The initiative aims to identify and analyze incidents of information manipulation and interference (FIMI) originating from Russia in various countries and languages.
The monitoring covers the following participating countries: Spain, Ukraine, Lithuania, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela.
These are the main highlights:
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The most prominent narrative backed by disinformation claims during this period targeted the Ukrainian Army and the foreign soldiers fighting for Ukraine, with posts containing false claims collecting over 2 million views.
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Unfunded claims targeting Volodímir Zelensky and accusations of corruption also regained traction and were detected in 9 out of 10 countries. For example, tweets accusing him of owning a Russian passport or of buying Bill Cosby’s house in New York were viewed over 3 and 1 million times, respectively.
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The use of AI-generated content to support disinformation claims was widespread. Most viral posts were labeled with debunks by independent fact-checkers on Facebook and, at times, showed platform warnings on TikTok identifying the content as AI-generated. In contrast, only one Community Note was shown on X, and no warnings appeared on Telegram channels.
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Several users sharing disinformation claims on X had blue checks, which was formerly used to indicate an account was verified and now means the user is paying a subscription and normally gets more visibility.
Full report is accessible clicking here.