In 2023, Japan started releasing treated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (1). The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that the discharge of the treated water would have a negligible radiological impact on people and the environment (2). Despite this, China took issue with the wastewater release, resulting in...
Fool Me Once: Russian Influence Operation Doppelganger Continues on X and Facebook
A Counter Disinformation Network Report(PDF) EditorsLea Frühwirth, CeMAS (Center for Monitoring, Analysis & Strategy)Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe Authors Charles Terroille, Science FeedbackMax Lesser, FDD (Foundation for Defense of Democracies)Ivana Stradner, FDD (Foundation for Defense of Democracies)Claudia de Sessa, Alliance4EuropeLorenzo...
Anti-Ukraine Political ads targeting France
Authors: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. William Early, Alliance4Europe. This Flash report was made possible through a collaboration facilitated by the EU Elections Network. What is the EU Elections Network? The EU Elections Network is an initiative to create a collaboration between European organisations and independent researchers to monitor...
Fake doves of peace in the European Parliament?
Voters' decision-making processes are dependent on emotions. One of the techniques in Russia’s Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) efforts is to influence the emotional state of the voters. One of the techniques used is intimidation, which in recent months has been prominent in Russia's FIMI activities. The Kremlin's...
Collaborative Defense: Tackling Disinformation against the EU Elections
What is the Counter Disinformation Network? The Counter Disinformation Network started as an initiative to create a collaboration between European organisations and independent researchers to monitor attacks against the EU elections. Participants range from civil society organisations, universities, think tanks, journalists, independent...
Salvini and Lega’s electoral campaign uses non-watermarked AI images
Author: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe, Claudia De Sessa, Alliance4Europe (Updated - 19/07/2024) This Flash report was made possible through a collaboration facilitated by the Counter Disinformation Network. Case Between 22 May and 9 June 2024, Matteo Salvini (MEP candidate, head of the Italian “Lega” party and Italian Minister for Transport and...
Sanctioned Russian Media Entities and Individuals Accessible on TikTok
Authors: Rikard Friberg von Sydow, Södertörn University Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. Contributor: Science Feedback This Flash report was made possible through a collaboration facilitated by the EU Election Network. Case As a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine which started in 2014 and reached full-scale in 2022,...
EU Elections Network
Alliance4Europe (A4E) has together with 29 partner organisations set up an EU Election Network to protect the June European Parliament (EP) elections from domestic and foreign disinformation threats and to work in collaboration with like-minded initiatives. The Network is working on coordinating common responses and recommendations and promoting...
Benin-based FB Page Attacking Macron & Ukraine
29/05/2024 Authors: Kristina Gildejeva, Independent, Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. This Flash report was made possible through a collaboration facilitated by the EU Elections Network. Note: this report contains un-archived links. We have found no reliable way to archive Facebook links. Case The Facebook page Patriotes de France is running ads...
Read Twice showed us how to be more aware of our digital consumption
PRESS RELEASE 20 March 2024, Sofia Five countries, five partners, 30 curious and knowledge-seeking young content creators, hundreds of participants who were part of the EU-funded Read Twice (R2) project, led by Euro Advance Association, whose mission was to raise the level of digital media literacy among youth in Europe, with focus on Bulgaria,...