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A network of Russia-based websites posing as U.S. newspapers are behind a campaign of AI-assisted fake news stories aimed at the upcoming American presidential election, the BBC reported on July 3. One recent high-profile example was a fake story claiming that Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska had purchased a $4.8 million Bugatti luxury car with U.S. taxpayer money. The story was filled with errors and used an apparently AI-generated video of an alleged Bugatti salesman who purportedly confirmed that Zelenska had bought the vehicle. While the story was quickly debunked by the BBC and others,...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Leading AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Meta AI, are generating and disseminating Russian disinformation narratives, according to the findings of a NewsGuard study published by Axios on June 18. NewsGuard is a digital transparency company that aims to counter misinformation in online media. For this study, analysts entered prompts related to known Russian disinformation campaigns to test the responses of 10 popular chatbots. The study found that chatbots responded with Russian propaganda 32% of the time, citing fake news sites as if they were credible sources. "What's really...
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Russian bots affiliated with a Kremlin disinformation network published 120,000 fake anti-Ukraine quotes falsely attributed to celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, in one day, the independent Russian media outlet Agentsvo reported June 15. Quotes appeared over celebrity photos, displaying messages calling to end aid to Ukraine and describing European collapse. The images were published between June 14-15 by the Kremlin disinformation network Dvoynyk, a representative of the Bot Blocker project told Agentsvo. The fake quotes have since garnered over 500,000 views. The...
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A Russian intelligence operative already identified as heading a Kremlin disinformation campaign in Africa has also been courting European journalists to spread Moscow's false narratives across the continent, Bloomberg reported on June 11. According to documents and comments from government officials obtained by the news outlet, Artem , identified as a Russian operative, has covered travel costs for some journalists to visit Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine. Bloomberg also says he appears to have on occasion paid for planted news articles. Russian disinformation operations are nothing new in ...
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Several Ukrainian human rights groups have submitted a report to the International Criminal Court (ICC) detailing alleged hate crimes perpetrated by Russian propagandists against Ukrainians. The report, prepared by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), the Kharkiv Human Rights Group, and an undisclosed Russian NGO, focuses on hate speech violations under Article 7 of the Rome Statute. Volodymyr Yavorsky, program director at the Center for Civil Liberties, said it was "important for the ICC to show that this is a crime." "Because now it is p...
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The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), and the Kharkiv Human Rights Group have jointly submitted a report to the International Criminal Court (ICC) detailing hate crimes perpetrated by Russian propagandists against Ukrainians. Five prominent Russian propagandists and Alexei Gromov, the First Deputy Chief of Staff of Russia’s Presidential Administration, are implicated by the human rights groups. The report, prepared by Ukrainian NGOs and an undisclosed Russian NGO, focuses on hate speech violations under Article 7 of the Rome Statute. The su...
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Leaked documents from the Russian Fund for Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroad (Pravfond) show that the purported legal foundation is actually a Kremlin-linked disinformation outlet, the Guardian and other media outlets reported on June 2. Pravfond describes its goal as providing "Russian compatriots with comprehensive legal and other necessary support in cases of violation of their rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests." The foundation was created in 2012 with the support of Russia's Foreign Ministry. According to the leaked documents, Pravfond helped pay le...
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A Russian propaganda operation was meant to present pro-Kremlin oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk to the international public as a potential replacement for President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Washington Post (WP) reported on June 3, citing undisclosed officials and documents. The outlet linked the campaign to the Voice of Europe website, identified by European authorities as a tool of Russian propaganda and influence in the EU, and to The Other Ukraine project, a Russia-based disinformation platform that was meant to present itself as a "Ukrainian government in exile." Medvedchuk, who was long thought...
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EU ambassadors have agreed on an EU-wide ban on four key Russian propaganda outlets, said Rikard Jozwiak, the Europe Editor for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), on May 15. The move would reportedly impact Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Voice of Europe, RIA Novosti, and Izvestiya, Jozwiak said. Czechia's government announced in March that it uncovered a Moscow-financed propaganda network linked to Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, which used Voice of Europe to spread disinformation. Rossiyskaya Gazeta and RIA Novosti are both Russian state-owned outlets, and Izvestiya is state-controlled. The...
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The often-repeated narrative that "Ukraine rejected a peace deal offered by Russia in the spring of 2022" is "one of the favorite lies promoted by Russia," said Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in a video address posted on X on May 14. The failed peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, which were held in Istanbul shortly after the beginning of the full-scale war, have been a regular feature of disinformation campaigns spread by Russia and its allies. One popular theory, which is unsupported by accounts of the talks at the time, is that former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson sabotaged th...
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