Fake: Ukraine Deliberately Shuts off Water Supplies to Occupied Luhansk
While Russian media were busy disseminating fake stories claiming that Ukraine had deliberately cut off water supplies to the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR)...
Fake: Massive European Demonstrations Supporting Donbas
Russian media reported that on March 5 Europeans staged massive demonstrations in support of Donbas, the eastern Ukrainian industrial region currently occupied by Russian-...
Premiere of “Nothing but lies” documentary film in Kyiv
On the occasion of the third anniversary of the fact-checking project StopFake, a documentary film by Tim White's "Nothing but lies: Fighting fake news"...
Russian state news agency misuses Barents Observer in fake news story
No, Ria Novosti, we have never pointed the finger of blame at Ukraine as the source of a January radiation leak.
By Thomas Nilsen, The...
When is a false claim a lie? Here’s what fact-checkers think
Readers have had enough of the media not calling things by their names.
Take Don Miller, of Littleton, Colorado, for example:
Do you remain asea in...
Here’s Why You Should Worry About Russian Propaganda
By Alina Polyakova, Atlantic Council
“Fake news” is the term du jour in the current discussion on the new media landscape. We knew long ago,...
The Daily Vertical: Post-Truth On Trial (Transcript)
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.
We're going to hear a lot more about the downing of...
Reporter who investigated Russian ‘trolling’ shares experiences, weighs in on hacking in presidential election
By Samantha Neal, The Chronicle
Although Internet trolls were once known for leaving inflammatory comments on relatively inconsequential topics, trolling has become an international political...
Russian propaganda foundation functioned under previous Polish gov’t: report
A Kremlin-run foundation headed by a former top KGB official was allowed to operate in Poland under the former Civic Platform (PO) government, the...
‘Intelligence Collection Disaster’ Russia Turns WikiLeaks CIA Dump Into Disinformation
Though Russian hackers are not the most likely source behind Tuesday’s WikiLeaks document dump, Russia is certainly taking advantage of it—with bots spreading false...