: Beehive vs mammoth
Best practices in countering Russian disinformation, propaganda and information aggression, based on interviews with nearly two dozen Ukrainian practitioners
Thu, Oct 26, 2023
As Israel and Hamas go to war, the Digital Services Act faces its first major test
The EU’s first actions in the context of the conflict will inevitably set standards for this landmark law’s long-term impact
Fri, Aug 4, 2023
Nottingham murders serve as rallying point for far-right UK influencers
Anti-immigrant influencers weaponized immigration status of the accused murderer to spread racist, Islamophobic rhetoric
Thu, Jun 1, 2023
Coordinated Telegram channels aggregate anti-Ukrainian news from around the globe
Network promotes anti-Ukrainian news from multiple countries while heavily amplifying content from a Telegram channel allegedly affiliated with Yevgeny Prigozhin's RIA FAN news agency
Mon, May 22, 2023
The complexity of Europe’s digital sovereignty agenda explained
Analyzing European digital sovereignty through a unified lens risks overlooking the nuanced approach of member states
Mon, Mar 20, 2023
Russia builds a “special information operation” around Transnistria
Rhetoric increasingly pushes idea of military conflict in the separatist region of Moldova
Tue, Mar 14, 2023
How the Kremlin misrepresented a video to claim Georgian protesters seek war with Russia
Footage from a protest in Tbilisi was presented with false context to accuse protesters of seeking war in the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Abkhazia
by Sopo Gelava
Fri, Mar 18, 2022
Russian War Report: Russia sends military contractors from Georgian breakaway region to Ukraine
Military contractors from South Ossetia, Belarus' hesitancy to send troops, VPN's, the dilemma US tech companies face over Russian citizens' access, and more.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Thu, Jul 16, 2020
Op-Ed | Hitting COVID-19 disinfo websites where it hurts: their wallets
The EU’s counter-disinformation efforts should target
