https://www.usagm.gov/2022/05/31/fact-checking-spotting-misinformation-and-disinformation-during-elections/
Almost sixty journalists from Royal Media Services and Standard Group participated in two two-day trainings ahead of general elections in Kenya. The...
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https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-news/melanie-smith-on-rising-racist-and-misogynistic-online-disinformation-targeting-kamala-harris/
Aug 13, 2024 - ISD's Melanie Smith speaks to The 19th* about increased online disinformation targeting Vice President Kamala Harris after announcing her Democratic...
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https://antidisinfo.net/analysis-of-the-narrative-political-instrumentalization-of-srebrenica-disinformation-and-dodiks-role-in-serbian-media/
Milorad Dodik, 2016 Photo: Medija centar Beograd, Wikimedia Commons July 2025. As part of the program Regional Initiative to Combat Disinformation “Western...
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https://www.rappler.com/technology/nos-dutch-broadcaster-quits-x-twitter-disinformation/
Nov 26, 2025 - 'The platform no longer fits our vision on how we want to present news on social media,' state-funded news organization NOS says
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https://informedclearly.com/en/ai/28998/ai-disinformation-threatens-elections-new-detection-tools-deployed
AI-generated disinformation threatens 2025 elections across 64 countries. Tech companies deploy detection tools and content verification platforms, but...
new detectionaidisinformationthreatenselections
https://jhr.ca/program/tackling-misinformation-and-disinformation-through-media-to-promote-peace-building-in-south-sudan/
Jun 28, 2024 - At a glance Key messages Misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech are areas of interest in South Sudan due to the communal violence that is exacerbated...
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https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/what-is-climate-disinformation/
Climate disinformation is hindering our ability to combat the gravest threat of our time
climate disinformationglobalwitness
https://gijn.org/stories/gijc25-innovative-strategies-fight-electoral-disinformation-campaigns/
At GIJC25, experts from Venezuela, Ghana, and India highlighted AI tools and collaborative strategies that exposed electoral disinformation campaigns.
innovativestrategiesfightelectoraldisinformation
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/1.6721774
Jan 21, 2023 - The House speaks to Antaloyi Grudz, director of research at the Social Media Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University about how vulnerable Canadians are to...
fightingdisinformationwarcbcca
https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/germany-election-disinformation/
Nov 21, 2024 - Members of the nationalist party Alternative für Deutschland, anti-lockdown group Querdenken and QAnon followers are claiming that vote for chancellor will be...
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https://filigran.io/use-cases/intelligence-driven-defense-against-disinformation/
Aug 13, 2025 - Defending against disinformation and Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference requires efficient knowledge sharing and OpenCTI is here to help.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-parliamentary-election-eu-russia/33543218.html
Sep 28, 2025 - Moldova was on a knife edge as the country awaits the outcome of a parliamentary election key in determining whether the country will remain on its...
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https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-news/russian-disinformation-campaign-targets-us-hurricane-response-to-undermine-government-trust/
Nov 7, 2024 - ISD’s Melanie Smith spoke with AP to discuss ISD’s findings on a Russian disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting the US government’s response to...
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https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/foreign-anti-vaccine-disinformation-reaches-west-africa/
Sep 2, 2022 - Foreign anti-vaccine disinformation from North American and pro-Russian sources is reaching online communities across West Africa.
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https://www.pplaaf.org/2024/11/21/central-african-republic-whistleblower-exposes-russian-disinformation-methods.html
PPLAAF helps journalist flee and escape threats from secret network linked to Russia (Paris, November 21, 2024) — Ephrem Yalike-Ngonzo, the Central African...
central african republicwhistleblowerexposesrussiandisinformation
https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/eletion-disinformation-brazil-tiktok/
Aug 5, 2025 - Digital disinformation has played a pivotal role in Jair Bolsonaro’s rise – and it could determine whether or not he stays in power.
