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Sex, Lies and Wikipedia
Read more: Sex, Lies and WikipediaWho scrubbed the Wikipedia bio of alleged Russian spy Maria Butina? Read my latest at The Daily Beast, plus coverage of the story by The Rachel Maddow Show Via “Who Whitewashed the Wiki of Alleged Russian Spy Maria Butina?” by Lachlan Markay and Dean Sterling Jones, The Daily Beast, July 24, 2018: Anonymous Wikipedia users engaged in…
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Byline at the Beast
Read more: Byline at the BeastI just co-authored this investigative piece with The Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay Since late last year, I’ve been researching an online PR campaign seemingly intended to manipulate Google’s search results in order to obscure unflattering news articles about Donald Trump’s Russian business ties. Yesterday, the story was published in The Daily Beast. Via “Inside the Online…
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Being Alexander Malkevich
Read more: Being Alexander MalkevichWhen the head of Russia’s new disinformation campaign arrived in Washington DC this week, reporters for NBC News and Foreign Policy were there to meet him Last week, I blogged an original story about Alexander Malkevich, a Russian government policy adviser and head of USA Really, a troll factory-linked propaganda organisation in Washington DC. Shortly…
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The Propaganda Game
Read more: The Propaganda Game— Reporters at Singapore summit thought Donald Trump-produced video was North Korean propaganda At a press conference today at the Singapore summit, journalists were shown a video, filmed in the style of a movie trailer, about “the opening up of a new future” between US president Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, who had met…
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Beast from the East
Read more: Beast from the EastRound-up of news coverage re: Shooting the Messenger story about a DC-based Russian disinformation media campaign headed by a Russian government policy adviser Last week, I blogged an original story about a new Washington DC-based Russian disinformation campaign that was the culmination of over a month’s research. The story was subsequently picked up by The…
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Russian Trolls Cancel White House Flash Mob Following Media Exposés, Citing Deep State Conspiracy
Read more: Russian Trolls Cancel White House Flash Mob Following Media Exposés, Citing Deep State ConspiracyOrganisers of the event applied for the wrong permit, before accusing U.S. authorities of conspiring against them. Update, June 14, 2018: USA Really’s website has posted a new article stating that the flash mob will go ahead “in downtown Washington not far from The White House.” source Last month, I scooped the story that a…
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Scooping McClatchy
Read more: Scooping McClatchyShooting the Messenger scoop makes it to The Rachel Maddow Show via McClatchy DC For the past month I’ve been blogging about a new anti-US media campaign started by the Internet Research Agency (IRA), better known as the Russian troll factory. In April, my post about the campaign’s recruitment of “English-speaking journalists” was picked up…
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The Russian Troll Factory is Planning to Flash Mob the White House on Donald Trump’s Birthday
Read more: The Russian Troll Factory is Planning to Flash Mob the White House on Donald Trump’s BirthdayThe event will mark the launch of the factory’s new grassroots anti-US media campaign It’s been a busy few months for the Internet Research Agency (IRA), better known as the Russian troll factory. In February, the Justice Department issued an indictment to prosecute 13 IRA “kremlebots” for allegedly meddling in the 2016 US election. Since…
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Russian Law Being Used to Prevent the Disclosure of Banned Websites
Read more: Russian Law Being Used to Prevent the Disclosure of Banned WebsitesRussia’s media regulator is preventing Google from disclosing thousands of URLs that were banned under so-called “VPN law” For the past week or so, Google has been embroiled in a censorship war over Russia’s attempts to ban instant messaging service Telegram. Russia’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor banned Telegram after the company refused to hand over encryption…
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