Today @StateDept released a report and factsheet on #Kremlin-funded media and how it uses #disinformation and #propaganda to support their foreign policy objectives. The pieces cite @DFRLab’s research into #Russia’s media ecosystem. 🧵⬇️ state.gov/disarming-disi…
@StateDept The factsheet breaks down #Russia’s top five persistent #disinformation narratives as they relate to their justification for action in and around #Ukraine. See the five here or below: state.gov/russias-top-fi…
@StateDept 1. #Russia is an Innocent Victim
Russia's gov. regularly, and falsely, portrays Russia as a victim and that requires a “force response” to the United States and its democratic allies. “Russophobia” was used, in part, to justify its annexation of #Crimea. medium.com/dfrlab/putinat…
Russia's gov. regularly, and falsely, portrays Russia as a victim and that requires a “force response” to the United States and its democratic allies. “Russophobia” was used, in part, to justify its annexation of #Crimea. medium.com/dfrlab/putinat…
@StateDept 2. Historical Revisionism
#Russia and its #Kremlin-backed media proxies have regularly denied or distorted historical narratives to cast Russia in a better light - including World War II and #Ukraine’s statehood. euvsdisinfo.eu/in-the-shadow-…
#Russia and its #Kremlin-backed media proxies have regularly denied or distorted historical narratives to cast Russia in a better light - including World War II and #Ukraine’s statehood. euvsdisinfo.eu/in-the-shadow-…
@StateDept 3. The Collapse of Western Civilization is Imminent
Among its oldest #disinformation tropes, #Russia pushes the false claim that Western civilization is failing because of its support for equality/multiculturalism. In this, Russia claims to be a bastion of “traditional values.”
Among its oldest #disinformation tropes, #Russia pushes the false claim that Western civilization is failing because of its support for equality/multiculturalism. In this, Russia claims to be a bastion of “traditional values.”
@StateDept 4. Popular Movements are US-sponsored “Color Revolutions”
As pro-democracy uprisings occur around the world, #Russia asserts the US is instigating revolutions. These accusations target local/international civil society organizations & independent media. csis.org/analysis/russi…
As pro-democracy uprisings occur around the world, #Russia asserts the US is instigating revolutions. These accusations target local/international civil society organizations & independent media. csis.org/analysis/russi…
@StateDept 5. Reality is Whatever the #Kremlin Wants It to Be
Inserting confusion and chaos when the truth is inconvenient is a known Russian tactic. This #disinformation shifts blame and discourages response.
Examples: #MH17, 2008 invasion of #Georgia, and #SergeiSkripal poisoning.
Inserting confusion and chaos when the truth is inconvenient is a known Russian tactic. This #disinformation shifts blame and discourages response.
Examples: #MH17, 2008 invasion of #Georgia, and #SergeiSkripal poisoning.
@StateDept .@StateDept also released "Fact vs. Fiction: Russian Disinformation on Ukraine" that examines and debunks #disinformation and #propaganda attempting to paint Ukraine as the aggressor in the #Russia-#Ukraine relationship. state.gov/fact-vs-fictio…
@StateDept Read @StateDept's Global Engagement Center's full report, "Kremlin-Funded Media: RT and Sputnik’s Role in Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem" here:state.gov/disarming-disi…
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