disinformation

The Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Yaroslav Khmyl, chargé d'affaires ad interim of Belarus, and handed him a diplomatic note, expressing a strong protest over the statements made on 25 April 2024 by Belarus’ KGB chief Ivan Tertel, the ministry said in a press release.

Fake news creates the illusion of an alternative reality for those who read and listen to this form of disinformation. As a result, a person exposed to too much disinformation will gradually become detached from reality. The Editor of Delfi Lie Detector, Aistė Meidutė, battles fake news every day, a...

NATO's Defender Europe 2020 exercise, scheduled for May in Eastern Europe, was set to become the Alliance's largest exercise on the continent since the Cold War, with the United States and other NATO partners planning to deploy about 37,000 soldiers. Since September last year, Debunk EU has recorded...

The Debunk EU analysis of COVID-19 related disinformation in three Baltic countries in May revealed that more than a half of this kind of news was published in Latvia (59%). Almost one third of them (28%) was recorded in Lithuania, and less than 13% in Estonia. A total of 265 cases were detected per...

Military experts report growing flow of disinformation on management of coronavirus and urge residents to stay alert and critical of conspiracy theories spread on social media by malicious individuals.

The Debunk EU initiative, which has been operating in Lithuania for more than two years, is expanding to neighboring countries – its partners in Latvia and Estonia published the first research material on disinformation last week. In Latvia, the initiative operates under the name Atmaskots.lv, in Es...

The number of hybrid disinformation and cyber attacks in Lithuania is rising and they are becoming bolder and more advanced as more resources and forces are being allocated for them, cyber security specialists have warned in their annual report.