Category: Fighting disinformation
They’re Beautiful, Anti-European… and They Don’t Exist. They’ve also Vanished from the Internet
They are beautiful, eloquent—and entirely fictional. Videos promoting Poland’s exit from the European Union (“Polexit”) recently surfaced online, fe [...]
Moscow Komsomolets Sees Poland as a Periphery of Its Empire
Poland’s concern for its own security is met with mockery in many Russian media outlets, which claim that the perceived threat from Russia is imagina [...]
Fake Newsweek, Real Manipulation
Think you are reading a news article written by professional journalists at the renowned Newsweek? Think again. What you are seeing may be content fa [...]
Child’s Death Exploited to Fuel Anti Ukrainian Propaganda
The tragic events in Jelenia Góra have been exploited to spread disinformation. Following the murder of an 11-year-old girl, false claims began circu [...]
Russian Disinformation: A Real Challenge to European Security
A conference held at Olsztyn Castle, titled “Truth, War, and Information: Russian Disinformation as a Challenge to European Security,” brought togeth [...]
How Did Russian Propaganda Embellish the Words of a Polish General?
The words of a Polish general were taken out of context, spiced with fear, and drenched in propaganda. In this way, the Kremlin created a fable in whi [...]
Will the Shield Protect Us?
The European Democracy Shield is a suite of tools designed to counter Russian and Belarusian disinformation. But what instruments do we actually have [...]
Lies in the Heart of Warsaw: Claims of Polish Collaboration with Hitler
Two kilometres. That is all that separates the Polish Parliament from a place where it is claimed that the Second Polish Republic collaborated with H [...]
Russia Manipulates Artificial Intelligence: A New Front in the Kremlin’s Information War
The Kremlin is no longer content with flooding the internet with fake news. Russia’s disinformation factories have begun to “teach” artificial intell [...]
RUSI Expert: Kremlin Deliberately Fuels Polish-Ukrainian Historical Disputes
Exposing and amplifying of the tragic chapters in Polish-Ukrainian history plays a key role in Russia’s disinformation campaign. The goal is not to [...]