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![Russia's hybrid warfare: state-sponsored news media narratives about the Kakhovka dam breach](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0954e_ac36c472e4af4a8f9a020491975301ae~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/e0954e_ac36c472e4af4a8f9a020491975301ae~mv2.webp)
Russia's hybrid warfare: state-sponsored news media narratives about the Kakhovka dam breach
This research was carried out by a participant of Debunk.org internship program Vincent Latjes. 1. Introduction Since February 2022 a...
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![Facebook content moderation inconsistencies in the context of war in Ukraine](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_2cd53e890dd44c0cad504819f5efde69~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/nsplsh_2cd53e890dd44c0cad504819f5efde69~mv2.webp)
Facebook content moderation inconsistencies in the context of war in Ukraine
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, social activists, opinion leaders, journalists and ordinary civic-minded people have noticed a...
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Posts related to Kaliningrad sanctions targeted by social media bots and trolls
In a matter of weeks after sanctions were imposed on the transit of goods to Kaliningrad, Facebook posts published by Lithuanian...
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'Think about that… twice': Tracking Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour on Lithuanian social media
In view of the increasingly discussed problem of Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour (CIB) and the widespread activity of bots on social...
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Supported by the Kremlin in the information war, Lukashenko started dropping hints of a nuclear one
After a major crackdown at the Belarusian border with Poland in the beginning of November, known disinformation sources were publishing...
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Lukashenko uses Kremlin’s playbook to spread disinformation about the surge of migrants
Hybrid attack organized by the Belarusian state involves not only using migrants as a means of political pressure, but also aiming...
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By spreading disinformation, Minsk shifts the blame for increased migrant flow towards the West
As Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland grapple with a dramatic influx of illegal migration on the border with Belarus, the latter has started a...
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False narratives about the surge of migrants used to portray Lithuania as a failed state
In the beginning of September, hostile media sought to deflect the attention by comparing living conditions of the migrants in Lithuania...
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‘Should we let them catch us?’ - Facebook as a communication channel for illegal migrants
Increased flow of illegal migrants on the Lithuanian border with Belarus has brought on multiple challenges – one of them being the...
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