How US veterans get sucked into QAnon Ahead of the U.S. election, a growing number of former military personnel are identifying with the sprawling conspiracy theory dispatch Caitlin Thompson
Disinformation Pro-Kremlin media try to spin the suicide of a Russian journalist who blamed the government Irina Slavina’s self-immolation has been described as an act of “suicide as terrorism” by someone who “was burned by psychosis” dispatch Katia Patin and Katerina Fomina
Disinformation In Russia, most people don't believe Navalny was deliberately poisoned A new survey shows that even among those who think the poisoning was intentional, just one in three believe President Vladimir Putin or other Russian authorities are behind the plot dispatch Katia Patin
Disinformation Hungary orders up surveillance of journalists on foreign trips follow-up Mariam Kiparoidze
Disinformation Western influencers boost their careers by embracing Chinese nationalism Foreign online personalities are amassing millions of followers by feeding pro-Beijing narratives to China’s social media users dispatch Chen Mo
Disinformation Foreign influence laws wreaking havoc on journalists, professors in India and the US Critics say recent rulings in the two countries form part of a crackdown on civil society and the press dispatch Gautama Mehta
Disinformation Jail sentences for evading Covid-19 treatment in Turkmenistan follow-up Mariam Kiparoidze
Disinformation Welcome to TikTok's sanitized version of Xinjiang TikTok’s Xinjiang hashtag is cleansed of content about the Uyghur humanitarian crisis, according to a new report dispatch Isobel Cockerell
Disinformation Disney faces backlash after thanking Xinjiang authorities in ‘Mulan’ credits follow-up Mariam Kiparoidze
Disinformation Pepe the Frog, human trafficking and secret cabals — QAnon’s take on the RNC The Republican National Convention was a gift for online conspiracists dispatch Isobel Cockerell
Disinformation Conspiracists like what they hear at the RNC Melania Trump as QAnon Queen, shadowy elites and American values under attack dispatch Isobel Cockerell
Disinformation Pro-Kremlin social media teeming with theories about Alexey Navalny’s suspected poisoning The Russian opposition leader is in critical condition after suddenly falling ill during a flight to Moscow dispatch Katia Patin, Katerina Fomina and Tatiana Torocheshnikova
Disinformation How conspiracy theories surged after the Beirut explosion While many nations and individuals are rallying to Lebanon’s side, others are using the disaster to pursue their own political aims dispatch Emily Lewis
Disinformation Ammonium nitrate that devastated Beirut was manufactured in Georgia, officials confirmed Conspiracy theories and disinformation campaigns are poised to focus on targets outside of Lebanon dispatch Natalia Antelava