A Kurdish journalist in the southeast of Turkey was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly spreading false information, constituting a Turkish court’s first application of its new “disinformation” law.

A European Parliament committee with a focus on foreign interference in the European Union discussed on Thursday Russia’s disinformation campaigns and other tactics, specifically targeting Hungary and Spain, to expand its sphere of influence within the union.

U.S. prosecutors have charged a Russian national with wire fraud, accusing him of aiding and abetting political and electoral interference operations conducted by a Russian disinformation group that keeps targeting U.S. citizens.

The World Health Organisation is warning against claims that tobacco or nicotine consumption might reduce the dangers of the novel coronavirus, following controversial studies that anti-tobacco advocates say were financed by the industry.