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The design of the trolls in the adverts is meant to at once signal their dangerous nature and the absurdity of tools employed by the disinformation actors. Photo: Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji

Polish gov’t launches public awareness campaign against disinformation featuring online trolls

Poland’s Digital Affairs Ministry has launched an information campaign on television and the internet to help the public identify attempts at online manipulation.

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Polish PM Tusk warns of fake news over floods

Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, issued an appeal in parliament on Wednesday for politicians and the media not to perpetuate fake news stories about recent flooding.

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Russian reporting on the Ukrainian Kursk offensive fake galore

Russian media has falsely claimed success in halting a Ukrainian military offensive in the Kursk region, a Polish state-sponsored website combating fake news online reports.

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Polish anti-doping agency says leaked files linking athletes to banned drugs are fake

Poland’s anti-doping agency has said that documents leaked by hackers linking top Polish athletes to banned substances are fake news.

Protester points finger at police officers in riot gear at the 'Enough is Enough' far-right protest in Whitehall, London, on Wednesday July 31, 2024. Photo by: Jordan Pettitt via PAP

Former MI6 head says West is in “gray warfare” with Russia

Russia’s disinformation campaign about the recent stabbings in northern England, which sparked riots across the country, is part of Vladimir Putin’s “gray warfare” against the West - says former MI6 chief.

Demonstrators riot in Southport, England, on Tuesday. Photo: X/@corbyn_project

Russian fake news provoked Southport riots claims U.K. daily

Violent scenes that erupted across England in the wake of a fatal knife attack on children in northern England were fueled by disinformation propagated by a website linked to Russia, the U.K.’s Daily Mail has reported.

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Hot single Russian and Chinese bots in your social media feed? It’s more likely than you think!

Autocratic regimes are making extensive use of fake social media accounts to spread disinformation, ever more frequently employing the power of AI, and often masquerading as women, Associated Press reports.

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Poland and U.S. launch joint project targetting Russian disinformation

A joint Polish-U.S. project aimed at combating Russian propaganda and disinformation against Ukraine has been launched in Warsaw.

U.S. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller. Photo: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

Russia manufactures deepfake vid of U.S. State Dep’s spox advocating for striking Belgorod city

A 49-second-long video purportedly showing the U.S. State Department’s spokesperson commenting on Washington’s weapons aid to Ukraine made rounds around the Internet on Friday, the New York Times reported.

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Polish Facebook users among those targeted by Russian disinformation campaign, researchers say

Italy and Poland have become the targets of a Russian disinformation campaign, with pro-Russian adverts increasingly appearing on Facebook in the lead-up to the European elections.

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. Photo: Didier Lebrun / Photonews via Getty Images

Navalny’s widow becomes target of Kremlin’s disinformation campaign: media

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has become a target of a Russian disinformation campaign conducted on social media. The vociferousness of the attacks increased following her declaring that she intends to carry on her dead husband's political activities, Euronews reported citing the AFP news agency.