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Macron to become next French president

By Timothy McWhirter on May 7, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Russian hackers reportedly target Emmanuel Macron

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French election: How the pollsters got the last laugh

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Marine Le Pen of France Meets With Vladimir Putin in Moscow

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Fake News: How Big Data And AI Can Help

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UK officials believe Russia may have interfered with Brexit?

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  • Ask the Expert: The Psychology of Fake News - CSUSM NewsCenter March 5, 2021
    Ask the Expert: The Psychology of Fake News  CSUSM NewsCenter
  • Fake News Gets More Engagement on Facebook—But Only If It's Right-Wing - WIRED March 3, 2021
    Fake News Gets More Engagement on Facebook—But Only If It's Right-Wing  WIRED

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  • Propaganda-pushing trolls from Russia, Iran have spent a decade systematically targeting Canada, study shows - Toronto Star February 18, 2021
    Propaganda-pushing trolls from Russia, Iran have spent a decade systematically targeting Canada, study shows  Toronto Star
  • The Controversy Behind Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine - The National Interest March 7, 2021
    The Controversy Behind Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine  The National Interest

Fake News Firestorm Hits French Presidential Election

By Timothy McWhirter on February 13, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Reuters reported today that, French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron is being targeted by Russian media and Internet attacks from within Russia with the goal of helping the election campaigns of his pro-Moscow […]

Kremlin trolls exposed: Russia’s information war against Ukraine

By Timothy McWhirter on February 13, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

StopFake.org reported February 11th, UKRINFORM journalist Lana Samokhvalova found something strange while browsing facebook for a schedule of commemorative events dedicated to the Euromaidan Revolution– she accidently unearthed an entire network of […]

Marine Le Pen’s Internet Army

By Timothy McWhirter on February 12, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Politico published today a detailed report on the “militants, trolls and media-savvy activists” that are giving Marine Le Pen an edge in the upcoming French election. PARIS — Not long ago, Philippe […]

How Russia is Waging an Information War with the West

By Timothy McWhirter on February 6, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Business Insider published on February 2nd a detailed investigation of how Russia is using propaganda and counterintelligence to weaken Western countries.  It describes how Russia uses misleading stories and fake news to […]

My Year as a Pro-Russia Troll Magnet

By Timothy McWhirter on February 6, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

The Finnish journalist Jessica Aro asked her readers to share their experiences with Russian trolls.  She then became the target of Russian trolls.  She explains her experience in this article and the video […]

Trump Trolls are Targeting French Election

By Timothy McWhirter on February 5, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Buzzfeed published an article on January 24th that described how United States citizens that support Trump are now using fake social media accounts to influence the upcoming French election.  The article focuses […]

U. S. Troll Entrepreneurs

By Timothy McWhirter on February 4, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

On November 23, NPR published an article titled, “We Tracked Down a Fake-News Creator In the Suburbs.  Here’s What We Learned.”  They tracked down a Fake-News Creator named Jestin Coler. Coler is […]

The Korean Information War

By Timothy McWhirter on February 4, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

North Koreans and South Koreans have a very different view of social media.  North Koreans do not see it at all.  The government blocks access.  South Koreans have smart phones, KakaoTalk and […]

The UK’s Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group

By Timothy McWhirter on February 4, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

In 2015 the UK formed a group that came to be called the Twitter Troops in the 77th Brigade.  They did not post misinformation but they received a considerable amount of attention. […]

The Ukraine I-Army

By Timothy McWhirter on February 4, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

One of the targets of the Russian Troll Factory has been Ukraine.  It is therefore understandable that Ukraine officials came to feel they need to develop a defense of their own.  In […]

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