Twitter bars ads from Russia’s RT and Sputnik over misinformation, draws threat of retaliation

October 26, 2017, 3:23 pm

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AFP-JIJI OCT 27, 2017 WASHINGTON – Twitter announced Thursday it was banning advertisements from Russia-based media outlets RT and Sputnik, in response to U.S. intelligence findings that they sought to spread misinformation during the 2016 presidential election. The response comes amid increased pressure on Twitter and other internet firms to police their platforms, after a series… Continue reading Twitter bars ads from Russia’s RT and Sputnik over misinformation, draws threat of retaliation

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After long delay State Department advances Russia sanctions

October 26, 2017, 3:27 pm

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By Nicole Gaouette, Ted Barrett and Laura Koran, CNN Updated 5:44 PM ET, Thu October 26, 2017 Washington (CNN)The State Department, facing bipartisan scrutiny from Congress, issued long overdue guidance on which Russian individuals and entities will be subject to sanctions under recently passed legislation — 25 days after it was due. The notice, required by the law, was due Oct.… Continue reading After long delay State Department advances Russia sanctions

NATO Challenges Russia on Scope of War Games

October 26, 2017, 3:31 pm

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Russia’s response? Deny, deny, deny. Prove it. </end editorial> October 26, 2017 5:22 PM Smita Nordwall NATO has accused Russia of misleading the Western military alliance about the military exercises it held last month with Belarus. “There is a discrepancy between what Russia briefed before the exercise … and the actual numbers and the scale… Continue reading NATO Challenges Russia on Scope of War Games

A Russian troll farm made a fake Hillary Clinton sex tape

October 27, 2017, 10:41 am

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by Maggie Serota / October 27, 2017 An interview with a propagandist working for one of the various Russian “troll factories” generating fake news designed to influence the 2016 election recently ran on an independent Russian TV channel and was picked up by The Daily Beast. Alan Baskaev told TV Rain that he spent six months working the graveyard shift at a… Continue reading A Russian troll farm made a fake Hillary Clinton sex tape

Former Russian Troll Describes Night Shift as ‘Bacchanalia’

October 27, 2017, 11:10 am

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Oct 27, 2017 — 17:48 The first employee of Russia’s infamous troll factory to reveal his identity has emerged to describe how the agency riled social media in the U.S. in the lead up to last year’s presidential elections. The St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency is thought to have launched a massive social media campaign to stoke… Continue reading Former Russian Troll Describes Night Shift as ‘Bacchanalia’

Strategic Communications and Public Diplomacy “Seen on the Web” (#88) October 27, 2017

October 27, 2017, 11:46 am

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  TABLE OF CONTENTS   In the News ON CAPITOL HILL MORE HEADLINES                   [Election 2016 Controversies]   Instruments of Informational Power PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BROADCASTING INFORMATION OPERATIONS PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS   Professional Topics SOCIAL MEDIA CYBER PROPAGANDA DISINFORMATION, FAKE NEWS ELECTIONS MULTI-DOMAIN BATTLE INFORMATION WARFARE NARRATIVE HISTORY NARRATIVES RADICALIZATION DERADICALIZATION ANTI-SEMITISM LESSONS FROM THE PAST MEDIA… Continue reading Strategic Communications and Public Diplomacy “Seen on the Web” (#88) October 27, 2017

Baghdad Ten Years Ago – 28 Oct 07

October 28, 2017, 7:30 am

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WEEK 50: Disseminating backpacks to children should be easy. Barbie Doll Backpacks I glared at the photo of school girls receiving backpacks in somewhat disbelief.  The storyboard was more “Good News” stories to make us feel good about doing something for the children.  I admit that seeing the children get excited about a gift is a nice… Continue reading Baghdad Ten Years Ago – 28 Oct 07

Twitter bans ads from RT and Sputnik over election interference

October 28, 2017, 1:14 pm

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Notice Russia is playing the victim card again. </end editorial> Dominic Rushe and agencies @dominicru Thursday 26 October 2017 11.12 EDT Company announced decision following US intelligence community’s conclusion that Russian media outlets sought to interfere with the US election Twitter has announced that it will stop taking advertising from all accounts owned by RT and Sputnik, effective immediately… Continue reading Twitter bans ads from RT and Sputnik over election interference

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Anti-Kremlin newspapers seek to arm their reporters against attacks

October 29, 2017, 10:26 am

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One part of Russian Information Warfare that is not written about enough is how Russia controls the Russian press.  Let’s use Crimea as an example.  Strictly control opposition press, restrict their access to any embattled areas.  Undermine, belittle, and attack opposition sources and stories. Flood the news with stories enhancing the Russian side of the story and negating… Continue reading Anti-Kremlin newspapers seek to arm their reporters against attacks

Russia blocked Ukrainian activists from Facebook during the annexation of Crimea.

October 29, 2017, 10:51 am

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Projection of highly tailored information by Russia is accompanied by Information Isolation.   </end editorial> During the annexation of the Crimea in 2014, Russia implemented a mass blockade of Ukrainian activists on Facebook using ‘troll factories’ and security agencies in order to gain advantage for its propaganda, silence the Crimeans posting reports about the invasion, and drown… Continue reading Russia blocked Ukrainian activists from Facebook during the annexation of Crimea.

