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A view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo, Japan
Social media
TikTok can be a ‘dangerous tool for hatemongers,’ Kenyan govt warns ahead of elections
Volunteers assemble signs before a rally for Democratic US Senate candidate Jon Ossoff and former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro in Lilburn, Georgia, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. 
Every 30 Seconds
Latino communities targeted by disinformation ahead of Georgia’s Senate runoffs
Blue background with Facebook and Twitter logo and two blue boxes with "election" and "vote" written on it in white letters
Critical State
Disinformation Wars: Part II
A supporter of President Donald Trump holds a Trump 2020 flag with sun shining through it outside the US Capitol building as they attend pro-Trump marches
Critical State
Disinformation wars: Part I
Politics with Amy Walter: The Role of Political Disinformation in the Race for the White House
Full Episode
S3 E6 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – Inner Decay
Full Episode
Mark Zuckerberg stands in front of a blue backdrop and speaks on climate misinformation using his hands
Climate Change
Major environmental groups join Facebook ad boycott to protest climate misinformation
Russian state-owned television station RT logo is seen through a window with caution tape in front of a building
Media
Baltic ban on Kremlin-tied RT step toward dismantling ‘machinery of disinformation,’ says media expert
a man with a cellphone and a face mask walks in front of a sign in Vietnamese discouraging the spread of misinformation.
COVID-19
How do you stop the spread of misinformation?
A midshot of President Vladimir Putin
Internet
Russia is trying to spread a viral disinformation campaign
People look at a visualization on a wall
Elections
Don’t let your vote get stolen — 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020
Facebook
Social media
‘Straight-up debunking’: How a fact-checker vets fake news
Image of young Vladimir Putin with Russian text
Global Politics
Learn how to be a spy from previously unpublished KGB training manuals
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, delivers a speech as 4 men and one woman sit in chairs on the stage
Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations’ way
A red map of China seen through a magnifying glass on computer screen showing binary digits
Global Politics
China exports its restrictive internet policies to dozens of countries, says Freedom House
a boy scouts of america uniform
Commentary
Why the Russians might hack the Boy Scouts next
A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration.
Global Politics
Will Russia get involved in the 2018 elections?
U.S. President George W. Bush departs the Oval Office of the White House for a day trip to South Carolina November 2, 2007.
Global Politics
Russia has a record of disinformation campaigns. So, why wasn’t the US prepared during the 2016 election?
The Snapchat messaging application is seen on a phone screen.
Culture
Can kids recognize fake news? Sort of.
Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum was the focus of a Russian smear campaign.
Global Politics
What it’s like to be the victim of a Russian online smear campaign