Fake news for liberals: misinformation starts to lean left under Trump
The president’s tumultuous first weeks in office could influence uptick in viral sharing of misleading articles and propaganda that stoke progressive anxieties
While stories of...
Fake: Poroshenko Calls for Ending Russia Sanctions
This week Russian media declared that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was calling for western sanctions imposed against Russia to be lifted. Vesti, RIA Novosti,...
Zozulya, Putin and ‘nazis’ in Ukraine
One piece from the documentary by Michael Andersen about the political role of football ultras and players in Ukraine.
In this connection, they were filming and...
StopFakeNews #118 with Cynthia Sularz
The latest edition of StopFake News with Cynthia Sularz. This week’s fakes include renewed accusations of neo-Nazism against Ukrainian footballer Roman Zozulya, claims that...
Human Shields in Donetsk: Launching Grads near a Residential Area
By Bellingcat
This report was written in collaboration with the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT).
On 31 January 2017, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine recorded...
We are not paid agents of Russia, we do it out of conviction
We have found a Jobbik activist, a young communist, a Russian convicted of vandalism and a neo-Nazi among the anonymous editors of one of...
The BBC is using ‘slow news’ to fight fake news
By Jessica Davies, Digiday
The BBC is taking a stronger stance on fighting the online spread of misinformation, having launched a dedicated lie-debunking unit at the heart...
From Fake News to Fake Opinion
By Brian Mefford, Atlantic Council
A few weeks ago, a colleague asked why I was a part of an organization called the Center for Global Strategic...
Spanish Media Again Accuse Ukrainian Footballer of Nazism
Spanish media are once again rife with stories accusing Ukrainian footballer Roman Zozulya of Nazism. StopFake already debunked similar accusations six months ago, when...
Fake: Kyiv Government Admits City Smog Caused by Low Grade Coal
The Ukrainian newspaper Vesti published a story this week claiming that the recent smog enveloping Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was by caused by the city’s...