Friday, May 3, 2024

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.

Russian State TV Channel Airs New Program Devoted to Putin

By VOANews MOSCOW — A Russian state-owned television channel has a new weekly current affairs program devoted to President Vladimir Putin. The first episode of "Moscow. Kremlin....

Non-Google search engine launches a news module based on “diverse, quality sources”

By Laura Hazard-Owen, for NiemanLab Look, it’s completely understandable that you might feel like skipping a story about Bing, the Microsoft-owned search engine that has a...

Disinformation and Paranoia

By EU vs Disinfo Do Russians actually believe the disinformation they see on the national TV channels? Or do they rather take it with a...

‘Fake news’ is in the eye of the beholder: China is centralizing efforts to...

By Oiwan Lam, for Global Voices A new state-run platform is now centralizing efforts to stop online “rumors” in China. This is a significant step for China, where any...

Russian trolls exiled from Guardian find home for their hate

By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake Among the various English-language promoters of Russian propaganda, a website called OffGuardian drew attention to itself recently by praising...

Lavrov: West is blocking chemical weapons inspections in Syria — Not True

By Polygraph Sergei Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister Commenting on the chemical attack that allegedly took place on Syrian territory, Lavrov noted that ‘such situations have happened in...

Is there really data that heavy Facebook use caused…erm, is correlated with…erm, is linked...

Plus: Does all our yammering about fake news make people think real news is fake? By Shan Wang, for NiemanLab The growing stream of reporting on...

#PackOfLies: How Moldova protects itself against disinformation

By Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis Though Moldova is daily bombarded by huge amounts of disinformation, there are active groups in the country working on...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: US and European elections – how to protect them?

Topics of the Week Ilya Zaslavskiy: Israel should acknowledge the threat of the Kremlin's hostile influence and act accordingly. Are the US midterms already in jeopardy? RT is fond of...

Russian analyst belittles American LNG potential in a ‘gas war’ over Europe

By Polygraph Sergei Savchuk RIA Novosti Contributor "As of today, the number of all liquefied natural gas plants in the United States is precisely…one. It's located in...