EXPOSE Network

"Fact checkers"  EXPOSE Network (Propaganda)
Exposed by	Integrity Initiative/Leak/7
Membership	•  Neville Bolt •  Graham Brookie •  Ben Nimmo •  Peter Pomeransev •  Milica Pesic •  Jessika Aro •  Amil Khan •  Louis Brooke •  Chris Donnelly •  Lyubomir Hristov •  Mary Mitchell •  Paul Birmingham •  Jeremy Lloyd •  Chris White •  Dan Williamson •  Deepti Sastry •  Aric Toler •  Christian Triebert •  Tanya Bogdanova •  Roman Shutov •  Frank Williams •  Dalia Bankausaite •  David Patrikarakos •  Ben Robinson •  James Wilson •  Alex Mackintosh •  Ziad Ramley •  Russell Peacock •  Charlotte Beckett
A proposed multi-million pound consortium to oppose "dinsinformation" that was revealed in the 7th tranche of documents in the Integrity Initiative leak. The UK govt declined to fund it.

The EXPOSE Network was a planned group to counter "disinformation" that came to prominence after related documents surfaced in Integrity Initiative Leak 7.

Structure

The 3 directors were planned to be Chris Donnelly (Institute for Statecraft), Amil Khan (Aktis, Chatham House) and Louis Brooke(Zinc Network).

Funding

The FCO application requested £9,750,000 over 3 years to run the network.

 

Examples

Page name	Description
File:The Secret Team.pdf	An unauthorised history of the CIA from its origins to the Kennedy assassination. Prouty suggested that the assassination was a coup d'état to stop the President from taking control of the CIA after the Bay of Pigs disaster. He also points out that the movement of Kennedy after a bullet struck his head was consistent with a shot from the grassy knoll. He also drew attention to the suspicious actions of the "Umbrella Man".
File:Victor Rothschild Soviet Spy.pdf	Lord Victor Rothschild’s connections to Soviet intelligence.

 

Related Quotations

Page	Quote
"Post-truth"	“making use of fictional work for reinforcing messages about Russian hybrid warfare”
Bellingcat	“Bellingcat was somewhat discredited, both by spreading disinformation itself, and by being willing to produce reports for anyone willing to pay”
Language	“In this report, ‘disinformation’ refers to Kremlin influence operations within the communications environment, delivered through overt and covert promotion of intentionally false, distorting or distracting narratives.”
Polarisation	“given the high anti-Russian sentiment in the country [of Georgia], there is a space for pro-Western voices, especially on independent TV stations. It is necessary to increase capacity to allow for this to happen on a larger scale.”
Zinc Network	“Bringing together organisations including Zinc Network, the Institute for Statecraft, Aktis Strategy, Bellingcat, DFR Lab, the Media Diversity Institute, Toro Risk Solutions and Ecorys, our Consortium combines recognised market leaders in understanding, monitoring, and countering Kremlin-backed disinformation... This ecosystem of credible voices will continue to grow, exposing the actors and networks behind Kremlin-backed disinformation, reducing unwitting multipliers of disinformation, and building resilience amongst key target audiences across Europe. We will mobilise a Network Hub based in London, led by an experienced Project Director, consisting of an agile team with core competencies augmented by a wider pool of vetted experts. Our approach is highly localised, based around regional clusters of actors who can collaborate to effectively undermine the disinformation ecosystem in their respective areas and engage audiences most vulnerable to disinformation... It is a highly complex project involving coordination of many independent actors, and thus risk must be carefully managed and risk profiles constantly adapted, serving as the basis for all activity. The approach we propose is based on the identification, monitoring and management of risks as they materialise, allowing members to continue taking smart risks as they increase the scale and impact of their activities.”

 

Known members

17 of the 82 of the members already have pages here:

Member	Description
Jessikka Aro	Finnish journalist connected to the Integrity Initiative
Neville Bolt	A "terror expert" mentioned in the 7th Integrity Initiative leak.
Louis Brooke	Suggest as director of the UK government propaganda network Zinc Network
Graham Brookie	"Former U.S. government advisor on homeland security and counterterrorism" connected to the Integrity Initiative/Institute for Statecraft complex
Bulgaria Analytica	"Fack checker" with "notably opaque" funding
Center for European Policy Analysis
Detector Media	NATO-backed Russian language "fact checker"
Chris Donnelly	A UK Deep politician who set up the Institute for Statecraft (amongst other groups).
Amil Khan	Security cleared Chatham House fellow who was proposed to be one of the 3 directors of the EXPOSE Network (together with Chris Donnelly of the Institute for Statecraft and Louis Brooke of the Zinc Network
Ben Nimmo	"Nimmo is a former spokesperson for NATO, who has essentially dedicated his career to fear-mongering about Russia."
David Patrikarakos	British journalist, author and TV producer linked to the Integrity Initiative's EXPOSE Network
Peter Pomerantsev	"Terror expert" mentioned in the Integrity Initiative Leak
Prague Security Studies Institute	Czech think-tank established with extensive ties to neoconservative circles. Mentioned in the Integrity Initiative's EXPOSE network.
Ziad Ramley	"ZINC Network’s Head of Digital" interested in "misinformation"
Ben Robinson	Fellow of the Institute for Statecraft with responsibility for the Integrity Network in Ukraine
StopFake	Spooky "fact checking" website to counter "Russian Propaganda". Backed by an alliance of groups including the Integrity Initiative. Some staff crossover with the Institute for Statecraft.
James Wilson	Institute for Statecraft connected lawyer

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