The diary of a former Wuhan resident As the coronavirus spreads, former Wuhan resident Zeyi Yang will write updates on the truth, lies and disinformation circling his home city Zeyi Yang
The shadowy cult at the center of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak Shincheonji claims to have about 200,000 followers in South Korea and wants to expand its influence in the West dispatch Chaewon Chung
The global anti-vax movement: a visual history Disinformation about vaccines has been around for hundreds of years feature Mariam Kiparoidze
Waging a global campaign to halt 5G The manager of an influential anti-5G Facebook group uses a radiation detector and claims the new network will have a disastrous effect on public health dispatch Filip Brokeš
How a disinformation campaign wiped out synthetic insulin’s deadly effects Hundreds of people died in the two decades after synthetic insulin was launched. A disinformation campaign covered up their plight Audrey Farley
In Algeria, ‘electronic flies’ threaten a protest movement Ahead of the presidential election on Thursday, pro-regime social media accounts dubbed “electronic flies” have flooded platforms like Facebook and Twitter with fake news and fear mongering dispatch Layli Foroudi
At the forefront of Europe’s battle for tech transparency Europe is already home to some of the world’s strictest data privacy laws. The EU thinks it can do much more dispatch Filip Brokeš
WhatsApp as a tool for fear and intimidation in Lebanon’s protests Among a polarized public that distrusts politicians and the fourth estate, unverifiable WhatsApp rumors carry the day dispatch Emily Lewis
Disinformation agents are targeting veterans in run-up to 2020 election Foreign actors eye future spies and government bureaucrats dispatch Katia Patin
Cambodia launches online disinfo campaign to repress opposition groups Ahead of the return of self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy, supporters are being rounded up and forced to make “confession” videos dispatch Andrew Nachemson
At Russia’s inaugural Africa summit, Moscow sells sovereignty At a two-day event featuring 43 African heads of state this week, the Kremlin leaned on its ‘anti-colonial’ past for greater influence in Africa dispatch Evan Gershkovich
Ahead of elections, Poland’s conservative media fires up anti-LGBTQ propaganda Activists say scaremongering about LGBTQ communities has almost become official policy in Poland dispatch Cecilia Butini and Makana Eyre
Disinformation and vaccine hesitancy grips Ukraine Infectious diseases like measles are making a global comeback. Hardest hit is Ukraine, which has seen the fastest recent rise in measles in the world dispatch Lily Hyde
