Kremlin propaganda talking points

An in-depth overview of the talking points or narratives that the Russian propaganda machine distributes in Estonia.

Online media small form manual

Special interest group newsletters have been popping up like mushrooms. What does it mean and what can we do to orientate?

An Estonian journalist brought the Kremlin media to a boil

An Eesti Päevaleht journalist, Vahur Koorits’ idea of a missile strike on St. Petersburg received a lot of attention in the Russian press.

New Year’s media summary- social media’s worrisome burden

In the last month, the Estonian media has been dominated by stories about using social media channels to manipulate people.

The fight against fake accounts: five lessons learned

Facebook has now closed several #ESTexitEU topic related fake accounts. What can we learn from the incident?

British Ofcom found numerous violations in RT’s activities

In December, the UK media regulator Ofcom published a study on the content of RT broadcasts in England, highlighting a number of violations that could lead to further sanctions.

Over one hundred fake accounts are connected with #ESTexitEU

Propastop traced the fake news spreading from Narva and discovered a number of fake accounts. Their very large number was surprising.

Hashtag ESTexitEU, is being distributed by fake accounts connected to Russia

In October and November, a large amount of fake accounts and webpages have been created on social media channels, which have started to actively intensify issues aimed at dividing Estonian society

An inexact translation brought a Christmas gift of a wave of propaganda

Fake news that began due to Parliament’s minutes having been incorrectly translated brought forth propagandistic stories in the Kremlin media during the holidays.