Sunday, July 6, 2025

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.

What’s disinformation doing “right” — and what can newsrooms learn from it?

By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab “Recognition of altruism as a motive for publishing (i.e. shedding a light on unknown/hidden information).” The growing stream of reporting...

The New York Times asked for examples of election disinformation — and got 4,000...

This election might have less misinformation than 2016’s race, but “Christine Blasey Ford — proudly posing with Soros” and “We’re making a Woman’s Vote Worth more by...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: The Kremlin sanctions 322 Ukrainian citizens and plans a Russian ground...

Topics of the Week The Kremlin has introduced new economic sanctions against 322 Ukrainian citizens and 68 companies. RT and Sputnik, along with other foreign accounts, circulated disinformation on Brazilian...

Unlike in 2016, there was no spike in misinformation this election cycle

By Paul Resnick, for The Conversation The “Iffy Quotient” has been downright steady leading up to tomorrow’s midterm elections, and Facebook deserves some credit for...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Facebook’s arms race or just more PR?

Topics of the Week Facebook is responding to Russian interference in the United States, but continuously underestimates disinformation campaigns in other countries. The New York Times: US Cyber Command...

Figure of the Week: 3

By EU vs Disinfo Britain has charged two Russian military intelligence officers with poisoning former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, but only a fraction...

OSCE interview fuels Kremlin disinformation

By Polygraph Andrey Rudenko Russia-24 correspondent “Alexander Hug is well informed. For four years he’s been working in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, and in Ukraine...

Update: US labels as ‘absurd’ Russian accusations of manipulation of the Macedonian Parliament

By Polygraph Russian Foreign Ministry Russian Foreign Ministry "Eight votes that were necessary to secure a qualified majority were ensured by …means of blackmailing, threats and bribing...

Russian state TV claims Megyn Kelly’s show taken off air because of Russians’ love...

By Polygraph Kirill Kleimyonov TV anchor, Russia “The program of Megyn Kelly, our favorite American TV anchor, is being taken off the air. She was fired on...

Commanding the trolls

By EU vs Disinfo Thanks to a series of journalistic investigations, many of which have been carried out by Russian reporters, it is already well known...