Tag: Rumors and Misinformation
Ukrainians Find That Relatives in Russia Don’t Believe It’s a War
LVIV, Ukraine — Four days after Russia began dropping artillery shells on Kyiv, Misha Katsiurin, a Ukrainian restaurateur,…
TikTok Ukraine War Videos Raise Questions About Spread of Misinformation
TikTok and other social media platforms are also under pressure from U.S. lawmakers and Ukrainian officials to curb…
How China Embraces Russian Propaganda and Its Version of the War
Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the Chinese Communist Party tabloid, Global Times, posted a video…
In Ukraine’s Information War, a Blend of Fact and Fiction
In exercising discretion over how unverified or false content is moderated, social media companies have decided to “pick…
Russian Troop Deaths Expose a Potential Weakness of Putin’s Strategy
WASHINGTON — When Russia seized Crimea in 2014, President Vladimir V. Putin was so worried about Russian casualty…
Ukraine War Tests the Power of Tech Giants
Telegram’s experience illustrates the competing pressures. The app is popular in Russia and Ukraine for sharing images, videos…
Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Crusade Against Covid Vaccine Anguishes Family
Blake Fleetwood, a writer who calls Mr. Kennedy “an inspiration” and has been a friend and skiing companion…
‘I’ll Stand on the Side of Russia’: Pro-Putin Sentiment Spreads Online
On a podcast on Wednesday, Stephen K. Bannon, Mr. Trump’s former adviser, also praised Mr. Putin as “anti-woke.”…
Fed Up With Google, Conspiracy Theorists Turn to DuckDuckGo
Free the Will PatriotsForwarded from Silence Dogood, MBA I just started using DuckDuckGo today, and needless to say…
Russia has been laying groundwork online for a ‘false flag’ operation, misinformation researchers say.
At the White House this week, President Biden said the United States had “reason to believe” that Russia…
Fringe Scheme to Reverse 2020 Election Splits Wisconsin G.O.P.
MADISON, Wis. — First, Wisconsin Republicans ordered an audit of the 2020 election. Then they passed a raft…
Durham Distances Himself From Furor in Right-Wing Media Over Filing
WASHINGTON — John H. Durham, the Trump-era special counsel scrutinizing the investigation into Russia’s 2016 election interference, distanced…