Disinformation

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Fake letter from Michael Gove part of wider Russian disinformation campaign on Ukranian refugees

Fake letter from Michael Gove part of wider Russian disinformation campaign on refugees Over the weekend of February 11th, a photograph...

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Ross Burley

Our end of year roundup

It’s been an exceptionally busy year at the Centre for Information Resilience. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has, rightly, dominated the...

Elise Thomas

Explainer: The foreign observers behind Ukraine’s sham referenda

By Elise Thomas REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko Last week, Russian forces in occupied Ukraine and their local collaborators put on a...

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Elise Thomas

Russian Disinformation in the Central African Republic

The battle for public opinion in Africa about the war in Ukraine is far from won. A combination of complex geopolitical circumstances,...

CIR

Revealed: "Real Sikh" influence network pushing Indian nationalism

A coordinated influence operation on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram is using fake personas acting as influencers within the Sikh...

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Ross Burley

Time for footballers to stand up to vaccine disinformation

Countering disinformation really does require an all of society approach. It’s not merely the responsibility of journalists, politicians...

Ross Burley

Revealed: coordinated attempt to push pro-China, anti-Western narratives on social media

The Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) today revealed a network of social media accounts that distort international perceptions on...

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How India is confronting disinformation on social media around the elections

CIR's Director of Investigations, Benjamin Strick, talked to NPR about how hashtags can be hijacked and manipulated with bias narratives...

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Launch of the Africa Resilience Network

The Centre for Information Resilience is delighted to be supporting the Institute for War & Peace Reporting to launch a unique programme...

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