Turkish authorities want to criminalize “misinformation” with a bill that is likely to send journalists to prison for three years, in a new crackdown as elections approach to the head of state. The case is moving fast: after the bill was tabled in parliament in late May by ruling AKP lawmakers, it was adopted last […]
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West wants to reveal “Kremlin misinformation manual”
By Derek Saul The United States and its European allies are seeking to unveil Russia’s “disinformation manual” to prevent any Russian narrative amid fears that Vladimir Putin is about to launch an invasion of Ukraine, experts say. President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg both warned on Thursday that Russia was trying to organize […]
Spotify: Takes action after allegations of misinformation about coronavirus
Faced with accusations that it leaves the ground open for misinformation about Covid-19 in podcasts, the Swedish streaming platform Spotify announced yesterday that it is taking action to respond to the movement led by folk-rock legend Neil Young. The CEO and founder of the platform, Daniel Ek, announced last night a series of measures, including […]
Commission: Monitoring Internet Coronavirus Misinformation for another Six Months
The European Commission announced today the extension of the coronavirus misinformation monitoring program for another six months until June 2022. “The pandemic is not over yet, so we want the platforms to step up their efforts to tackle COVID-19 misinformation, including vaccines, and in all EU languages,” said the vice-president of the Commission. Transparency, Vera […]
Lukashenka said that Switzerland had reported the “bomb” on the plane. In Bern they say it’s a lie
Switzerland does not know about any “mining” on board the Ryanair plane forcibly landed in Minsk, and did not warn the Belarusian authorities about such a threat. This was reported by the press service of the Swiss Foreign Ministry. The dictator of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, speaking at the parliament of the country today, said […]
The European Union published a rating of the most ridiculous failures of the Kremlin propaganda-2020
The EUvsDisinfo website, created by the European Union to combat Russian propaganda, has published a ranking of the most awkward failures of pro-Kremlin sources of information in 2020. Polite poisoner The Navalny case is “a big embarrassment for the Russian state,” the newspaper writes. Speech, in particular, about the call of the oppositionist to […]