Social media platforms are widely used to spread disinformation, also during conflicts.
In a series of articles, we will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of the Rhetoric of Disinformation. Part 6: Exhaust.
In a series of articles, we will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of the Rhetoric of Disinformation. Part 5: Provocations.
In a series of articles, we will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of the Rhetoric of Disinformation. Part 4: Mockery.
In a series of articles, we will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of the Rhetoric of Disinformation. Part 3: Attack.
In a series of articles, we will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of the Rhetoric of Disinformation. Part 2: Whataboutism.
In a series of articles, we will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of the Rhetoric of Disinformation. Part 1: The Straw Man.
Maria Zakharova, Spokesperson of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is attacking those who accuse Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of spreading false statements claiming that Western students are taught that Jesus was bisexual. But Zakharova’s defence merely draws attention to the fact that her boss’ statement was false.
The pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets occasionally use video games as “photographic evidence” and satire as “facts”. Russian state media and Russian officials have frequently taken a website, intended for satire, at face value.
Forecasting future events is not an exact science. But what if your predictions are wrong exactly 100 per cent of the time?
A feature of the pro-Kremlin disinformation is that it is fairly repetitive. Wednesday’s summit between the presidents of Russia and the US will produce a few very predictable headlines in the Kremlin-controlled disinformation ecosystem.
The Belarusian regime continues to hold onto its violent repressive machine. Hundreds of political prisoners are detained and independent media is under attack. Wearing socks the wrong colours might be considered a criminal offense.
Prosecutors in the Ural city of Izhevsk have averted an attempt to spread the Cult of Shiva in the city. A yoga studio faces a fine, unless it registers as a religious congregation.
Nationalist Russian website Tsargrad goes full Don Quixote on the Eurovision Song Contests. The contest is, according to the outlet, an instrument for LGBT propaganda, feminism and tolerance - some of the worst things the Tsargrad can imagine.
One of Russia’s most influential politicians, Nikolay Patrushev, head of the powerful Security Council, suggests that Western Powers have attempted to discredit Russia for hundreds of years, even targeting Tsar Ivan the Moderately Terrible.
A Russian politician suggests to punish the Czech Republic with a ban on import of Czech beer. Forcing the Czechs to drink their own yellow fizzy stuff would make them sober up.
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Load 15 more articlesCases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.
