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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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