Disinformation Google queries in Africa reveal how coronavirus disinformation is evolving A recent report examined 3,000 search questions from 21 countries and discovered that it’s not always obvious that Africans know where to look for answers about Covid-19 dispatch Rachel Sherman
Disinformation The fight against Turkmenistan’s Covid-19 blackout In one of the world’s most isolated and authoritarian countries, masks are mandatory and hospitals are struggling to cope — but, officially, the virus still doesn’t exist feature Mariam Kiparoidze
Disinformation Enter the Grayzone: fringe leftists deny the scale of China’s Uyghur oppression This week, writer and commentator Max Blumenthal downplayed Beijing’s actions in Xinjiang on international TV — and he’s not the only one feature Caitlin Thompson
Disinformation More celebrities join the growing conspiracy theory movement follow-up Isobel Cockerell
Disinformation Duterte’s troll armies drown out Covid-19 dissent in the Philippines Trolls and bots are deflecting criticism of President Duterte’s handling of the worsening crisis dispatch Lynzy Billing
In Kazakhstan, coronavirus conspiracies are the latest celebrity craze As the nation battles a wave of infections and drug shortages, pop stars and influencers are using social media to push wild theories feature Katia Patin
Disinformation Doctor by day, anti-disinfo warrior by night: fighting Yemen’s Covid-19 crisis Armed with social media, one Yemeni doctor living in Germany has marshalled hundreds of medical professionals to provide free and accurate coronavirus advice to people in his homeland dispatch Casey Coombs
Disinformation Tensions skyrocket in Serbia as the president casts street protestors as violent conspiracists After two nights of pandemic-related unrest, President Aleksandar Vucic described protestors as anti-5G activists and flat-earthers dispatch Katia Patin
Disinformation Hungary’s leading independent news site Index plunged into turmoil follow-up Katia Patin
Disinformation How coronavirus slammed the door on asylum seekers Countries around the world are shutting their borders to asylum seekers and implementing harsh immigration policies dispatch Joshua Craze
Disinformation North Korea prepares to drop propaganda leaflets in South Korea, raising tensions On the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, relations between both countries have deteriorated again dispatch Chaewon Chung
Disinformation How K-pop information warfare outmaneuvered the far right This global community has emerged as a political force, thanks to its backing of the Black Lives Matter movement dispatch Chaewon Chung and Isobel Cockerell
Disinformation How Covid-19 spread QAnon in Germany The sprawling movement which centers on an alleged “deep state” plot against President Donald Trump, has gained traction among anti-lockdown demonstrators and conspiracy theorists dispatch Carol Schaeffer