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https://savvycyberkids.org/2025/05/06/you-are-the-disinformation-you-eat/
Childhood development experts understand that children develop their central social and political opinions during their formative years. This means that the...
disinformationeatsavvycyberkids
https://seerist.com/blog/strategies-for-navigating-misinformation-and-disinformation/
Oct 23, 2024 - Explore misinformation challenges and provides strategies for security analysts to combat false information in the digital age.
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https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-883159
From Soviet propaganda to Qatari petrodollars, the long campaign to destabilize the West has relied less on armies and more on narratives
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https://www.disinfo.eu/disinformation-on-platforms-factsheets/
On this page, you will find a collection of factsheets highlighting how platforms operate and how they can be weaponised for misinformative purposes.
disinformationplatformseu
https://www.desmog.com/climate-disinformation-database/
Mar 17, 2022 - In DeSmog’s Climate Disinformation Database, you can browse our extensive research on the individuals and organizations that have helped to delay and...
climate disinformationdatabasedesmog
https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-news/six-months-of-war-in-ukraine-and-a-decade-of-disinformation/
Aug 30, 2022 - Ciarán O'Connor has written for the Irish Examiner, sharing his observations from the past six months investigating the war in Ukraine.
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https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/cashing-in-on-conflict-tiktok-profits-from-pro-kremlin-disinformation-ads/
Aug 24, 2023 - New research by ISD reveals TikTok has been profiting from ads that feature pro-Kremlin disinformation and conspiratorial narratives. Ads found via TikTok’s...
conflicttiktokprofitskremlindisinformation
https://www.eurasia.org/project/countering-disinformation-in-the-middle-east/
Apr 11, 2025 - Eurasia Foundation’s Countering Disinformation in the Middle East (CODIME) project built the capacity of journalists and media producers […]
middle eastdisinformationeurasiafoundation
https://en.ejo.ch/latest-stories/recognising-manipulative-narratives-two-perspectives-on-disinformation-in-europe
Aug 26, 2025 - In this cross-interview, Timo Lenk and Martin Lestra discuss how disinformation is spread, what risks it poses, and how their respective projects contribute to...
manipulativenarrativestwoperspectivesdisinformation
https://www.acte.be/events/act-organises-meeting-of-teh-sounding-board-on-the-code-of-practice-on-disinformation/
ACT organises meeting of the Sounding Board on the Code of Practice on Disinformation
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https://www.rappler.com/technology/jaime-ongpin-lecture-fighting-disinformation-age-artificial-intelligence/
Nov 26, 2025 - Experts cite the need for regulatory policies and a code of ethics governing AI use
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https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/02/18/rob-reiner-attacks-rush-limbaugh-as-purveyor-of-disinformation-day-after-his-death/
Jul 24, 2025 - A day after Rush Limbaugh died, Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner attacked the late conservative radio host as a purveyor of disinformation, saying that Americans...
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https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/disinformation/
Jul 7, 2025 - An ecosystem of think tanks, legislators, candidates and others employs a strategy meant to create uncertainty about the potential risks of gender-affirming...
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https://go.jumio.com/generative-ai-guide
In this guide, we explore the current trends in fraud and disinformation and how you can best protect your business and your customers from the nefarious side...
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https://democracy-technologies.org/getting-started/how-governments-can-fight-disinformation/
Jul 24, 2024 - It is easier for governments to fight disinformation by preventing a falsehood from taking hold in the first place.
governmentsfightdisinformation
https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-news/isds-elise-thomas-for-lawfare-gen-ai-will-increase-misinformation-about-disinformation/
Nov 5, 2024 - Elise Thomas, OSINT Senior Analyst at ISD, wrote an op-ed for Lawfare on how generative AI amplifies misinformation by producing false claims about...
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https://www.ms.now/opinion/disinformation-worker-h1b-visas-denied
Dec 5, 2025 - A new memo shows the Trump administration is ramping up its campaign against people who work to stem the spread of disinformation and hate speech online.
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https://www.npr.org/2021/08/04/1024791053/facebook-boots-nyu-disinformation-researchers-off-its-platform-and-critics-cry-f
Aug 4, 2021 - Facebook disabled the academics' accounts and blocked their access to its platform, saying they had violated its terms of service by collecting data about...
