British government'lacked curiosity'to see if Russia meddled in Brexit election

British government'lacked curiosity'to see if Russia meddled in Brexit election

The British Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee has blasted the government for failing to conduct any rigorous analysis of whether or not Russia tried to influence the EU referendum campaign.

  • byLatika Bourke

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Russia'tried to meddle in Scottish vote'

Russia'tried to meddle in Scottish vote'

A long-awaited report will reveal Kremlin influence on UK elections,but says there was no influence on Brexit.

  • byGordon Rayner
Top Democrats say Congress appears to be election interference target

Top Democrats say Congress appears to be election interference target

In the letter to the FBI,Democrats said they were"gravely concerned"Congress seemed to be in the crosshairs of"a concerted foreign interference campaign".

  • byMark Hosenball andRaphael Satter
Germany wants EU to sanction head of Russian military intelligence

Germany wants EU to sanction head of Russian military intelligence

Intelligence officials had long suspected that Russian operatives were behind the German cyberattack,but it took five years to collect the evidence.

  • byKatrin Bennhold
Russia could try to covertly advise candidates in 2020,says FBI

Russia could try to covertly advise candidates in 2020,says FBI

US officials have said Russia supported Trump in 2016 and took steps to help his campaign and harm Clinton's candidacy.

  • byEric Tucker
Digital ad strategy that helped Trump is now being used against him

Digital ad strategy that helped Trump is now being used against him

Facebook,with about 220 million US users,remains the central digital vehicle for reaching Americans spending more time online during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • byNick Corasaniti
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Pro-China trolls fake accounts to hound foreign media over coronavirus

Pro-China trolls fake accounts to hound foreign media over coronavirus

The campaign appears to have picked up steam around mid-March with Mandarin-language Twitter accounts designed to mimic and harass Western media.

  • byChris Zappone
Organised effort helping drive 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory

Organised effort helping drive 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory

One Qatar-based researcher analysed 22,000 recent interactions on Twitter and found a large number of accounts displayed"inauthentic activity."

  • byRyan Gallagher
The war within the war over coronavirus

The war within the war over coronavirus

China and the US are waging a battle to shape the global narrative over responsibility for the outbreak.

  • byChris Zappone
Beijing pushes coronavirus disinformation in propaganda offensive

Beijing pushes coronavirus disinformation in propaganda offensive

The Chinese Communist Party understands that by the time the crisis is over the world’s order could be altered. For that reason,it's pushing messages hard.

  • byChris Zappone
Foreign disinformation is stoking coronavirus fears in the US

Foreign disinformation is stoking coronavirus fears in the US

Federal officials began confronting what they said was a deliberate effort by a foreign entity to sow fears of a nationwide quarantine amid the virus outbreak.

  • byMichael Balsamo