Behind the pro-Kremlin, conspiracy and alt-right disinformation ecosystem in Central and Eastern Europe. Who trumpets the anti-western symphony?
The disinformation ecosystem not only shares and spreads the fake news fabricated by sloppily assembled, pro-Kremlin websites within itself, but sometimes it is also republished by some Hungarian pro-government media outlets (Origo, Magyar Nemzet, HírTV, Mandiner, Pesti Srácok) and even by public broadcasting channels (hirado.hu).
Mindenszo.hu, which calls itself a “politically incorrect blog”, is known as a deceptive news site, notable for its unusually angry...
Google has decided to remove the Hungarian-language conspiracy theory website, Világ Helyzete due to misleading pro-Kremlin propaganda. But the editor...
February and March has been quite interesting months as far as disinformation and fake news go: we could read several...
The new year began with the same old disinformation narratives: we could read several fake stories about the coronavirus vaccines,...
December has been quite an interesting month in connection with disinformation in Hungary. We could read several fake stories about...
In the past month several interesting stories were publised in connection with disinformation. Most of the fake stories were about George...
History behind the documents underlying Magyar Nemzet’s series of articles on ‘Soros’s conductor’ lead back to Azerbaijan’s attempt to influence...
A six-part report in the Magyar Nemzet political daily, characterised as ‘investigative’ and presented with great uproar in allied media,...
October has been quite an exciting month in connection with disinformation in Hungary. Most of the fake stories were about...