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https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-news/isds-jiore-craig-on-how-voters-can-sort-through-disinformation-ahead-of-the-elections-in-australia/
Oct 26, 2022 - ISD's Head of Digital Integrity, Jiore Craig, speaks to Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) The Drum, about electoral mis- and disinformation...
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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2024/04/disinformation-strenghten-democracy/
Oct 10, 2025 - (Version française disponible ici) The striking quality of the most recent videos produced by artificial intelligence (AI) has brought back to the table the...
fightdisinformationstrengthendemocracy
https://www.acte.be/events/act-organises-an-online-event-on-tackling-disinformation-a-conversation-with-the-social-dilemma-team-and-leading-media-policymakers/
ACT organises an online event on “Tackling Disinformation – A conversation with ‘The Social Dilemma’ team and leading media policymakers”
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https://bilalcommunitycentre.ca/countering-digital-disinformation-project/
Oct 24, 2025 - Countering Digital Disinformation project's purpose is to reach to black, newcomer communities, to counter disinformation regarding COVID-19.
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https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how-a-right-wing-legal-group-uses-the-courts-to-spread-election-disinformation/
May 7, 2024 - Over the past few election cycles, there’s been a steady stream of right-wing groups launching a full-frontal legal assault on voting rights. But the Public...
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https://www.codastory.com/idea/ransomware-disinformation/
Malware whacks a computer like a mugging. Meanwhile, ransomware — the new gang on the corner — looks a lot like a kidnapping, taking digital files or whole...
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https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2022/03/01/fighting-disinformation-with-censorship-is-a-mistake/
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced, on Sunday, that Kremlin-backed RT, formerly known as Russia Today, and Sputnik, would be ...
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https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/the-conversation-about-australias-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-is-at-risk-from-disinformation-and-conspiracy-theories/
Sep 8, 2022 - Australia is on the cusp of voting for a constitutional referendum that would create a representative body for the Aboriginal Australians, but a lack of...
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https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-events/isd-tells-the-un-climate-disinformation-is-solvable/
Jun 21, 2022 - ISD's Jennie King delivered a press conference at the UN's Bonn Climate Change Conference, sharing findings about climate mis- and disinformation...
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https://mediainnovationstudio.org/when-the-truth-isnt-enough-lessons-from-southport/
Oct 15, 2025 - A News Futures Forum Project on Crisis, Disinformation, and Public Trust In the wake of the tragic events in Southport and the unrest that followed, the...
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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-a-gamer-started-a-web-of-disinformation-sites-aimed-at-latino-americans/?mc_cid=ce6f8fad1a&mc_eid=496476e085
Oct 21, 2020 - This article was written in collaboration with First Draft, a nonprofit organization that provides investigative research to newsrooms tracking and reporting...
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https://natoassociation.ca/the-instrumentalization-of-disinformation-in-the-us-canada-trade-war/
The trade relationship between Canada and the United States of America (U.S.A) is one of the largest and most integrated in the world, with the combined value...
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https://www.usagm.gov/2021/07/19/kenya-countering-disinformation/
Twenty-eight editors, reporters and producers, all employees of the Royal Media Group network, learned the difference between an alternate and...
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https://elephantinthelab.org/the-global-decline-of-research-communications-in-the-disinformation-field/
Nov 20, 2025 - In this study, Ben Shultz uncovers a sharp, politically driven collapse in academic communication about disinformation research following the 2024 U.S....
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https://asianews.network/thailand-ranks-2nd-globally-as-businesses-face-critical-disinformation-threats/
Dec 18, 2025 - Over the past year, 78% of medium-to-large companies in Thailand were targeted by misinformation and disinformation campaigns.
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https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-events/discussing-disinformation-at-collision-conference-2022/
Jun 29, 2022 - ISD's Melanie Smith was among the 35,000 people that attended the 2022 Collision Conference, speaking on global disinformation operations.
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/06/how-american-influencers-built-a-world-wide-web-of-vaccine-disinformation/
“You get the distinct feeling that there is a massive sea change occurring.”
