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Author: Dionis Cenuşa The regularity of the peaceful protests engages the Belarusian population in a synergy of democratizing the "social contract" with the state. The aggressive pressures continuously applied by the authorities -…

Author: Dionis Cenușa The concept of "revolution" is missing from the vocabulary of political and civic forces, involved in post-election protests in Belarus. Abstaining from the term "revolution" denotes, on one hand, the caution of…

High hills, steep falls, sharp turns – entering the world of pro-Kremlin disinformation sometimes makes one feel like everything is on its head, definitely not where it’s supposed to be. Let’s embark on a journey through 2019, where we…

Silverman is the media editor of BuzzFeed News and a dis- and misinformation expert. He started digging into the topic in 2014 while researching the spread of misinformation on social media and news, for a project at the Tow Center for…

Many Ukrainian commentators have focused on Transdniestria as an example of the way in which Moscow uses a frozen conflict to influence a former Soviet republic, but they might learn more from considering the case of Gagauzia, an…

The industry of social media manipulation is available, cheap and efficient, while the largest social media platforms are failing to tackle coordinated inauthentic behavior online. These are the troubling findings of the latest study …

Authors: Danil Maluha și Serghei Climovici How does Facebook spread certain information in your name? Why do your friends think you liked a site with a bad reputation? People who have created entertainment groups make money from…

We can have all the checks and balances in the world but it is the right mindset which is crucial to not get tricked. Disinformation is like a virus and social media platforms ensure all their users are cramped together, living on…

Supplying an alternative explanation of facts alone will not change the minds of those people, who already bought the disinformation. In some cases, the efforts to put the story straight only serve to further entrench erroneous convictions.…