‘Russian Journalists Must be Armed and Very Dangerous’

October 29, 2017, 10:55 am

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“Since Vladimir Putin came to power, 143 journalists in Russia have been killed, and many more like Tatyana Felgengauer of Ekho Moskvy last week have been brutally attacked.” </end editorial> Saturday, October 28, 2017 Paul Goble October 28 – Since Vladimir Putin came to power, 143 journalists in Russia have been killed, and many more… Continue reading ‘Russian Journalists Must be Armed and Very Dangerous’

Do Russian-Backed Bots Qualify for Free Speech?

October 29, 2017, 10:59 am

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Hundreds of accounts created to sway an American campaign may not be people, but they were created by people. So, under the law, are bots speech? MERRITT BAER 10.29.17 12:00 AM ET It has become increasingly clear that Russia used an expensive and protracted influence campaign during the United States’ 2016 election to stir chaos and help… Continue reading Do Russian-Backed Bots Qualify for Free Speech?

Conventional bedfellows: The Russian propaganda machine and the western far right

October 29, 2017, 11:50 am

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ANTON SHEKHOVTSOV 27 October 2017 Anton Shekhovtsov traces how pro-Kremlin forces seek to influence political processes in western democracies using local activists and politicians, and how far-right groups across Europe and the US increasingly use Russian web hosting services to spread anti-western propaganda. In early August 2008, Russian-backed separatists in the Georgian region of South… Continue reading Conventional bedfellows: The Russian propaganda machine and the western far right

The pro-Kremlin toolbox for disinformation about chemical attacks

October 29, 2017, 11:55 am

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26 October 2017 | Disinformation Review, Top Story On Thursday, the UN-OPCW Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) is about to release a report on who was responsible for a chemical attack on 4 April on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria. Predictably we saw this week how the pro-Kremlin disinformation machine prepared for the date of publication with efforts to sow… Continue reading The pro-Kremlin toolbox for disinformation about chemical attacks

Foreign Interference Has Bedeviled D.C. For Decades, With No Easy Reponse

October 29, 2017, 4:46 pm

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October 29, 20177:00 AM ET PHILIP EWING Nations waged campaigns of influence against each other for centuries before Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and nothing is likely to stop them anytime soon. Congress could mandate more “disclosure” for foreigners buying ads on U.S. social networks, but that wouldn’t stop the ads from… Continue reading Foreign Interference Has Bedeviled D.C. For Decades, With No Easy Reponse

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Putin Starts Aiming His Information Weapons Against Individuals

October 29, 2017, 5:13 pm

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Originally named ‘Putin Starts Aiming His CyberWeapons Against Individuals’, which is absolute bullshit.  </end editorial> BY NOLAN PETERSON ON 10/29/17 AT 2:20 AM This article first appeared on The Daily Signal. Kiev, Ukraine—Since 2014, Russia has used Ukraine as a testing ground for its hybrid warfare doctrine, underscoring what some security experts say is a case study… Continue reading Putin Starts Aiming His Information Weapons Against Individuals

Russia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update – 28 October 2017

October 29, 2017, 8:33 pm

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Expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> NATO to form new maritime and logistical commands to offset Russian threat. NATO vs. Russia debate continues. Focus report on bizarre non-reasoning about Russia in post-Soviet/former-Warpac nations. Russian military numbers contracting due to demographics, declining earnings, and poor treatment. Baltic pushback against Russia.  Treisman paper on the collapses… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update – 28 October 2017

Italy to Launch Disinformation Curriculum

October 31, 2017, 10:22 am

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By Coda Staff 26 Oct 2017 Ahead of its 2018 parliamentary elections, Italian secondary schools will incorporate a course on identifying and debunking fake news. The program, with the support of digital tech giants such as Facebook, will launch in 8,000 Italian high schools later this month. Supporters of the initiative hope that it will… Continue reading Italy to Launch Disinformation Curriculum

Co-opting discontent: Russian propaganda in the Bulgarian media

October 31, 2017, 10:55 am

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MILENA IAKIMOVA DIMITAR VATSOV 18 October 2017 IN English PUBLISHED 18 OCTOBER 2017 Original in Bulgarian Translation by Katerina Popova First published in Critique & Humanism, vol. 47, No. 1/2017 (Bulgarian version); Eurozine (English version) Contributed by Critique & Humanism © Dimitar Vatsov / Milena Iakimova / Critique & Humanism / Eurozine Russian propaganda co-opts western grassroots criticism… Continue reading Co-opting discontent: Russian propaganda in the Bulgarian media

Tunnel collapse may have killed 200 after North Korea nuclear test: Japanese broadcaster

October 31, 2017, 11:07 am

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North Korean tunnel collapse – Disinformation? I’m trying to verify a report supposedly originating out of TV Asahi in Japan that there was a disastrous tunnel collapse with 200 killed at the underground North Korean nuclear test site. I can’t find any corroborating evidence, it’s all seemingly circular reporting. I also can’t find the report… Continue reading Tunnel collapse may have killed 200 after North Korea nuclear test: Japanese broadcaster