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| Mis/Disinformation Example | Date | Source Region | Themes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth II Was Not Forced to Choose Canada’s New Governor General A report published in June by an online platform identified as the “Buffalo Chronicle” claimed that Queen Elizabeth II was “‘forced’ to select Canada’s next Governor-General because Prime Minister... 26 July 2021 United States | 26 July 2021 | United States | Elections,Governor General,Justin Trudeau,Queen Elizabeth II,Trudeau | Disinformation,Misinformation |
| Cuban Food-Shortage Protests Are Not “Western Colour Revolutions” Cuban officials claim that Western governments are responsible for inciting protests that have spontaneously erupted in Cuba over the past weeks. These claims have been published and amplified on Russian... 22 July 2021 Russia | 22 July 2021 | Russia | China,Colour Revolution,Cuba,Russia | Disinformation |
| Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Claims Western Students Taught That Jesus Christ is Bi-Sexual Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, recently wrote a long-winded opinion piece published on the Russian Foreign Ministry website in which he claimed that “in a number of Western... 10 July 2021 Russia | 10 July 2021 | Russia | Chechnya,LGBTQ,Russian Orthodox Church,Sergei Lavrov,Xenophobia | Disinformation,State Soft Power Narrative |
| Western Governments Are Not Plotting a Coup in Belarus Ongoing Russian and Belarusian disinformation narratives suggest that western governments are working to organize a coup to overthrow the Lukashenka regime. Such narratives are promoted by the regime and the... 9 July 2021 Russia | 9 July 2021 | Russia | Belarus,Russia,Sputnik | Disinformation |
| Kremlin Bans Historical Truth About Stalin-Hitler Pact On July 1 of this year, Vladimir Putin signed a law that bans comparisons of The Soviet Union with Nazi Germany, which includes any denials of the Kremlin’s official view... 8 July 2021 Russia | 8 July 2021 | Russia | History,Russia,Russian Government,Stalin,Victory Day | Disinformation |
| A Kremlin Manufactured Naval “Incident” In The Black Sea? The Kremlin’s state media platform RT claimed that a British naval destroyer, HMS Defender, entered Russian territorial waters near the illegally occupied Crimean peninsula without authorization on June 23, 2021.... 23 June 2021 Russia | 23 June 2021 | Russia | Russian Government,Ukraine | Disinformation |
| Chinese Government Mocks and Leverages Residential School Deaths For Propaganda Chinese government state media platform, Xinhua, published and shared a crude children’s cartoon, leveraging the grim discovery of bodies at a former Kamloops residential school for propagandistic purposes on social... 4 June 2021 China | 4 June 2021 | China | PRC,Whataboutism | Disinformation,State Soft Power Narrative |
| Gaza Crisis Photographic Disinformation The recent outbreak of violence in Gaza and Israel has been accompanied by a significant increase in disinformation about the conflict on social media. Photos falsely claiming to depict images... 13 May 2021 Unknown | 13 May 2021 | Unknown | Gaza,Israel | Disinformation |
| Russian Embassy in Canada Promotes Vaccine Disinformation The Russian government’s compatriot program has published false information about the Pfizer vaccine, intended to sow doubts about it and provoke vaccine hesitancy on the website of the Russian Embassy... 11 May 2021 Canada | 11 May 2021 | Canada | Anti-Vaxx,COVID-19,Russia,Russian Embassy,Russian Government,Sputnik,Vaccination | Disinformation,State Soft Power Narrative |
| Social Media Posts About Canadian 2021 Census Could Provoke Census “Hesitancy” Some Canadian social media users have taken to social media to protest Canada’s 2021 census that could lead to broader census “hesitancy”. Recent posts question the privacy of the questionnaire... 10 May 2021 Canada | 10 May 2021 | Canada | Census | Misinformation |
