Russian pro-Kremlin media have launched an intense disinformation campaign in western countries to undermine public trust in healthcare systems.
The EU has found 80 cases of COVID-19-related disinfo since Jan 22
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STRATCOMCOE
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STRATCOMCOE
@STRATCOMCOE
NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
- We bought 3,500 comments, 25,000 likes, 20,000 views and 5,000 followers from 11 Russian and five European companies -- all fake engagements. Social media platforms barely responded. Read about it in @Forbes bit.ly/2tF675n
- As the world is celebrating #InternationalWomensDay, we are standing with women across the globe affected by armed conflicts and acknowledge their contribution in fostering peace and taking care of those in need. 🌻
- We did an experiment: turns out one can buy 54,000 inauthentic social media interactions- with little resistance. Find out how each platform responded: stratcomcoe.org/how-social-med…Facebook, Twitter and Google are still failing to tackle manipulation on their platforms, a NATO-linked report has found buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
- Today, @STRATCOMCOE was honored to welcome H. E. Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis (@kmitsotakis), Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic 🇬🇷 to discuss strengthening cooperation in strategic communications. @PrimeministerGR
- "Russia is directing coronavirus-related disinformation at Eastern European audiences in a bid to drive anti-NATO sentiment among virus-spooked populations" --> Including thru hacking a legitimate news site to post a false story @DefenseOne @DefTechPat
- "We (Finland) Know the threat very well. It's something you get from 'mothers milk' " - 🇫🇮Major general Pekka Toveri #RigaStratComDialogue #Russia #Defence #Internationalsecurity #WeAreNATO
- Russian-language bots create roughly 70% of all Russian messages about #NATO in the Baltic States and Poland. Our #Robotrolling study reveals emerging trends bit.ly/2mPIIKu
- Don't get tricked by #disinfo, think SHEEP before you share. Read more from @firstdraftnews: bit.ly/2PD8M6K
- Ms @TsybulskaLiubov : "There are 45 million of us, and every single one has lost someone in the war". #RigaStratComDialogue #Ukraine #HelpUkraine #WARINUKRAINE
- "Putin needs to weaken NATO, the EU and especially the USA. His means to do this is by cyberwarfare...sowing discord through social media and direct election intervention to try and weaken these countries and...annex the ones Russia lost..." Read more: forbes.com/sites/timbajar…
- "The Northwestern European Countries have the highest potential for resilience to the impact of fake news", by the Open Society Institute, Sofia bit.ly/2IvnsA1
