Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Kiwi journalist caught up in misinformation campaign puppeteered by Russian trolls

By Brittney Deguara, for Stuff A Kiwi freelance journalist was unknowingly caught up in a Russian misinformation campaign disguised as a global news organization. Laura Walters, a former Stuff reporter...

Americans who rely on social media or word of mouth for news are the...

By Sarah Scire, NiemanLab In 2016, there were more non-voters than voters who cast ballots for either Democrats or Republicans. Who will sit out again...

Facebook fights the fake news (and users a bit)

Revolutionary changes on Facebook. Not only the layout of the portal will change but also the security rules. As Mark Zuckerberg’s company argues, all...

StopFake will participate in the media coverage monitoring of the local elections with the...

On 7 September 2020 the coalition of civil society organisations consisting of Journalism Ethics Commission, “Human Rights Platform”, “Ukrainian Institute of Media and Communication”, “Stop...

Ukraine Wants to Return to Russia: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 296)

Fake: Eastern Ukrainian cities want to unite with Russia. NATO troops enter Donbas. Ukrainian tracks in Beirut explosion. https://youtu.be/MhmW5jw3GWE

The spirit of „Solidarity” – Polish PM’s article in Ukrainian media

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki published a special article in foreign media for the 40th anniversary of the “Solidarity”. In Ukraine, it was published...

The legend of Polish „Solidarity” in the heart of Kyiv

Anna Walentynowicz, the legendary figure of Polish “Solidarity” had Ukrainian roots. Today, she can be not only Polish hero, but also Ukrainian and her...

Fake: Polish authorities distort the history of the WWII

On the website of the Russian Embassy to Poland there was published a part of the transcript of the Russian MFA representant Maria Zakharova’...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: French military officer detained over espionage for Russia

Topics of the Week The expulsions and arrests over Russian espionage in Europe are not over yet, this time in France. Disinformation campaigns in the US...

Microsoft’s New Deepfake Detector Puts Reality to the Test

By Vanessa Bates Ramirez, for Singularity Hub The upcoming US presidential election seems set to be something of a mess—to put it lightly. Covid-19 will likely...