Fake News & Disinformation

Kiev, October 4, 2021 by Ivan Verstyuk Relations between Russia and Ukraine have never been easy. Since independence, Ukraine and its territory have been the focus...

Vienna, October 7, 2021 (updated 20/10/21 by Edward Steen Secretary-General Mark Zuckerberg is facing a Waterloo of his own making - the testimony on Capitol Hill...

Vienna, October 3, 2021 (updated 05/10/2012) by ES, Secretary-General The biggest data leak in history - 11.9m files from companies hired by wealthy clients to create...

Vienna, September 26, 2021 by Edward Steen, Secretary-General Trolling is about political manipulation. Troll-farms in North Macedonia and elsewhere serve, or served, both Trump and Vladimir...

It's not everyday that a Facebook network pushing disinformation involves a Spanish-language telenovela. Βυ Jordan Liles * Image via Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images A network of Bulgarian Facebook pages with hints...

London, August 20, 2021 by William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative Afghan journalists and other media workers are among those in greatest danger of violent reprisals...

(es) Vienna, July 29, 2021 It is no longer politically correct to use the word "gullible", and there are no doubt some who believe it's...

Budapest/ Vienna. Updated August 11, 2021 by Edward Steen, AEJ sec-gen Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has become the first European leader to be challenged to...

(es) London/ Vienna July 26, 2021 The FT's first woman editor gave this remarkable  interview with Der Spiegel prior to discovering she had been one of...

(ES) Vienna. July 22, 2021 The Pegasus state-hacking scandal, which has sent shockwaves across the world, was broken by a consortium of 17 different...