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https://www.stopfake.org/en/disinformation-narrative-it-s-not-so-obvious/
Another act of sabotage in Poland has seriously shocked the public. This time, no warehouse burned down, but a train could have derailed. The possibility of a...
disinformationnarrativeobvious
https://digitalcxo.com/article/brazil-boots-x-in-test-of-stopping-disinformation/
Sep 3, 2024 - Elon Musk and X have been given the boot in Brazil, complicating efforts by the billionaire to mold the social network into an anything-goes digital town hall.
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https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/climate-for-conspiracy-theories-in-australia/
Jul 26, 2022 - A summary of climate-related online narratives in the lead up to Australia’s 2022 federal election and the rise of weather-related conspiracy theories in the...
first draftclimatemisdisinformationaustralia
https://opendatakosovo.org/portfolio/seecheck-network-fighting-disinformation-and-misinformation-through-a-network-of-fact-checkers/
Feb 9, 2024 - SEECheck Network | Fighting disinformation and misinformation through a network of fact checkers
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https://www.pressclubinstitute.org/event/disinformation-the-public-how-journalists-can-champion-news-literacy-and-empower-their-communities/
May 17, 2024 - Join us for a robust discussion among experts whose work focuses on news and information literacy and finding ways to help the public fact-check the...
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https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/the-networks-and-narratives-of-anti-refugee-disinformation-in-europe/
Sep 30, 2021 - Snapshot of the different online communities involved in the promotion of hate and disinformation targeting refugees and the migration sector in 2020.
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https://kettering.org/democracys-stress-test-combating-disinformation-and-external-influence-in-romanias-electoral-process/
May 28, 2025 - Romania’s democratic foundations faced an extraordinary challenge during its 2024–2025 presidential election cycle. The December 2024 vote was annulled...
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https://www.disinfobservatory.org/why-do-we-believe-in-fake-news-a-journey-into-the-cognitive-layers-of-disinformation/
Oct 14, 2020 - People believe in fake news. It doesn’t matter how absurd they can sound, or if they show no reliable background.
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https://foreignpolicy.com/live/fp-at-the-munich-security-conference-decoding-disinformation/
FP’s Ravi Agrawal convened leaders from civil society, government, and the private sector to examine how to tackle disinformation. Guests included Nobel...
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https://www.disinfo.eu/publications/decoding-disinformation-impact-frameworks-and-indicators-a-comparative-study/
Despite advances in disinformation research, measuring its true impact remains one of the field’s toughest challenges. This publication maps how different...
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https://aspeniaonline.it/russian-disinformation-about-the-ukrainian-conflict-since-2014-fact-checking-and-recurring-patterns/
Today, one looks at information flows about the situation in Ukraine, of course, from the perspective of the current reality. However, it is fundamental to...
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https://reportfortheworld.org/2025/05/14/when-disinformation-threatens-the-free-press-a-qa-with-hala-nasreddine/
May 14, 2025 - How can the free press speak louder than disinformation? It’s a question I found myself reflecting on after wrapping up an interview with Hala...
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https://www.compiler.news/climate-disinformation-2/
Less than 1% of global research on African disinformation focuses on climate. That’s a problem with lasting consequences.
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https://www.gaytimes.com/originals/jude-guaitamacchi-we-must-dismantle-the-political-forces-undermining-trans-rights/
Mar 12, 2025 - Jude Guaitamacchi speaks with Philip Baldwin about challenging political agendas, the importance of representation, and uniting allies for trans rights.
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https://antidisinfo.net/disinformation-trends-and-narratives-in-the-western-balkan-region-media-monitoring-report-january-march-2025/
During the period from January to March 2025, the Western Balkans information ecosystem experienced waves in well-coordinated and emotionally charged...
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https://news.sky.com/story/german-election-from-ai-influencers-to-russian-disinformation-the-far-right-is-getting-a-leg-up-online-13313167
Germany's far-right party Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) has been more active on social media than other parties during the campaign and is in second...
