- A Brief Guide to Estonian War Bloggers
- Television Series as a Tool in Information Warfare: Depicting China’s Invasion of Taiwan
- Disinformation Case in England: Misinformation Sparks Nationwide Unrest
- The Kremlin’s propaganda failed to relaunch the Narva tank
- Numerous. But how capable? What is the state of the Belarusian army in 2024?
- Facebook as a propaganda minefield
- The international press amplifies Kaitseliit’s message: “We will kill as many invaders as possible.”
- The Embassy of the Russian Federation invites Russian teachers from Estonia: Move to Mordovia!
- Most Important Political Messages of the Paris Olympic Games
- Best memes reflecting situation in Kursk region
- Harris vs. Trump: The Battle of Memes in the U.S. Presidential Race
- Who was the Russian war blogger “Beliy” killed in the desert?
- How does Kremlin propaganda portray the Paris Olympics?
- Pekka Kallioniemi: Western Policymakers Underestimate Disinformation’s Scale
- Which Estonians were “the favorites” of the Russian media in the first half of the year?
- The Baltic’s exit from the common energy system causes discontent in the Kremlin
- Donald Trump’s Happy Accident in 8 Viral Memes
- How does a Churchill Fellowship researcher evaluate Estonia’s resilience?
- 8 memes that made social media laugh
- Narrative X-ray: Playing with the Open Cards
- Russian propaganda presents the occupied Avdiivka as a great success
- Russia is increasingly conducting brainwashing attacks in Africa
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia announced the blocking of Propastop on Russian territory.
- Narrative X-ray: did NATO promise Russia not to expand eastwards?
- How Kremlin propaganda is trying to turn Poland against Ukraine
- Narrative X-ray: Does Russia want peace?
- Masha, Bear, and Propaganda
- Countermeasures to information warfare
- Propaganda dictionary: name calling
- Alien Attack: 23 soldiers were turned into stone
- What does Pribaltika mean?
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Month: April 2024
Does your local store fly the Russian flag?
More than two years into the full scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, a number of Estonian store chains persist in displaying the flag of the aggressor nation. Notably, Prisma, Maxima, Stockmann, Apollo, and Selver are on the blacklist. Learn more here.
“In the information war, there is no need for new institutions, but a strategy against Russia.”
In a revealing survey conducted by Propastop ahead of the June European Parliament elections, Estonia’s leading party candidates weigh in on the EU’s effectiveness in combating Russian propaganda amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, with an average score landing a modest 6 out of 10.
A Raw Glimpse into the Frontline Through Telegram’s War Blogs
Grasping the attention of over 84 million users monthly, Telegram platform presents a stark contrast to the polished tales spun by the Russian state television channels. Propastop taps into this pulsing vein of unbridled information, offering a trench-level view of the Ukrainian front line through the unflinching lens of Telegram’s Russian war bloggers.
Security in Estonia and Europe: Analysis of the ISS Annual Review 2023-2024
The latest annual report from the Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS), released on April 12, 2024, highlights significant security challenges in Estonia and Europe. It focuses, among other topics, on the situation at the Estonian-Russian border, the potential risks posed by Russian ICT sector employees residing in Europe, the threat of Islamic radicals, and the use of the Russian Orthodox Church as a Kremlin propaganda tool.
Propaganda. Powered by AI .
The development of artificial intelligence poses new challenges in the fight against misinformation – AI is learning not only to generate texts in small languages, which it previously struggled with, but also to make images that are hardly distinguishable from real ones.
Let’s check.
Do you think this image is of a real person or an image generated by artificial intelligence? You will find the answer in the article.
Who are Russian war bloggers and why is it worth reading them?
Who are Russian military bloggers, and why are they interesting? “War correspondents” continue to have more freedom than television channels. In Telegram blogs, you can find details and perspectives that are not covered by Russian media.
Know your Troll – Russian Troll-Farms Identity Mimicry in 2024 and how to spot it
When you spot Russian propaganda coming from a person sharing your ethnic identity, resembling you, speaking your language, and having a name similar to yours, it creates confusion. Propastop sheds light on the tactics employed by Russian trolls in 2024.
Targeted by Russian Narratives: Moldova in the Information War
Propastop provides an overview of why Moldova is a good target for Russian propaganda narratives
