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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...

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...

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...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘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...