At long last, people have stopped asking “Is it really happening?” or “Does it really work?” or “Does it even matter?” Facebook has acknowledged the existence of Russian disinformation on its platform and has finally bannedsites created by the Internet Research Agency, the Russian institution dedicated to covert online propaganda. Twitter has removed automated Russian botnets. Hearings and major conferences in France, Britain and Brussels have convened in recent weeks to discuss possible government responses to Russian disinformation campaigns within European democracies, too.
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Activists stand near a banner featureing Vincent Van Gogh's self-portrait with the cut off ear which reads: "Don't trust to Russian propaganda" near the Dutch embassy in Kyiv on Feb. 5, 2016.
