Fake: AIDS From Donbas Sweeping Ukraine
Scores of Russian and Ukrainian media featured stories last month claiming the war in the eastern Ukrainian Donbas region, was causing a huge spike...
StopFake #167 with Yuri Polakiwsky
Fakes: Crimean Tatars to support Putin in Russia’s March presidential election; Kyiv residents want Russian social media back; Ukrainian train arrives in Russia carrying...
What (if anything) do Facebook’s News Feed changes mean for fake news?
Plus: Lessons from Bolivia and Slovakia, and what’s the reach of fake news in the EU?
By Laura Hazard Owen, for Nieman Lab
The growing stream...
Most people in the West make two fatal mistakes about Moscow ‘media,’ Yakovenko says
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
Most people in the West continue to make two “fatal” mistakes about the media in Putin’s Russia, Igor Yakovenko...
Fake news kicks into high gear in Czech presidential runoff
By Alan Crosby, for RFE/RL
In the first round of the Czech presidential election earlier this month, Jiri Drahos was variously portrayed -- without substantiation...
Russians so overwhelmingly apolitical that poll numbers are meaningless, Kagarlitsky says
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
Given that 90 percent of Russian society is “apolitical,” Moscow commentator Boris Kagarlitsky says, “it is impossible” to say...
Antisemitism and pro-Kremlin propaganda
By EU vs Disinfo
“Most people know about, but few are willing to condemn, the strict taboo in the media, of criticizing Jews as a...
Fake: Kyiv Residents Want Russian Social Media Platforms Back
Russian Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda published a story claiming that the majority of Kyiv residents are against banning Russian social media sites and...
NDI Poll: 30% of Respondents Believe Russian Propaganda Exists in Georgia
By Tabula
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) released the results of their most recent public opinion survey in Georgia regarding major issues surrounding the country,...
American views: Trust, media and democracy
By Knight Foundation
Technological advances have made it easier for Americans to connect with each other and to find information, including details about the major...