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https://www.usagm.gov/2023/12/21/office-of-cuba-broadcasting-partners-with-odesa-center-for-disinformation-studies-to-counter-russian-propaganda/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/04/1080801/generative-ai-boosting-disinformation-and-propaganda-freedom-house/
Oct 3, 2023 - In a new report, Freedom House documents the ways governments are now using the tech to amplify censorship.
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https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-news/social-media-policies-against-health-disinformation-arent-stopping-repeat-offenders/
Oct 21, 2021 - ISD's Aoife Gallagher spoke to the WaPo about our latest report "Ill Advice: A Case Study in Facebook’s Failure to Tackle COVID-19...
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https://digitaltag.eu/aktion/countering-disinformation-to-make-informed-decisions
In this seminar, participants will receive theoretical and practical tips on how to identify and critically analyze disinformation on the internet. Using...
disinformationmakeinformeddecisions
https://seenpm.org/challenging-disinformation-by-empowering-albanian-students/
Oct 21, 2025 - F.A.C.T.S. project sparked critical thinking and civic engagement among Albanian students. The F.A.C.T.S. project, run by the Albanian Center for Quality...
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https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-news/afp-showcases-isds-work-on-online-disinformation-targeting-german-elections/
Mar 3, 2025 - Agence France-Presse highlighted ISD’s latest work on a disinformation network using AI-generated content to deceive viewers.
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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2025-09-14/ty-article-magazine/.premium/first-romania-now-israel-pro-russian-ai-disinfo-campaign-preps-for-israeli-election/00000199-47ff-dc6e-a59f-cfff2cf10000
Sep 14, 2025 - Conservative AI Slop Aimed at Religious Audiences Is Just the First Phase of Foreign Influence Operations Which Gained Thousands of Followers by Piggybacking...
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https://timep.org/2025/01/30/truth-in-transition-disinformation-in-post-assad-syria/
Jan 30, 2025 - Disinformation fuels fear and division in Syria’s new political landscape, eroding trust and blocking the path to a peaceful political transition.
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https://www.acte.be/events/act-takes-part-in-the-3rd-erga-webinar-on-the-report-on-disinformation-fact-checking-access-to-data/
ACT takes part in the 3rd ERGA Webinar on the Report on Disinformation: “Fact-checking & Access to Data”
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https://www.ms.now/opinion/candace-owens-turning-point-erika-charlie-kirk-conspiracy
Feb 20, 2026 - Candace Owens' skirmish with Turning Point USA's Erika Kirk over conspiracy theories tied to Charlie Kirk's death shows how the right is going to be eaten up...
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https://pen.org/disinformation/
Mar 5, 2025 - It’s 2025, and disinformation is in the news once again. This threat to our democracy comes at a time when social media platforms have scaled back their...
pen americadisinformation
https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/german-language-disinformation-about-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-on-facebook/
Apr 12, 2022 - This Digital Dispatch shares several trends that ISD analysts observed in German-language Facebook groups during the days prior to Russia’s invasion, and in...
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https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-news/tiktok-snubs-researchers-while-disinformation-spreads/
Oct 26, 2022 - ISD's Ciarán O'Connor has shared insights and concerns over the role of Tiktok in spreading pro-Kremlin propaganda in an op-ed for Business Insider.
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https://www.usagm.gov/2023/02/24/new-partnership-provides-fact-checking-support-to-combat-on-russian-disinformation-in-cuba/
Radio and Television Martí and the Ukrainian fact-checking outlet, StopFake.org, today launched a joint project to counter Spanish-language Russian...
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https://winbuzzer.com/2025/12/26/us-bans-visas-for-ex-eu-commissioner-thierry-breton-and-disinformation-researchers-in-censorship-dispute-xcxwbn/
Dec 26, 2025 - The US State Department has imposed visa bans on former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and four researchers, escalating the conflict over digital sovereignty.
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https://www.debunk.org/articles/disinformation-about-latvia
Analysing disinformation about Latvia - exposing sources, techniques and narratives.
disinformationlatvia