A new GEC Special Report “Exporting Pro-Kremlin Disinformation: The Case of Nova Resistência in Brazil” exposes how the Kremlin exports disinformation to Latin America via local pro-Russian groups cultivated by the Kremlin’s allies. Read more here: state.gov/gec-special-re…
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- Welcome to @StateDept’s Global Engagement Center Twitter account! The GEC’s mission is to counter propaganda and disinformation from foreign state and non-state actors. To learn more about countering disinformation please visit: ow.ly/9GBX50Kqx4M
- Disinformation is part of the Wagner Group’s playbook. The truth is that when the Wagner Group deploys, it makes countries poorer, weaker, and less independent. - JPR ow.ly/18Z350McVSs
- Today, we released a landmark report on PRC information manipulation. The report exposes how Beijing invested billions of dollars to construct a global information ecosystem in which its propaganda, censorship, and disinformation gain traction. Read more: state.gov/gec-special-re…
- Over the past 6 months, Putin's disinformation machine has spread lies attempting to justify his war of choice in Ukraine and to deny Ukrainian sovereignty and cultural identity. Help counter the Kremlin's lies. Learn and share. ow.ly/9zAj50Kspu0
- Russian disinformation that didn't age well: one year ago today, Russian Foreign Intelligence Director Sergey Naryshkin said, "Russia did not have and does not have any aggressive plans against Ukraine." Learn more here: state.gov/disarming-disi…
- Replying to @TheGECNova Resistência in Brazil and its supporting network are heavily influenced by the fascist Russian "philosopher" Aleksandr Dugin and his destabilizing ideology.
- Putin on Wagner: 2020 "Wagner does not receive funding from the Russian state" bit.ly/434B8uD 2022 "Russian state has nothing to do with Wagner" bit.ly/3NpkG2a 2023 June 27 "all of the funding the Wagner Group received came from the state"
- Russian actors are carrying out a plot to interfere in Moldova’s elections and incite protests if a pro-Russian candidate does not win. The U.S., UK, and Canada are jointly exposing these destabilizing actions that threaten democracy. Read more here: state.gov/joint-statemen…
- RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan has dedicated her life to spreading disinformation and propaganda in service to the Kremlin. Learn more about her role in Russia's disinformation and propaganda ecosystem here: ow.ly/RhG250KwK9v
- Don't be misled by Kremlin disinformation. The 2022 HRR shows that Russia’s system of forced relocation, re-education, and illegal adoption of Ukraine’s children is critical to the Kremlin’s efforts to deny and suppress Ukraine’s identity, history, and future.
- Replying to @TheGECDugin is under U.S. sanctions for his efforts against Ukraine. For years, he has used disinformation to stoke ethnic hatred between Russia and Ukraine, including spreading a fake story that a Russian child had been crucified in Slovyansk.
- On January 27, 1945, Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex. Today, the Kremlin exploits that memory and propagates one of antisemitism’s most insidious forms, Holocaust distortion, for disinformation purposes. ow.ly/9VSQ50MEoO9
- Replying to @TheGECNova Resistência co-hosts events with Dugin featuring high-ranking 🇷🇺 government officials and publishes Kremlin-aligned disinformation in Portuguese on its Moscow-based website.
