DisinfoWatch

07/03/2026

Canada’s Foreign Influence Transparency Registry takes effect on August 4.

So what do these operations look like in practice — and who may need to register?

We created this DisinfoWatch video primer to explain:

05/28/2026

Russia’s “Merchant of Death,” Viktor Bout, threatens nuclear war + strikes against NATO with Alex Jones. Classic Kremlin escalation propaganda that frames Russia as victim, NATO as aggressor, and support for Ukraine as reckless.

US far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has lent his platform to convicted Russian arms trafficker, Viktor Bout (also known as the “Merchant of Death), to threaten that Putin is preparing...

05/18/2026

Russia has no “right” to attack NATO. This Kremlin aligned false narrative is designed to intimidate Western publics and weaken support for Ukraine.

A post by a RT commentator Glenn Diesen falsely claims that Russia has a right to attack NATO. This narrative fits a recurring Kremlin-aligned one that portrays NATO as the...

04/06/2026

RT is laundering Tucker Carlson’s calls for regime change in Canada, annexation as the “51st state,” and stoking Alberta grievance politics.

This is how foreign propaganda attacks Canadian unity, sovereignty + inflames separation narratives.

RT’s Twitter account has published an edited version of a Tucker Carleson video that suggests that the United States should use force to influence Canada a change in Canada’s government,...

03/28/2026

China's embassy in Canada is exploiting MP Michael Ma’s remarks to deny Uyghur forced labour and human rights violations. This is a familiar PRC-CCP propaganda tactic: erase victims and attack witnesses.

A Twitter/X post published on the official account of the Chinese Embassy in Canada exploits Liberal MP Michael Ma’s questioning the use of forced labour to build Chinese electric vehicles...

03/28/2026

Former Russian President and RT are pushing Russian neo imperial narratives that target both Estonia’s sovereignty and Ukraine’s territorial integrity.

The posts connect historical falsification with misogynistic attacks on Kaja Kallas to legitimize Russian revanchism, undermine democratic sovereignty, and punish leaders who resist Kremlin aggression.

Several Kremlin-aligned accounts are pushing a neo-imperialist narrative built on historical manipulation, falsification, and a blatantly misogynistic attack on Kaja Kallas. The campaign follows a familiar Kremlin script: twist Kallas’s...

02/18/2026

🔍 FALSE INSINUATION EXPOSED: A piece published on the Russian Pravda Network falsely suggests that the U.S. plans to take rare earth processing capacity from Canada’s Neo Performance Materials facility in Estonia.

📉 This narrative misrepresents how global rare earth supply chains operate and wrongly frames geopolitical intent. The Estonian plant — run by Neo Performance Materials — is one of the few rare-earth processors outside China, and factual reporting does not support claims that the U.S. is seeking to “take over” it.

📊 DisinfoWatch’s analysis unpacks how misleading narratives like this spread, why they matter, and the importance of separating fact from fiction in discussions about critical minerals and international cooperation.

🛡️ Stay informed and skeptical — not everything you read about geopolitics and supply chains online reflects reality.

Russia’s Pravda News Network, citing an Izvestia article, mis-quotes Estonia’s Minister of Foreign affairs and falsely insinuates that a Canadian owned rare earth mineral processing plant in Estonia could be...

02/02/2026

🚨The pro-Kremlin Pravda network is amplifying false claims about Alberta separatism, including a MAGA fantasy “+2 U.S. senators” payoff . Alberta isn’t a U.S. state. Kremlin aligned disinfo targeting Canadian unity.

The Pravda News Network has been identified by France’s Viginum, as the distribution platform for the Russian “Portal Kombat” disinformation operation. The claims in this post are anchored in current...

01/26/2026

🚨 DisinfoWatch has identified the Russian-linked Pravda disinformation network amplifying Alberta secessionist events.
Pravda does not produce real journalism. They recycle Kremlin narratives to stoke division and undermine Canada’s cohesion and among allied democratic nations.

  Russia’s Pravda News Network has published what appears to be an AI generated video promoting an Alberta secessionist rally schedule for Monday, January 26, on its Russian VK social...

01/18/2026

Donald Trump associate, Steve Bannon, claims Canada is “hostile” to the United States and central to “Hemispheric defence”, echoing a broader Trump aligned narrative that paints Canada as a strategic threat rather than an ally.

In a recent podcast, close Trump associate, Steve Bannon suggested that Canada is both a threat and a “ vital national security interest” to the United States and “these people...