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US Designates 33 Individuals and Seven Entities Associated with Russia’s Global Disinformation Campaign

March 7 2022, 14:08 pm 2:08 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on US Designates 33 Individuals and Seven Entities Associated with Russia’s Global Disinformation Campaign <p>The US gov­ern­ment announced last week that as a response to Russia’s aggres­sion against Ukraine, it is des­ig­nat­ing 33 indi­vid­u­als […]</p>

Telegram’s Features Position Social Messaging App as Disinformation Vehicle

11:40 am Published by Editor Comments Off on Telegram’s Features Position Social Messaging App as Disinformation Vehicle <p>US media is report­ing on some of the unique aspects of Telegram, the social mes­sag­ing app increas­ing­ly being used for […]</p>

GIOR Investigation: Al Jazeera Arabic Gives Voice to Muslim Brotherhood on Ukraine

March 5 2022, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on GIOR Investigation: Al Jazeera Arabic Gives Voice to Muslim Brotherhood on Ukraine <p>A GIOR inves­ti­ga­tion has found that three of four Al Jazeera Ara­bic opin­ion pieces on the Russ­ian inva­sion of Ukraine […]</p>

GIOR Investigation: Chinese Information Operations on Ukraine War Emphasize West’s “Immorality, Weakness, and Hypocrisy”

March 4 2022, 13:01 pm 1:01 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on GIOR Investigation: Chinese Information Operations on Ukraine War Emphasize West’s “Immorality, Weakness, and Hypocrisy” <p>A Glob­al Influ­ence Oper­a­tions Report inves­ti­ga­tion into Chi­nese infor­ma­tion oper­a­tions cen­tered on Ukraine reveals that Chi­na is using the con­flict […]</p>

Social Media Fuels New Type of ‘Fog of War’ in Ukraine Conflict – How to Avoid It

11:11 am Published by Editor Comments Off on Social Media Fuels New Type of ‘Fog of War’ in Ukraine Conflict – How to Avoid It <p>US media is report­ing that amid the war in Ukraine, the mod­ern com­bi­na­tion of smart­phones, social media, and high-speed data […]</p>

TikTok Fails to Control Kremlin Propaganda on Its Platform, Report Finds

March 3 2022, 14:44 pm 2:44 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on TikTok Fails to Control Kremlin Propaganda on Its Platform, Report Finds <p>The Insti­tute for Strate­gic Dia­logue, a UK think tank, has pub­lished a report exam­in­ing Russ­ian dis­in­for­ma­tion on Tik­Tok, a Chi­nese […]</p>

Turkish-American Influence Group’s Co-Chair Leaves to Become USA AKP Representative

2:01 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Turkish-American Influence Group’s Co-Chair Leaves to Become USA AKP Representative <p>The co-chair of a Turk­ish-Amer­i­can influ­ence group has now been appoint­ed as head of Turk­ish Pres­i­dent Erdoğan’s AKP par­ty in […]</p>

Until Google Removed Russian Propaganda from Its News-Related Services,  It Was Dominating Search Results on Ukraine

11:31 am Published by Editor Comments Off on Until Google Removed Russian Propaganda from Its News-Related Services,  It Was Dominating Search Results on Ukraine <p>A Brook­ings Insti­tu­tion report has found Russ­ian pro­pa­gan­da had dom­i­nat­ed search results on Ukraine until Google’s par­ent com­pa­ny Alpha­bet announced […]</p>

Potential Covert Vehicles for Russian Influence Operations in Light of State-Backed Media Shut Downs

9:29 am Published by Editor Comments Off on Potential Covert Vehicles for Russian Influence Operations in Light of State-Backed Media Shut Downs <p>In light of the clo­sures and oth­er actions direct­ed against Russ­ian-backed media out­lets in the west, it is clear that […]</p>

Foreign Actors Seek to Influence France’s Information Space Ahead of French Presidential Elections

8:33 am Published by Editor Comments Off on Foreign Actors Seek to Influence France’s Information Space Ahead of French Presidential Elections <p>The Alliance for Secur­ing Democ­ra­cy, a US think tank, report­ed last month that Russ­ian and Chi­nese efforts to influ­ence France’s […]</p>