Press Review

WHISTLING AT THE FAKE: THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF WHISTLEBLOWERS IN COUNTERING DISINFORMATION

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This is the press review of the project WHISTLING AT THE FAKE. It aims at constantly monitoring and capturing the most important information focused on misinformation, disinformation, and fake news. Extracts from relevant media provide a rapid overview with little effort on the part of the reader.

May 4, 2022
1 min

The Hill: DHS disinformation board to tackle Russia, migrant smugglers.

The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up an effort to counter disinformation coming from Russia as well as misleading...

Apr 21, 2022
1 min

The Guardian: US congressman urges Biden to ban six UK lawyers for ‘enabling’ oligarchs.

A US congressman has urged the Biden administration to ban six British lawyers from entering the US amid accusations that the lawyers...

Apr 5, 2022
1 min

SKY News: UK announces 14 new sanctions against Russian propagandists.

The UK government has issued a further 14 sanctions against Russian propagandists, state media outlets and military figures - including a...

Mar 15, 2022
1 min

BBC News: Ukraine war - Editor interrupts Russian TV news show.

A woman holding an anti-war sign ran on to the set of a Russian evening news programme on the state-controlled Channel 1 on Monday...

Mar 13, 2022
1 min

Financial Times: China’s tech platforms become propaganda tools in Putin’s war.

The Ukraine invasion is casting an unflattering light on the role of China’s private technology groups, including Tencent, Sina Weibo and...

Mar 8, 2022
1 min

The Guardian: Chinese government adviser calls for law to ban ‘fake news’.

An adviser to the Chinese government has called for new laws to ban “fabricating and disseminating fake information online”, blaming the...

Mar 4, 2022
1 min

Reuters: Russia fights back in information war with jail warning.

Russia's parliament on Friday passed a law imposing a jail term of up to 15 years for spreading intentionally "fake" news about the...

Mar 4, 2022
1 min

SKY News: [Putin affirms:] Ukrainians have been brainwashed.

Putin again claimed Russia was fighting 'Neo-Nazis', a narrative he has stuck to since he invaded Ukraine.

Mar 3, 2022
1 min

BBC: Ukraine: Watching the war on Russian TV - a whole different story.

... a snapshot of what ordinary Russians would have picked up, on Tuesday 1 March, while channel-hopping across the country's key TV...

Feb 28, 2022
1 min

The Guardian: Whistleblowers call out Channel 4 News over ‘gagging orders’.

Whistleblowers Gretchen Carlson and Zelda Perkins are among dozens of high-profile women calling on Channel 4 News to free all former...

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