Russia-Ukraine war

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  After Trump's win, Russian disinformation aims to drive a wedge between the US and Ukraine

  Associated Press - By DAVID KLEPPER

  WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden uses his final days in office to boost Ukraine’s defenses, Russia is playing a different game: spreading disinformation aimed at eroding U.S. support for Ukraine before Donald Trump’s return to the White House next month. Since the U.S. election on Nov. 5, …

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  How pro-Russian 'yacht' propaganda influenced US debate over Ukraine aid

  BBC News - By Olga Robinson, Shayan Sardarizadeh and Mike Wendling

  A website founded by a former US Marine who now lives in Russia has fuelled a rumour that Volodymyr Zelensky purchased two luxury yachts with American aid money. Despite the false claim, the disinformation plot was successful. It took off online and was echoed by members of the US Congress making …

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  Massive Russian influence operation targeted former Ukrainian defense minister on TikTok

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  Banner: TikTok logo displayed on a phone screen with the Russian flag in the background, March 1, 2022. (Source: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Reuters …

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  Ukraine war: How TikTok fakes pushed Russian lies to millions

  BBC News - By Olga Robinson, Adam Robinson & Shayan Sardarizadeh

  A Russian propaganda campaign involving thousands of fake accounts on TikTok spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine has been uncovered by the BBC. Its videos routinely attract millions of views and have the apparent aim of undermining Western support. Users in several European countries …

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  Russia’s Latest Disinformation Tactic Exploits American Celebrities

  The New York Times - By Steven Lee Myers

  Videos from Elijah Wood, Mike Tyson and others have been used — unknowingly to them, it seems — in social media posts and Russian news coverage critical of Ukraine’s leader. The Kremlin has unleashed a new weapon in its information war with the West: the fake celebrity cameo. “Hi, Vladimir, Elijah …

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  How the game 'Counter-Strike' fights fake news in Russia

  DW English - Kristina Reymann-Schneider

  A Finnish newspaper put information censored by Russia into the popular online game "Counter-Strike." It's an example of how media are branching out …