New International Institute for Media in Vienna Holds First Event on Fake News at Hofburg Palace

More+More+ ♦ Published: December 20, 2022; 23:21 ♦ (Vindobona)

The newly founded "International Institute for Media (IIM-Vienna)" has set itself the task of counteracting state-controlled disinformation and making known the information wars that are going on in secret. The new think tank invites to the event "The armies of trolls and astroturfers" at the Hofburg.

The IIM-Vienna event will address the impact of disinformation campaigns on journalism and recipients in the East and West. / Picture: © OSCE / Representative on Freedom of the Media (ID 512479) [CC BY-ND 4.0]

Since Russia invaded Ukraine almost a year ago, a great information war has also broken out. Many sources from both official and unofficial agencies are being questioned. So are British intelligence, NATO or the military leadership in Moscow or Kyiv. "But some troll factories prefer to operate in secret as part of the cyberwar," according to IIM-Vienna. This is a topic the newly founded…