StopFakeNews #113 with Romeo Kokriatski
The latest edition of StopFake News with Romeo Kokriatski. Among the disinformation debunked this week: unhappy with Ukraine, Washington looks to replace President Poroshenko,...
Fake: “Slut” Café Opens in Lviv
Russian and Ukrainian media were up in arms last week about a new café that allegedly opened in Lviv with the scandalous name “First...
Fake: Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry Accuses EU of Betrayal
Russian media this week declared that Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry accused the European Union of betrayal. Russia’s official news agency RIA Novosti, Vesti and Ukraina.ru...
Facebook has a plan to fight fake news. Here’s where we come in
By Benjamin Mullin and Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter
Facebook announced today that it is taking several steps to reduce the reach of fake news. One of...
The real history of fake news
By David Uberti, CJR
In an 1807 letter to John Norvell, a young go-getter who had asked how to best run a newspaper, Thomas Jefferson...
Fake: Ukrainian Army Tank Crushes Car with Passenger
Last November scores of Russian media reported that a Ukrainian army tank crushed a civilian car with three passengers in southeastern Ukraine. The source...
Four tricky ways that fake news can fool you
By Daniel Levitin, Ideas.TED.com
What looks like (and reads like) the truth may be riddled with lies if you look more closely, says neuroscientist Daniel...
Russian State-Run TV Network Refuses to Give Former U.S. Ambassador His Own Show
By Kevin Rothrock, Global Voices
As the U.S. media explodes with reports about “Russian cyberpower” and the Kremlin’s “perfect weapon,” one of the biggest American...
The Kremlin’s Voice: Johan Bäckman
The Kremlin’s Voice, is a new UpNorth series profiling some of the most outspoken cheerleaders and spokesmen for the Putin regime around the world:...
Kremlin Disinformation and the Dutch Referendum
By Robert van der Noordaa, for Integrity Initiative
On 6 April 2016, a non-binding referendum was held in Holland on the EU’s Association Agreement with...