The methods, mediums and messengers pushing propaganda, misinformation and disinformation have changed dramatically since 2016. Research examining the problem...

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How embedding selected tweets in coverage in the lead-up to the 2020 election allowed RT and Sputnik News to...

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The inevitable consequence of revealing the Internet and social media’s power has been a breaking apart of the World...

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The 2020 election provided five key insights and takeaways regarding election interference challenges on the methods, mediums, and actors...

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Russia, China, and Iran and their corresponding state-backed media outlets are all known to push state-driven narratives critical of...

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Russia, Iran and China all covered the start of the Biden administration in varying tones. These countries' state media's...

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In the wake of the riots and violent storming of the U.S. capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6,...

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On RT and Sputnik News in 2020, many articles focused on Big Tech companies and criticisms of efforts to...

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As China increases control over its own information space at home and seeks to further cement its influence abroad,...

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Ultimately, disinformation narratives are like Mad Libs–conspiratorial templates where the bogus claims stay the same but the characters and...

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Russian media outlets favored sensationalized reporting on the alleged scandals surrounding Hunter Biden throughout 2020 and the responses by...

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Election Day has come and gone, but Americans still face a barrage of mis- and disinformation aimed at discrediting...

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With Election Day tomorrow, coverage of mail-in voting from state-backed outlets has only increased, aiming to denigrate trust in...

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The lead-up to Election Day in 2020 has had many twists and turns. Throughout the past year, however, we’ve...

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Four years ago, Russian state-sponsored disinformation operations weaponized “Big Tech” platforms as tools to attempt to manipulate the outcome...

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Preferences for one candidate or the other in 2020 have been critical to understanding any foreign interference efforts in...

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Coverage of the protests across the U.S. in RT and Sputnik indicate an attempt by Kremlin media to amplify...

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Ultimately, the information war between the Kremlin in America will be determined by which country's information consumers trust more—the...

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The first U.S. 2020 presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden was filled with...

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Sputnik News’s “Viral” vertical focuses on social media reaction and discussion. Drawing eyeballs to eye-catching content, the “Viral” section...

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China may be a larger influence concern for the U.S. in 2021 and in the longer term, but Russia’s...

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Amid the 2020 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, Russian state-sponsored news outlets RT and Sputnik News published a number...

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With Election Day just roughly three months out, the 2020 race has seen renewed attention in RT, Sputnik News,...

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In the past decade, Twitter has transformed from simply a social media platform to a key access point for...

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Foreign state-sponsored media outlets published a number of stories mentioning Senator Kamala Harris in light of former Vice President...

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FIE 2020 examines the presence and engagement with foreign state-sponsored media outlets’ content on Reddit....

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As election season heats up this summer and into the fall, the peddlers of disinformation—foreign and domestic—have never had...

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Russian state-sponsored media outlets RT and Sputnik News have ramped up their criticisms of American tech and social media...

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Foreign influence: What America should worry about this year and next...

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FIE 2020 examines Russian state-sponsored media’s narratives about mail-in voting in the 2020 election....

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While China’s state-sponsored media outlet the Global Times appears to have little interest in supporting one candidate versus another...

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FIE 2020 examines the various contexts in which Russian denialism has permeated Kremlin state-sponsored media coverage....

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FIE 2020 discusses anti-democracy and anti-capitalism narratives employed by foreign state-sponsored media in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic....

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What does Iran’s PressTV say about 2020 election integrity? FIE 2020 explores how Iran’s narratives on this topic converge...

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FIE 2020 examines themes and narratives in Kremlin broadcasting—radio and television—and how they discuss the 2020 election on air....

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FIE 2020 examines narratives and themes in state-sponsored media coverage of the protests in the U.S. following the death...

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FIE 2020 examines Russian state-sponsored media's calamitous messaging and discusses how COVID-19 has provided a ripe opportunity for greater...

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FIE outlines coverage from RT and Sputnik News that questions the integrity of U.S. elections in 2020....

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Which Chinese, Iranian and Russian state-sponsored news stories and narratives spread the most across social media? FIE 2020 discusses...

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FIE 2020 examines how state-sponsored outlets criticize American “myths” in coverage and attempt to denigrate the U.S. via COVID-19...

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FIE 2020 examines and discusses social media presence of Chinese, Iranian and Russian state-sponsored news outlets....

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FIE 2020 discusses narratives about global leadership and global order pushed by Russian, Iranian and Chinese media amid the...

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FIE 2020’s third update on Russia’s media mentions of the 2020 candidates and the 2020 election....

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An examination of Russian, Iranian and Chinese state-sponsored coverage of the U.S.-China trade war, an illustrative example of narrative...

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FIE 2020 takes a look at how The Global Times’s coverage on the trade war has changed amid the...

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FIE 2020 examines PressTV's media mentions of the 2020 candidates in February and March 2020....

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FIE 2020 examines Chinese state media outlet The Global Times and its coverage of the 2020 U.S. presidential election...

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Kremlin narratives about former Vice President Joe Biden offer an illustrative example of Russian state-sponsored media's dual approaches to...

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FIE 2020 examines the battle for the narrative between the U.S. and China amid the COVID-19 outbreak....

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In February and early March, while Iran and Russia pushed out conspiracies about the virus, Chinese state-sponsored media outlets...

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FIE 2020 discusses Chinese state-sponsored media's coverage of President Trump amid the coronavirus outbreak....

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As the coronavirus has spread throughout the world, so too has the disinformation and misinformation surrounding the epidemic. FIE...

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The global COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak portended a coming tsunami of coronavirus conspiracy theories from all corners of the earth....

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FIE 2020's second update on Russia's media mentions of the 2020 candidates. ...

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Does Russia want Trump or Sanders to win the U.S. presidency? FIE 2020's Clint Watts gives an overview of...

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FIE 2020 examines how Russian state media discusses the women running in 2020....

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This FIE 2020 article examines how the Russian media covered President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria...

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This article examines how disinformation trends in the U.K. relate to U.S. efforts to combat disinformation ahead of the...

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FIE 2020 discusses mentions, themes and narratives throughout state-sponsored Russian and Iranian coverage of former Secretary of State Hillary...

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FIE 2020 covers Iran's PressTV and its coverage of former National Security Advisor John Bolton....

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FIE 2020 examines media coverage by RT and Sputnik News of the 2020 Iowa caucuses....

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In this analysis, FIE 2020 examines the similarities in Russian and Iranian state-sponsored content, including the motivations behind such...

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The FIE 2020 Project examines Iranian state-sponsored media mentions of the 2020 presidential candidates and the narratives that surround...

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FIE 2020 examines Kremlin-sponsored outlets' takes on the assertions of Russian meddling in the 2016 election....

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FIE 2020 discusses Sputnik News's approaches to impeachment coverage....

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To date, the team has analyzed 2,572 stories and 4,591 mentions published by RT and Sputnik. Here are some...

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Russia’s strategic calculus for hacking Election 2020 involves several factors. FPRI's Foreign Influence Election 2020 Project discusses the considerations...

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Last week, FPRI’s Foreign Influence Election 2020 (FIE 2020) Project published its first analysis of Russia’s media mentions of...

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The 1,203 mentions of Democratic candidates quickly illustrated the Kremlin’s preferences amongst the Democratic field and, in particular, who...

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The project seeks to protect the 2020 U.S. presidential election from foreign interference by filling gaps in data, knowledge...

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