Ukraine Ad Hoc Media Update (21)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Poroshenko labels Russia as the “Moscow horde” at V-E Day event. Poroshenko meets with Merkel and Macron. Tensions over...
View ArticleWHY A GORY HOLOCAUST FILM IS A BLOCKBUSTER IN RUSSIA
I hope this marks a step in countering Holocaust deniers. It is remarkable that this film was sponsored by Russia. </end editorial> Sobibor has made a huge splash in Russia, but now, Poland and...
View ArticleNew Techniques From Russian Trolls To Avoid Detection Detected
This tweet from Conspirador Norteño – @conspirator0 is outstanding. ht to Molly McKew for pointing this out. Read the whole thread, please. I tried to include the most pertinent tweets in this thread....
View ArticleHow to Spot a Russian Troll
This article is about as shallow as it can get, short on details, has no examples, and is a shining example of a sales pitch for a book. This article seeks to capitalize the recent release of over...
View Article“The Nation” Attempts To Ameliorate Russian Information Warfare
I read the following article, shaking my head almost continuously. The article was trying to make a point, but after completing the article, I still couldn’t figure it out. It felt like it was...
View ArticleUSA Today: We read every one of the 3,517 Facebook ads bought by Russians....
Nick Penzenstadler, Brad Heath, Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYPublished 7:47 p.m. ET May 11, 2018 | Updated 1:07 p.m. ET May 12, 2018 The Russian company charged with orchestrating a wide-ranging effort to...
View ArticleMossad agents snuck nuclear files out of Iran with authorities ‘on their tails’
This is practically the extreme of information operations and information warfare. The physical theft of information on the most sensitive program in Iran then surfaces on an international exposé,...
View ArticleRussian company indicted by Mueller pleads not guilty to election meddling...
In a surprising twist of events, an attorney for one of the three companies indicted by Robert Mueller showed up in court and pleaded not guilty. What was initially a crowning achievement for Mueller...
View ArticleArgentina Mocks Russian Gay Propaganda Law With Raunchy World Cup Ad
A big hat tip to the Moscow Times for the following article. Somebody at the Moscow Times has both a sense of humor as well as an acceptance of gays, a rarity in public Russia, it seems. Watch the...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack Ad Hoc Update (67) + Israeli vs. Iran
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russians continue the propaganda effort over the Salisbury attack but getting no traction in Western media, while the...
View ArticleNew approach for tackling fake news and online disinformation
BY TIM SANDLE The digital transformation of news has opened up a world of new information and has allowed many areas previously ignored to gain a wider profile. However, it has also increased the rate...
View ArticleThe Kremlin is retreating: in Russia they pointed to the indicative moment...
I have a wee bit of angst running this story today, only because I cannot find the article in the Echo of Moscow. The story sent to me was published in “The Apostrophe”, The Kremlin is retreating: in...
View ArticleRussia’s “First Channel” Exposed Broadcasting Insolent Fake
[Original unedited title:] The network exposed the insolent fake of the Russian mass media about the head of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sunday, May 13, 2018, 12:04 Russian “First Channel”...
View ArticleRussia vs. the West: The Beginning of the End
By Emil Avdaliani May 13, 2018 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 832, May 13, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Russia-West confrontation has, over the course of the past several years, reached its most...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack Ad Hoc Update (68) + Israel vs. Iran
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Director General Andrew Parker of MI5, as a friend remarked, deserves a knighthood for his speech. Strong and to the point, he rightfully accuses...
View ArticleIs The Russian Troll Farm Playing Black Lives Matter DC And People’s World?
It is now 2018 but think back to 2016. We are only now seeing the evidence being published of how Russian trolls attempted to use racial divides to sow chaos and confusion inside the United States, to...
View ArticleRussian Propaganda Takes A Hit In Ukraine
Two separate incidences show Ukraine taking action against Russian propaganda inside Ukraine. Chief of RIA Novosti’s Kyiv office indicted on charges of treason – SBU | UNIAN Russia Today propaganda...
View ArticleRussian Troll Farm Hijacked American Teen Girls’ Computers for Likes
Google says the extension has been removed ‘from every user’s computer,’ but a Daily Beast examination found otherwise. KEVIN POULSEN 05.15.18 4:28 AM ET Online propaganda was phase one. Then came...
View ArticleRussia Boasts It Is Winning Info-Wars Against the West
An excellent article worth reading in depth, but, alas, it is too voluminous to copy and paste here. This is an article well worth reading. </end editorial> By Julia Davis Russia’s...
View ArticleCongressman Ro Khanna Deleting Pro-Russian Tweets
I am amazed at how Congressman Ro Khanna is mucking things up. Not once, but twice he has spewed Russian propaganda. Congressman Ro Khanna, Please Retract, Revise, And/Or Rethink Your Letter. Now the...
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