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From Russia With Spin: How Content From Russian State Media is Laundered by Polish Blogs

Researchers from two European universities with support from ASD have uncovered evidence that a small network of Polish news blogs—Lega Artis, News na Dziś, and Daily Blitz—may serve as pathways for Russian state media and pro-Kremlin media to reach Polish audiences. These sites employ content laundering techniques, automatically reposting stories predominantly sourced from Rossiya Segodnya, a Russian state-owned media conglomerate, and Zero Hedge, a financial blog that has been accused of spreading Russian propaganda. This comes despite efforts to ban, downrank, and remove such content within the EU.