StopFake #207 with Marko Suprun
Fake: Majority of Ukrainians consider Donbas conflict a civil war. Crimea beats record for number of tourists. Using the army to return Crimea to...
Fake: EU Warns Ukraine against Militarization of Azov Sea
The European Union is speaking out against Ukraine’s military buildup in the Azov Sea, declared the pro-Kremlin internet publication Ukraina.ru on October 23. The...
What to know about WhatsApp in Brazil ahead of Sunday’s election
By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab
The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard...
Figure of the Week: 136,000
By EU vs Disinfo
A court in Finland has ordered three pro-Kremlin trolls to pay 136,000 euros in damages for harassing and slandering Jessikka Aro,...
TOP 3 ways to spread disinformation about military exercises
By EU vs Disinfo
Western military exercises are an obvious target for the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign that aims to undermine the public’s trust in EU...
Putin Downplays Size of U.S. Economy to China’s Favor — Facts Show Otherwise
By Polygraph
Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation
“In terms of volume, the Chinese economy has already become larger than the U.S. economy.”
Source: RIA Novosti
MISLEADING
Putin erroneously...
Fake: Majority of Ukrainians Consider Donbas Conflict a Civil War
In a tried and true manner pro-Kremlin site Ukraina.ru distorted the words of a European political analyst to declare that the majority of Ukrainians...
Fake: Ukrainian Deputy Minister Wants to Return Crimea with the Help of the Army
Ukraine’s Deputy Minister for Information Policy Emine Jepar wants to return Russian-annexed Crimea to the Ukrainian using the Ukrainian Army declared Russian media this...
Disinfo Analysis: The ‘art of fake news’ – How independent Moldovan media fight Russian...
By Polygraph
Millions of Moldovans were glued to their TV screens watching with increasing panic the news from neighboring European countries about a “massive” wave...
Disinforming with a pot on your head
By EU vs Disinfo
Modern digital technology can make it almost impossible to discern disinformation from facts. For example, computer games now look so authentic that Russian state...