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Assignment: Ukraine: The disinformation war

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Ukraine: The disinformation war

02/06/2022 GMT

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British academics accused of sharing Russian disinformation about the war in Ukraine

British academics accused of sharing Russian disinformation about war in Ukraine. They claim there’s a McCarthyist witch hunt against them.

Russia’s response to accusations of war crimes in Ukraine has been to blame the Ukrainians of bombing their own side. Some people in the UK have been sharing this version of the war on social media. Driven by a conviction that Western governments are responsible for many of the world’s ills, these  academics, journalists and celebrities have shared misinformation in their attempts to raise questions about the official narrative of the war. Their detractors say they are useful to Vladimir Putin. They claim there’s a McCarthyist witch hunt against them. All wars are fought as much in the information space as on the battle field and Chloe Hadjimatheou looks at where the new red lines are being drawn in an age of disinformation.

(Image: Kvitka Perehinets has been following the conflict in her home country of Ukraine, from afar. Credit: Kvitka Perehinets)

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