Strong emotions are a much better driver of propaganda messages than calm reasoning and argumentation. Some words carry such a strong emotional value within themselves already that a single word, […]
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The West must learn from Ukraine’s experience of dealing with Russian provocateurs
“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others”, goes a famous line from Otto von Bismarckm writes Jamila Mammadova for CAPX. […]
Trip to parallel realities with Newsweek journalist reporting on Ukraine
Before the New Year, in the American magazine Newsweek, journalist Jason Lemon scared readers with Bandera, Petliura and the blossoming of ultra-nationalism in Ukraine, writes MediaSapiens. Jason Lemon is a journalist at the […]
Russian fake experts have penetrated social media in the Philippines
Russian disinformation and network systems have penetrated social media in the Philippines, tapping so-called “experts” to lend legitimacy and credibility to false information being peddled and spread online, Rappler reports. […]
EUvsDisinfo: 1001 messages of Kremlin propaganda
“Lies and blatant fabrications” – this was how the British government described Russia’s clumsy attempt to conceal its hand in the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, by staging a bizarre interview with the suspects. […]
Russian media aims to sow destabilization and discord ahead of elections in Ukraine
An election campaign officially begins in Ukraine on the 31st of December. The Russian media are all set to penetrate Ukraine’s information space to sow destabilization and discord, also keeping […]
Edinburgh radio station “Sputnik” is Kremlin stooge
Russians who live in Scotland and engage in “information warfare” to destabilize Britain should face having their assets seized, according to Scottish MP, The Times reports. There is mounting suspicion […]
Why is Kiselev the only pseudo journalist on the sanctions list?
The Detector Media asked an expert on countering disinformation in the Task Force from the Atlantic Counci Jakub Kalenský about Kremlin’s interference in the elections in the EU and the […]
EU’s commissioner: Moscow spread false claims for at least a year before Ukraine’s ship seizures
The EU’s security commissioner Julian King said Russia had paved the way for its decision to fire on and board two artillery ships and a tug boat through the dissemination […]
France might be losing its first big information war
I already talked about psychological operations against France through social networks such as Twitter. This time foreign propagandists are leveraging current events (the yellow vests protests) to further their political agenda to a […]
