
Building a False Façade
EUvsDisinfo has spent quite some time gathering, analysing and exposing pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives. In fact, we already have 17,000 examples and counting. When looking at narratives, often one of the tell-tale signs of disinformation is the attempt to skew the public perception of any given issue by introducing tendentious claims, removing context, and introducing bizarre falsities. In other words, telling a false story. However, the same logic of creating falsities in the narrative space can be applied to the underpinning infrastructure that enables the spread of disinformation narratives. We have written about EEAS work to counter foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) threats before, including the need to build a collective response to FIMI. Now, we have uncovered an information laundering scheme we call Operation False Façade. […]