Content that discredited Ukrainian refugees and promoted Russian narratives was broadcast on 27 Polish-language telegram channels

Disclosure Content that discredited Ukrainian refugees and promoted Russian narratives was broadcast on 27 Polish-language telegram channels

02 June 2022 15:35

Givi Gigitashvili and Esteban Ponce de Leon, specialists from the Digital Forensic Research Laboratory (DFR Lab) of the Atlantic Council, identified 27 Polish-language Telegram channels that disseminated misinformation about refugees from Ukraine. It is reported that several channels initially published content in Russian but eventually switched to Polish. According to experts, the promoted content is unfounded because of anti-refugee, pro-Kremlin and anti-vaccination theses. According to researchers, the purpose of the channels is to influence public opinion about people who come to Poland from Ukraine. Read more.

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