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Russian journalists in exile fight Russian propaganda, working for U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe from Latvia. But the Trump administration plans to cut funds is creating uncertainty.

The Russian-born tech billionaire is a citizen of France and the UAE. Telegram, which he co-founded in 2013, has nearly 1 billion users. It’s known for its hands-off approach to content moderation.

Robert Siegel talks to Leon Aron, director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute, about Chechnya. Many may not know the long and troubled history of terrorism in this region, and the disturbing link between Chechen rebels, al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden. According to information from multiple reports, the suspects are from Russia's North Caucasus region. They look at a Facebook-like social media site that the suspects posted on.

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Russia Saturday to protest alleged vote-rigging in recent parliamentary elections. The protests are the largest in the country since the fall of the Soviet Union. Reporter Peter van Dyk updates host Scott Simon from Moscow.

A fake video of the Ukrainian president claiming defeat spread on social media on Wednesday.

The country's Internet regulator says Twitter has ignored its requests to remove material it considers harmful to children. The move is part of a larger effort to rein in non-Russian social media.

Ukrainians are documenting the conflict with Russia online. NPR's Scott Simon talks with the Wall Street Journal's Paul Sonne about how once-lighthearted websites have become grim logs of destruction.

The messaging app Telegram has been heavily used by both sides in the war in Ukraine. But privacy experts say people using the service should be wary of the app's level of security.

Eliot Higgins is the founder of an online collective that picks apart conspiracy theories and investigates war crimes and hate crimes using clues from the Internet. His new book is We Are Bellingcat.