Disinformation

Propaganda warfare is increasingly shaping narratives, policies and lives around the world.

Kazakhstan is arresting protesters seeking information about missing relatives in Xinjiang

Authorities in Almaty have moved to quell daily demonstrations outside the Chinese consulate

Mariam Kiparoidze

Information War

Putin’s vaccine PR backfires in Latin America

Nations are scrambling to administer shots to millions of people, after Russia fails to deliver on promises of Sputnik V

Mariam Kiparoidze

Putin's playbook: Strongmen around the world are using Russian tactics to quell dissent

Leaders from Nicaragua to Egypt are using "foreign agent" laws to target overseas-backed NGOs and media

Coda Staff

Information War

Pro-China disinformation network weaponizes scientific research to attack Japan

Tokyo’s plans to dispose of water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Pacific Ocean come under fire from pro-CCP social media accounts

Caitlin Thompson

Traditional Values

Georgian far-right launches disinformation campaign following death of journalist beaten in anti-LGBTQ attack

Influential YouTubers and political figures blame pro-Western liberals for the death of a TV cameraman targeted in the violent reaction to Tbilisi Pride

Mariam Kiparoidze

Information War

Letter from Delhi: Trolls will enforce India’s new media censorship laws

Fresh legislation is tailor-made by a regime that relies on mobs of supporters to do its bidding

Aman Sethi

Information War

Far-right influencers made thousands of dollars a day on a little-known gaming platform

White supremacist and far-right figures can earn tens of thousands of dollars by streaming their content on the gaming platform DLive

Mariam Kiparoidze

Information War

Assassination of president plunges Haiti into conspiracy theories, rumor and fake news

The stunning murder of Jovenel Moïse has unleashed a torrent of political, social, and economic turmoil --and a chaos of misinformation

Erica Hellerstein

Information War

Hunting down bots and ‘bad guys’ on social media

Coordinated campaigns by fake bot accounts have flooded social media for years. One data specialist describes how these networks contribute to disinformation

Isobel Cockerell

Information War

Decoding Tucker Carlson’s latest conspiracy theory

The Fox News host pushes the absurd claim that the FBI stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and millions believe him. This is how he does it

Caitlin Thompson

Information War

How China threatens prominent Uyghurs — in the US, in China and everywhere

Beijing puts the most influential Uyghur journalist and her ailing father on its terrorist list

SAVO PRELEVIC/AFP via Getty Images

Information War

Stateless people face Covid-19 scapegoating, persecution and exclusion

Some of the world’s most vulnerable people have been blamed for the spread of the coronavirus and could miss out on vaccinations because of their legal status

Isobel Cockerell

Fiverr's jobbing actors play a starring role in Pakistan's fake news business

A network of Facebook accounts used gig workers to pose as news readers in a campaign backing the nation’s government and military

Ramsha Jahangir

Information War

Who is behind Spanish Telegram’s storm of Covid-19 disinformation?

A complex web of fake news and foreign propaganda has fueled vaccine skepticism and anti-lockdown riots

Darren Loucaides

Information War

QAnon gets a second gen update

To avoid deplatforming, QAnon followers are masking their language on social media

Caitlin Thompson

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