Disinformation Archive

Disinformation

Manipulation Techniques

Personal Attacks as a Disinformation Tool

In the sphere of disinformation, personal attacks emerge as a powerful and insidious tool. These orchestrated attacks strategically target crucial elements of democracy, including election processes, climate change discussions, and

01/12/2023 No Comments

Manipulation Techniques

The Narrative

A narrative is an overarching message, communicated through text, images, metaphors and other means. For example, repeatedly portraying individual politicians as crooks will eventually establish a narrative that politicians, in

16/11/2023 No Comments

Fact Checking Tips

Your 12 Criteria to Assess the Reliability of an Information Source

The internet is full of unreliable news sources, be it used to spread fake news or not, it is crucial to always check the reliability of your news source. Here

14/01/2023 No Comments

Fact Checking Tips

6 Key Questions to Find Out if Your Belief is True

Our beliefs impact our actions and decisions, however, we don’t always think to ask ourselves why we believe it is true! Most often, we simply believe what others around us

14/10/2022 No Comments

Manipulation Techniques

Creating a Fake Ad Campaign to Support a False News

This image of the fake poster was shared widely on various social media profiles, including Russian accounts. Earlier this month, the Russian TV channel RT had also spread the false news that

15/09/2022 No Comments

Manipulation Techniques

The Metaverse

The power of the metaverse and the benefits of the virtual worlds are undeniable, yet the damage they could cause, if left to develop unchecked, is extremely worrying. The urgent

02/09/2022 No Comments

Manipulation Techniques

Russia’s Information Operations in Ukraine

Information Operations are a set of sophisticated actions taken to influence public opinion as an integrated part of conventional and/or cyber warfare. Last February, Ukrainian banks were the victim of

01/08/2022 No Comments

Manipulation Techniques

Bullshit Communication & Bullshit Receptivity

Bullshit is a communication that is meant to seem meaningful and impressive but, at the same time, is unclarifiably unclarifiable. Used in science, politics, and many other domains.. Let’s have a

28/07/2022 No Comments

Manipulation Techniques

Campaigning for information literacy

Campaigning for information literacy

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