Saturday, July 5, 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.

‘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...

Figure of the week: 93

By EU vs Disinfo As many as 93 percent of messages about vaccines posted on Twitter between 2014 and 2017 came from malicious accounts, including...

Russian Embassy tweets misleading photo about Syria

By Polygraph Twitter Account of Russia’s Embassy in South Africa Official Russian Foreign Ministry social media account “Russian Defence Ministry: English-speaking ‘foreign specialists’ have arrived in #Syria...

Kremlin’s distortions of history keep Russians in the dark

By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews). for StopFake The Kremlin not only writes its own version of current events such as the downing of MH17 and Bashar...