
Focus
The Infodemic
Years active: 2020-present
Disinformation, fake news and propaganda are emerging as among the most powerful threats of the modern age. Facilitated by new forms of media and spread by governments and non-state actors alike, these potent tools have far-reaching consequences for human rights and media freedoms around the world.
IWPR’s global networks of reporters, activists and rights defenders are working to document, expose and build resilience to this growing danger.
Latest on the infodemic
Ukraine War Rocks Moldova’s Fragile Economy
Chisinau has not imposed sanctions on Russia, but is looking into economic alternatives to Moscow.
How Media in Belarus and Russia Joined the Information Battlefield
Both countries have been flooded with incitement alongside deliberate confusion between fiction and historical facts.
Moldova’s Infowar in the Wake of Ukraine Invasion
As thousands of Ukrainians cross into Moldova, the country fights its own information battles.
Ukraine’s Local Media Organises
Scattered, few in number and lacking protective equipment, journalists collaborate to share news across the country.
Ukraine’s Telegram Battlefield
How guerilla media operations in the country’s east preceded - and amplified - Russia’s invasion.
Ukraine: Russia Mobilises Disinfo Alongside Military
Could a sudden increase in fake news be a precursor to real-world escalation?
Reporting Covid-19 in Africa
Fake news, conspiracies and bad science mean that many are missing out on the care they need.
Georgia Confronts Vaccine Disinformation
Infections are on the rise as conspiracy theories fuel scepticism, further hobbling immunisation efforts.