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(Mis)Translating Deceit (AHRC-funded project)
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3-year AHRC-funded project ‘(Mis)Translating Deceit: Disinformation as a Translingual, Discursive Dynamic’. PI: Stephen Hutchings / Lead Co-I: Vera Tolz
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Stephen Hutchings, Vera Tolz, and Alexandr Voronovici have had their written evidence on disinformation diplomacy published by the Foreign Affairs Committee as part of their disinfomration inquiry. Read the full submission here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
committees.parliament.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Congratulations to Maxim Alyukov and Alexandr Voronovici for the publication of their research note in Harvard Kennedy School's Misinformation Review! You can read the full article here - misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/llms...
LLMs grooming or data voids? LLM-powered chatbot references to Kremlin disinformation reflect information gaps, not manipulation | HKS Misinformation Review
Some of today’s most popular large language model (LLM)-powered chatbots occasionally reference Kremlin-linked disinformation websites, but it might not be for the reasons many fear. While some recent...
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu
October 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Stephen Hutchings has been quoted in the following articles for various international news outlets:

- Belsat: belsat.eu/89015792/ras...

- SVT: www.svt.se/kultur/ryska....

- Lupa: lupa.uol.com.br/jornalismo/2... AND lupa.uol.com.br/jornalismo/2...
Прафесар Гатчынгс: «Вучэнні – сігнал Захаду, што Расея гатовая да вайны»
52 палітычныя вязні вызваленыя, але Лукашэнка выкарыстоўвае гэта як разменную манету. А ў гэты ж час Беларусь разам з Расеяй праводзяць вучэнні «Захад-2025», якія эксперты называюць правакацыяй і рыхт...
belsat.eu
September 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Our latest newsletter has just been published on our website! You can read it here - www.mis-translating-deceit.com/newsletter/n...
Newsletter #4 - (Mis)Translating Deceit
June - August 2025
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September 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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🚨New blog post! @nicolashenin.net Nicolas Henin provides a vulnerability study on Mauritania's information ecosystem, and provides solutions on how it can strengthen these vulnerabilities. You can read it on our website here - www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog...
Mauritania, a laboratory for the vulnerabilities of Sahelian information ecosystems - (Mis)Translating Deceit
Nicolas Henin provides a vulnerability study on Mauritania's information ecosystem, and provides solutions on how it can strengthen these vulnerabilities.
www.mis-translating-deceit.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The BBC has done a deep dive into current activities of Russia’s RT network, extensively citing research from me, @rhyscrilley.bsky.social @m-deceit.bsky.social et al in our new (free-to-download!) book.

@oupolitics.bsky.social

www.bbc.com/news/article...
How Russia is trying to win over the world beyond the West - BBC News
Over the past three years, Russian state-backed news channel RT has expanded its international presence.
www.bbc.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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🚨New blog alert! Olga Vlasova, Visiting Researcher at King's College London, examines Russian propaganda, through the lens of emotional governance. You can read Olga's blog here - www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog...
Emotional Governance in Wartime Russia: Pacification, Fear and the Manipulation of Hope - (Mis)Translating Deceit
Olga Vlasova's blog examines Russian propaganda, through the lens of emotional governance.
www.mis-translating-deceit.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Congratulations to one of our co-investigators @neilsadler.bsky.social on the publication of his new article in Communication Theory, "Suspicious stories: taking narrative seriously in disinformation research". You can read it via Open Access here - academic.oup.com/ct/advance-a...
July 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Maxim Alyukov and Alexandr Voronovici contributed to an Al-Jazeera English Opinion piece on Russia's influence of Western AI. aje.io/lv4v9l
Is Russia really ‘grooming’ Western AI?
The panic is there, but the evidence is thin – at best.
aje.io
July 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Maksim Markelov has provided comments on Russia's Global Fact-Checking Network for the RMIT Information Integrity Hub's newsletter, The Repost. You can read and subscribe to it here - mailchi.mp/rmit.edu.au/...
New Russian network takes aim at fact checking
mailchi.mp
July 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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🚨New blog post! Emma Connolly (Research Fellow at UCL's Digital Speech Lab) explores why tracking mis and disnformation is challenging as it moves across platforms, and why it is vital its circulation is mitigated. You can read her blog on our website - www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog...
Why is tracking disinformation so difficult—and what can we do about it? - (Mis)Translating Deceit
Emma Connolly explores why tracking mis and disnformation is challenging as it moves across platforms, and why it is vital its circulation is mitigated.
www.mis-translating-deceit.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Congratulations to @sabinamihelj.bsky.social and @vstetka.bsky.social for winning this prestigious award!
polcomm.bsky.social APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Jun 5
🎉 Excited to share the APSA Technology & Politics Section Award winners! 🏆

📚 Best Book

The Illiberal Public Sphere: Media in Polarized Societies
by @sabinamihelj.bsky.social & @vstetka.bsky.social. You can access it, it is in open access!

