Fake News & Disinformation

Vienna, November 12, 2021 by Edward Steen The Kaiser Maximilian Award for a project called "Fake News The Austrian non-profit project "(#EuropagegenCovid19 / #EUmythbusters) has been awarded...

Cannes, October 22 by Mark Porter Ukrainian journalists linked to an oligarch friend of the Russian president Vladimir Putin have appealed to Europe’s top human rights...

Vienna, October 10, 2021 (updated 12/10) by Edward Steen, Secretary-General The tainted Austrian Wunderkind politician Sebastian Kurz, 35, resigned last night under massive pressure over corruption...

London, October 2021 by William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom representative The Norwegian Nobel Committee's award of the Peace Prize to Dmitry Muratov, editor of Novaya Gazeta...

Vienna, October 9, 2021 from Edward Steen, Secretary-General The world has turned upside down, as I am not the first to notice. The news jungle has...

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...