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Urve Eslas

@Eslas

Strategic Communication Advisor

 Tallinn, Estonia
Joined May 2009
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Prigozhin’s Propaganda Team: The St Petersburg Internet Research Agency (2013–2021)

Prigozhin’s Propaganda Team: The St Petersburg Internet Research Agency (2013–2021)

Existing research on the now defunct St Petersburg Internet Research Agency (Agentstvo internet-issledovanii—IRA), owned by now-deceased oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, has focused on content analysis....

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Trump Official Behind Controversial Russia Decision Has Kremlin Ties

Trump Official Behind Controversial Russia Decision Has Kremlin Ties

Darren Beattie dismantled a key agency fighting Russian propaganda. There’s a reason why.

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Infomõjutuse nädalaülevaade (eesti keeles) medium.com/@infomojutus/info…
Infomõjutus meedias 17.-23.02.2025

Infomõjutus meedias 17.-23.02.2025

Ühendriikide välispoliitika mõju

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Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Election alliance4europe.eu/storm-151…
Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Election

Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Election

Russian influence operations Storm-1516 and R-FBI are targeting Germany’s federal election and managed to get amplified by AfD accounts.

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Hybrid CoE Paper 23: Countering state-sponsored proxies: Designing a robust policy hybridcoe.fi/publications/hy…
Countering state-sponsored proxies: Designing a robust policy

Countering state-sponsored proxies: Designing a robust policy

Hybrid threat attacks using non-state actors (NSAs) as proxies are growing in number and intensity. This Hybrid CoE Paper examines how states should approach the development of strategies to counter...

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The State(s) of Foreign Information Operations: A State-by-State Look at Foreign Information Manipulation in the United States – Alliance For Securing Democracy securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/…
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What is TV BRICS? The Sanctions-Linked, Russia-Backed Influence Broker – Alliance For Securing Democracy securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/…
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I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
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#EstIntelReport2025 is now published. The threat of a direct military attack on Estonia remains unlikely in 2025, but Russia’s policy towards us remains hostile, and its confrontation with the West continues. 🧵...
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Meta profits from known pro-Russian disinfo network: researchers france24.com/en/live-news/20…
Meta profits from known pro-Russian disinfo network: researchers

Meta profits from known pro-Russian disinfo network: researchers

Social media giant Meta made hundreds of thousands of dollars last year from content posted by a well-known pro-Russian disinformation network, researchers have claimed.

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NEW: With our partner @derspiegel, @InsiderEng has obtained a secret SVR plan -- "Operation Kylo" -- to weaken pro-Ukrainian sentiment in the West, using "fear," "panic" and "horror" as psycho-emotional triggers. theins.press/en/politics/272…
“Morality and ethics should play no part”: Leaks reveal how Russia's foreign intelligence agency...

“Morality and ethics should play no part”: Leaks reveal how Russia's foreign intelligence agency...

The Insider has obtained hacked correspondence from officers of Russia's foreign intelligence agency (SVR) responsible for “information warfare” with the West.…

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Ben Nimmo@benimmo30 May 2024
This is our first report on IO. So far, the situation is evolution, not revolution. That could change. It’s important to keep watching and keep sharing. Many more details in the report: openai.com/index/disrupting-…
Disrupting deceptive uses of AI by covert influence operations

Disrupting deceptive uses of AI by covert influence operations

We’ve terminated accounts linked to covert influence operations; no significant audience increase due to our services.

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Far-right parties wage disinfo war ahead of EU vote france24.com/en/live-news/20…
Far-right parties wage disinfo war ahead of EU vote

Far-right parties wage disinfo war ahead of EU vote

Far-right populist parties are way ahead of their traditional rivals in the race for voter attention on social media, where disinformation is stirring fear and rage around key issues in June's...

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The new propaganda war by Anne Applebaum theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
The New Propaganda War

The New Propaganda War

Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.

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Autocracies are pushing propaganda against democracy itself npr.org/2024/05/09/125031861…
Autocracies are pushing propaganda against democracy itself, says 'Atlantic' writer

Autocracies are pushing propaganda against democracy itself, says 'Atlantic' writer

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic" about her latest cover story for the magazine, "The New Propaganda War."

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The new Duranty effect: Russia’s propaganda machine remains effective a century later thehill.com/opinion/internat…
The new Duranty effect: Russia’s propaganda machine remains effective a century later

The new Duranty effect: Russia’s propaganda machine remains effective a century later

The importance of countering Russia’s information warfare has never been higher.

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Jesus, Mary and Joseph, 🇪🇪Estonia has just donated the equivalent of over 1% of its GDP to help the Ukrainian defense. Everybody needs true friends.
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"Narratives like the Big Lie have become systemic... for the audiences and communities that are engaged in and believe in that narrative, their engagement has gone up and become more hardened," @DFRLab Senior Director @GrahamBrookie told @VOANews: voanews.com/a/trust-issues-b…

Trust Issues Becoming the Norm

With a growing number of efforts aiming to shape who and what people and populations believe, 'disinformation' became more a part of everyday life in 2022

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@CodaStory29 Dec 2022
Since the very beginning, Russia has been waging an information war in Ukraine alongside its conventional offensive. From biological weapons to war crimes denial, @amandamcoakley brings you a round-up of key Russian disinformation narratives of 2022. codastory.com/disinformation…
The year in Russian disinformation campaigns - Coda Story

The year in Russian disinformation campaigns - Coda Story

The Kremlin has long been cooking up disinformation to justify its war in Ukraine. Several narratives have resonated around the world.

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“Artificial intelligence–fueled disinformation may poison the well for democracies and autocracies and alike.” trib.al/7ScKIDA
Spirals of Delusion

Spirals of Delusion

How AI distorts decision-making and makes dictators more dangerous.

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