Over 1330 Facebook groups, pages spread disinformation in the Balkans

A journalist alleges that allied spies are behind sabotage inside Russia, so we looked at recent explosions. We’re not so sure.

Russians say country is moving in right direction and do not feel morally responsible for deaths in Ukraine

Everything Online Malign Influence Newsletter

LISTEN: After banning journalists, Elon Musk joins them in a Twitter space where he asserts he was “doxxed”

CCDH warns that content on suicide and eating disorders served in minutes to teenage users

Brain fog after COVID-19 has similarities to ‘chemo brain,’ Stanford-led study finds

Unreliable Vaccine Information

The dangerous case of nuclear corners

Everything Online Malign Influence Newsletter

Influencer boosting conspiracy theories about Ukraine signed $6.8 mil deal with Russian state media

Russia seeks to use Polish border incident to erode support for Ukraine

Claims the US isn’t auditing aid to Ukraine are pants-on-fire false

QAnon is coming. We need to be ready.

HUMOR: Why your patients prefer the latest vaccine “expert” and how you can win them back

NGOs urge EU Commission to review security implications of Twitter “take-over” citing global security, data security, and privacy concerns

Putin’s approval rate and aggression abroad

Share of Russians who feel the ‘special operation’ has been successful fell from 73% in May to 53% in September

National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin - November 30, 2022

Types of Bias

Update on disinformation related to Ukraine

Everything Online Malign Influence Newsletter

Journalists in Somalia, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria faced increasing attacks in October

Mises Institute editor falsely claims, “there’s no telling where” aid to Ukraine “ends up.”

At least 110 “overseas police service stations” coerce targets into returning to China, likely violating international and national laws

By being honest, leaders can improve the public’s resistance to disinformation and conspiracy theories.

Claims the US isn’t auditing aid to Ukraine are pants-on-fire false

How Google’s Ad Business Funds Disinformation Around the World

Everything Online Malign Influence Newsletter

Information Ecosystem Classification

Thread from AlexPlitsas on election interference

Unreliable Vaccine Information

Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Central Uganda

1. Nord Stream Narratives

A now-deleted, pro-Kremlin CPAC tweet

UN REPORT: War Crimes in Ukraine ⚠️ for descriptions of extreme crimes

Why unlikely events spur conspiracy theories and how to tell which are real

Unverified reports of military registration office arson in at least dozen locations in Russia

Day 213 of the Russian invasion

#ChinaCoup hashtag and the 2015 Tianjin Explosion

Let’s talk about Ebola outbreaks and disinformation

At least 23 suspicious deaths with potential links to Russia since October 2021

Tweet thread: Flight of the Russian conscript following mobilization announcement

A word about refusal to take Russians fleeing conscription

⚠️[graphic content] Day 205 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Day 204 of the Russian invasion

A list of suspicious Russian deaths since October 2021

Why is repetition one of the most effective propaganda techniques?

China’s Discourse-Power Ecosystem Map

Faces of Kremlin propaganda: Margarita Simonyan

Russian state affiliated accounts portray Ukraine as responsible for shelling the NPP

Nuclear-related headlines trending more frequently

Jack Posobiec and QAnon groups amplifying Russian state-affiliated and pro-Kremlin posts about the power plant

John Spencer explains why Russia will fail and illustrates six strategic failures

Trending Headlines Digest • Aug 24, 2022

Russia's continued war increases collective outrage: UK statement to the OSCE

Cyberpartisans (Belarus) publish “Black Map of the Punishers,” publishing information on Lukashenko collaborators

Russian Telegram channels distributed a document alleging Ukraine has suffered"total losses" of "131,014 people”

RT claims "leaked slides" show YouTube has been censoring content about Ukraine.

Digest countering Russian disinformation - Aug 23, 2022

Battlefield update for 180th day of Russian invasion

Pro-Kremlin propaganda and disinformation - Aug 22, 2022

Playing with nuclear fire

Arrests for protests in Russia have grown increasingly rare since March 2022—that may mean a couple different things

European Platform for Democratic Elections urges public not to allow electeds help with sham elections

Ukraine war prompts Baltic states to remove Soviet memorials

Key Narratives from pro-Kremlin sources: “Lost Sovereignty”

Twitter, Facebook continue to miss blatantly inauthentic COVID-related activity

Russian media organ agrees to pay millions to U.S. conspiracy theorist for Kremlin propaganda

Pro-CCP network identified by Mandiant and reported by CyberScoop

Addressing Russia's claims about NATO

Appendix for “Stories about "Ukrainian Nazis" were rare before 2014 when they surged at the moment when Russia's plans faltered.”

Stories about "Ukrainian Nazis" were rare before 2014. Then they surged as Russia's plans faltered.

Kremlin Conjures Up Fake Postage Stamp to Spread Ukraine Antisemitism Smear

I watched hundreds of flat-Earth videos to learn how conspiracy theories spread – and what it could mean for fighting disinformation

Russian information operation publishes new series of memes to spread where the ‘ukrobots congregate’

Ukrainian State Special Communications on "flanking" and disinformation

Russian information operation publishes memes to spread where ‘ukrobots congregate’

Network of Fact-Checkers Unites to Stem Flow of Disinformation

Does Savita's death give a bleak window into a post-Roe future or is it a false story used by pro-choice activists

Decrying Nazism – even when it's not there – has been Russia's 'Invade country for free' card

Pro-Kremlin sources react to HIMARS with everything from comparisons to Hiroshima to denying they're helpful at all

Putin’s propaganda is rooted in Russian history – and that's why it works

The Polish Foreign Ministry received a fake letter from alleged colleagues from Ukraine

Pro-Kremlin media pits Germans against Ukrainians saying Germans did not like Zelenskyy's ultimatum to Scholz. 89% of Germans support Ukraine.

Pro-Kremlin media deflects blame for the coming famine, portraying Russia, Turkey, France, Germany, as do-gooders averting the crisis

Appendix for “What to know about gas prices, what's driving up the price, and a future threat lurking therein”

Advisor to the mayor of Mariupol warns that Russians are preparing a “human shield”

Pro-Kremlin outlets boost content that casts doubt on Ukrainian rape victims

Ukrainian intelligence obtain documents from FSB, detailing reasons for Russian propaganda failures

Polish-language Telegram channels spread anti-refugee narratives

Requests for U.S. Person Identities in Intelligence Reports During the 2016 Presidential-Election Period and the Ensuing Presidential-Transition Period

US military hackers conducting offensive operations in support of Ukraine, says head of Cyber Command

Chinese and Russian propaganda work in tandem to blame the West for war in Ukraine

Russian blockade of Ukraine's grain exports may require U.S. intervention, general says

Poland in the eyes of Russian propaganda - from the "hyena of Europe" to the "Nazi hegemon of Central and Eastern Europe"

Ukraine has been successful in its information operations recently not least because it “permitted the soldiers to speak"

Why unlikely events spur conspiracy theories and how to tell which are real

Compilation of Countries’ Statements Calling Russian Actions in Ukraine “Genocide”

The US Should Ban China’s State Media From Social Platforms