Saturday, May 16, 2026

Context

Stories in the Context section are not fakes. We publish them in order to provide greater insight for our readers about the techniques, methods and practices used by the Russian government in its information war. They appear on our site with the permission of their original publisher and reflect the views of the authors and not necessarily the position of StopFake’s editorial board.

From Preschool to Adolescence: Expanding Ideological Control in Russian Schools

By EUvsDisinfo The Kremlin has long injected propaganda into the Russian educational system in order to boost the ‘patriotism’ of Russian youth. Putin’s future ‘child...

China-Linked Spamouflage Targets Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Elections

By Digital Forensic Research Lab A China-linked Spamouflage network is targeting Tibetans with growing sophistication but limited reach. A Chinese influence operation consisting of ninety Facebook profiles...

Russia’s Election Interference Playbook Targets Armenia

By EUvsDisinfo Russia continues its attempts to disrupt and interfere with democracies in its neighbourhood. Learning from its failure in its attempt in the latest...

Disinformation Review: EU Sanctions and the Kremlin’s Recycled Narratives

By EUvsDisinfo KEY EVENTS The EU has imposed sanctions on Euromore and Pravfond for influence operations targeting European audiences. Pro-Kremlin disinformation recasts Ukraine as a terrorist and...

Morocco-based YouTube channel acts as French-language proxy for sanctioned Kremlin propagandists

By Valentin Châtelet, for DFRLAb The channel amassed over 10.5 million views while platforming EU-sanctioned figures A Morocco-based YouTube channel is platforming sanctioned Russian ideologues and pro-Kremlin...

Fake: China sold Iran supersonic anti-ship missiles that could supposedly immobilize a U.S. aircraft...

This claim comes from an AI-generated content farm video whose narrative is highly exaggerated and false. The viral video alleges that China sold supersonic anti-ship...

Foreigners Praising Taiwan? The Traffic Scam and Information Risks Behind AI-Fabricated Videos

Over the past few months, the Taiwan FactCheck Center has debunked multiple AI-fabricated videos, including claims that Taiwan won the championship in the “Social...

AI-Generated Health Videos Explode in Volume: Hard to Tell Truth from Falsehood, Raising Public...

Tseng Hui-wen, Chen Wei-ting Have you noticed that when searching for health information on video platforms, you often find attention-grabbing, sensational videos that overturn conventional...

Propaganda as a Weapon System: How Russian Propaganda Shapes Soldiers’ Beliefs and Combat Motivation

By EUvsDisinfo One of the features that makes propaganda effective is that it reshapes how people understand the world around them, turning war into ‘peace’...

One Propaganda Machine, Different Audiences: How “Pravda” Operates in Germany and France

By Kateryna Aksyonova, for Detector Media The Kremlin does not simply spread disinformation — it tailors it to different audiences. The “Pravda” network (also known as...