Operation Overload: “Please check” – how pro-Russian propagandists’ try to manipulate newsrooms – webinar

On June 4, we unveiled with the support of Reset tech & 20+ fact-checking organisations our research Operation Overload. We show in this investigation that more than 800 organisations, among which many media outlets, have been flooded with emails and social media mentions urging them to verify dubious claims undermining Ukraine, France and Germany for the most part. The issue is that these solicitations are part of a massive pro-Russian operation, still ongoing at the time of writing.

Our investigation aims to dismantle the fake news environment created by the perpetrators. In this report, we focus on the emails used to target fact-checkers, researchers and newsrooms. We also examine the techniques used to create a false sense of omnipresence of this manipulated content online. The final part of the report analyses the impact of the campaign on the fact-checking community as a whole.

Make sure you register to attend this insighful session with EU DisinfoLab! It will take place on 20 June, 14:30-15:30 CEST.