disinformation

The movies are schematic, the scripts are weak, and the actors’ acting is even worse.

On April 21, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry received a fake electronic message supposedly from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Someone apparently tried to mislead the military officials by falsely informing them of a decision to withdraw NATO forces from the country.

This week, a number of influential media outlets, including Reuters and FT, have reported that Kremlin mouthpieces and Russia-linked social media profiles started a ‘significant disinformation campaign’ to aggravate the situation amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Kremlin mouthpieces and Russia-linked social media profiles  have started a ‘significant disinformation campaign’ to aggravate the situation amid the coronavirus outbreak, foment distrust and spread panic in the West, a EU document dated by March, 16 reads.

Thousands of Russia-linked social media profiles are spreading disinformation about COVID-19, AFP reports with reference to Philip Reeker, the acting Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, and other representatives of the US Department of State.