Telesur’s Pro-Iran Propaganda
Disinformation from the Maduro regime should draw just as much attention from the State Department as Russian disinformation does.
YouTube
HispanTV Is Iran’s Propaganda Arm in Latin America; Why Is It Still Being Broadcast?
On October 7, Hamas terrorists breached the Gaza security fence, entered Israel, and massacred more than 1,400 people — raping, burning, mutilating, and torturing their victims, including infants, children, pregnant women, the elderly, and disabled people. They also took more than 220 hostages back to Gaza...
Op-eds
Remarks by Matt Pottinger at Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s China Forum 2023
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Remarks
Cyber Resilience Helps Democracies Prevail Against Authoritarian Disinformation Campaigns
The key is to mitigate attacks on communications systems and unmask attempts to corrupt the information environment.
Op-eds
The US should help Russian mothers get the truth out about Putin’s war
Russians are taking to the streets in protest at President Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilization of military reservists. While demonstrators from all backgrounds have participated, it is Russian women...
Op-eds
Time to Sanction the Kremlin’s Ministry of Truth
When media platforms obey their paymasters’ orders to become complicit in their crimes, they are no longer media.
Op-eds
The Kremlin’s Latin American Echo Chamber
A trio of Spanish language media networks controlled by Iran, Russia, and Venezuela push out propaganda and disinformation to demonize the West.
Op-eds
The news from UNGA
Everything you didn’t want to know
Op-eds
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report – September 2021
Excerpt This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) quarterly safeguards report for September 7, 2021, Verification and monitoring in the Islamic...
Op-eds
U.S. Should Intensify Efforts to Extradite Turkish Money Laundering Suspect
An Austrian court on August 25 tentatively granted Ankara’s request to extradite Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a Turkish businessman Austrian authorities arrested on June 19 at the request of the U.S. Department...
Policy Briefs
Beijing’s American Hustle
How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power
Op-eds
‘YouTube censorship works a lot like CCP’s’
‘YouTube censorship actually works a lot like Chinese Communist Party censorship: the rules are vague and the enforcement is arbitrary. They want to encourage you to self-censor because you don’t know where the red line is.’
Op-eds
U.S. Targets Turkey-Based Money Laundering Schemes With Links to Senior Turkish Officials
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Monday that it will seek to extradite Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a Turkish businessman Austrian authorities arrested on June 19 for his alleged role in money laundering...
Policy Briefs
Turkey’s Pro-Kurdish Opposition Party in Ankara’s Crosshairs – Again
Turkey’s chief prosecutor submitted an expanded indictment on Monday in Ankara’s second attempt within three months to ban Turkey’s third-largest party, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...
Policy Briefs
Turkey Fines Global Social Media Platforms in Desperate Bid to Stifle Online Dissent
The Turkish government announced on Wednesday its decision to fine Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube 10 million liras ($1.175 million) each for failing to comply with a new law...
Policy Briefs
The Real Danger in Trump Touting a Baseless Bin Laden Conspiracy Theory
It obscures that Iran and al-Qaeda sometimes do work together.
Op-eds
The pandemic hasn’t hit Syria hard yet. When it does, it’ll be a disaster.
Infections are rising in a country that’s unprepared for the coronavirus.
Op-eds
It’s time to get serious about sanctioning global white supremacist groups
Last month, the State Department designated a Russian white supremacist group, the Russian Imperial Movement, as a global terrorist organization and imposed sanctions on three of its leaders. The designations...
Op-eds
Torture TV: New FDD Report Makes the Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media
New Report Chronicles State TV’s Forced Confessions
Press Releases
New FDD Report Explores Policies Toward Occupied and Disputed Territories
“Occupied Elsewhere: Selective Policies on Occupations, Protracted Conflicts, and Territorial Disputes”