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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The Illiberal Public Sphere
This book uncovers the media's role in global illiberalism through cutting-edge analysis of recent developments in Eastern Europe.
link.springer.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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🚨New article written by Vera Tolz, @stevhutch.bsky.social, @vitalykaz.bsky.social, and Sofia Tipaldou, published in @icahdq.bsky.social - "Disinformation as Process: Modelling the Lifecycle of Disinformation". @uomsalc.bsky.social @sabinamihelj.bsky.social @neilsadler.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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A fantastic article from one of our project members! Congratulations, Maksim.
May 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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On Friday, March 7th @stevhutch.bsky.social will be in Vienna speaking at @weareceu.bsky.social. Titled Climate Disinformation: European and Global Perspectives, and ran by OHPA it will be a hybrid session. You can reigster here - events.ceu.edu/2025-03-07/o...
OHPA Climate Disinformation Workshop
events.ceu.edu
March 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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🚨 New blog post! Check out Alex Chumakov's blog that explores how divisions shape the wider Russian opposition by examining the narratives of those who remain in the country and those in exile.
Mistranslated Reality: How Differing Realities Divide Russia’s Opposition - (Mis)Translating Deceit
Alex Chumakov's blog explores how divisions shape the wider Russian opposition by examining the narratives of those who remain in the country and those in exile.
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March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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🚨 New blog post! Check out Daria Khlevniuk, GN, and Boris Noordenbos' blog on the temporalities of propaganda in the Russian war on Ukraine.
Where Does the Past End and the Present Begin? The Temporalities of Propaganda in the Russian War on Ukraine - (Mis)Translating Deceit
Daria Khlevniuk, GN, Boris Noordenbos write about how Russian propaganda invokes the past to reshape perceptions of the present.
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February 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Co-Investigative Lead Vera Tolz-Zilitinkevic will be introducing Professor Cristian Vaccari at this fantastic seminar on Sunday, March 6th.

If you are in Manchester, do come along to what looks like fascinating seminar. You can book your tickets here -
Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Prof Cristian Vaccari
Explore how trusted sources like BBC News boost false news credibility and what it means for the future of communication.
buff.ly
February 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Our analytical report on the impact of online Russia-sponsored news proxies on the EU2024 elections now has a DOI with @ssrn.bsky.social ! Use the link below to read and share with interested networks.
Kremlin Proxies and the Post-RT Western Media Landscape: An EU Elections Case Study <br>
In this report, we assess the extent, purpose, and impact of online Russia-sponsored news proxies in the context of the EU2024 elections. Focusing on the recent
buff.ly
February 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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🚨PhD Opportunity! See Sabina's thread for more details on this fantastic research opportunity.
sabinamihelj.bsky.social Sabina Mihelj @sabinamihelj.bsky.social · Jan 20
📣 We have a fully funded #PhD place available at the Communication & Media Department @lborocrcc.bsky.social at Loughborough University, in collaboration with BBC Media Action and supported by the Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP.
January 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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🚨New blog post! Check out Maria Zhukova's blog, titled "Visual Disinformation and HIV-AIDS in the 1980s: The Cases of the Soviet Union and the Two Germanies"

www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog...
Visual Disinformation and HIV-AIDS in the 1980s: The Cases of the Soviet Union and the Two Germanies - (Mis)Translating Deceit
Maria Zhukova argues that the case study of disinformation around HIV-AIDS in the Soviet Union and the two Germanies in the 1980s offers integral analysis to how we visualise and analyse disinformati...
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January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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We're now on LinkedIn as well! Connect with us to receive project updates from the team. www.linkedin.com/in/mis-trans...
www.linkedin.com
December 16, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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🚨New analytical report by our project team
In this report, we assess the extent, purpose, and impact of online Russia-sponsored news proxies in the context of the EU2024 elections

Available at our website
mis-translating-deceit.com/publications...
Kremlin Proxies and the Post-RT Western Media Landscape: An EU Elections Case Study - (Mis)Translating Deceit
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December 16, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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Check out this new report on the role of #Russian proxy websites during the recent #EU #elections - written by colleagues on my new #AHRC funded project on #disinformation, (Mis)Translating Deceit @m-deceit.bsky.social.
December 16, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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🚨New blog post! Check out Part Two of Alexei Titkov's blog series on the 2014 Odesa Fire.
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The Odesa Fire 2014. Part 2: Good-faith production of disported knowledge - (Mis)Translating Deceit
In the final part of his blog, Alexei Titkov builds upon his interrogation of studying Russian audiences' reactions to the 2014 Odesa Fire by using different media representations to challenge how sha...
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December 16, 2024 at 1:44 PM