Saturday, May 4, 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.

Filter bubbles are only part of the problem

By Deen Freelon, for Trust, Media and Democracy Why we need to think about truth and legitimacy when consuming news, & the three-dimensional filter map that helps Americans today...

How artificial intelligence can detect – and create – fake news

By Anjana Susarla, for The Conversation When Mark Zuckerberg told Congress Facebook would use artificial intelligence to detect fake news posted on the social media site, he...

Thanking Putin, Serbian president claims Serbs ‘Suffered the most’ in Balkan conflict

By Polygraph Aleksandar Vučić President of Serbia "As you know, nothing in international relations lasts shorter than gratitude, and I would like to thank you once again...

Novichok Poisoning: Russia’s Version #38 – False

By Polygraph Alexander Shulgin Russia’s representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) “In the United States, nerve agents of “Novichok” type have not...

Immortal Regiment marches are a festival of the grotesque

by Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake Every year Russian state media boasts about the spread of “Immortal Regiment” marches around the world, in which people...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Russia not a priority disinformation threat for the European Commission

Topics of the Week Russia is still not a priority threat for the European Commission when it comes to disinformation campaigns. In order to maintain a good...

ICYMI and In The Now: The Support Vessels of the RT Flagship⁩

By EU vs Disinfo RT is the flagship of the Kremlin’s international communications flotilla. Like an aircraft carrier, it is deployed far from Russian speaking...

Cyberattacks in Lithuania: The new normal

By Dalia Bankauskaitė and Simas Čelutka, for Integrity Initiative On 18 January Lithuania encountered a cyberattack aimed at TV3.lt website, one of the most popular...

Pro-Kremlin Account Presents Ad Campaign as a Real Newspaper Story

By Polygraph RIA Novosti Russian state news agency “The House of Representatives has adopted a law banning the U.S. from aiding Syria” Source: RIA Novosti FALSE H.R. 4681 does not...

A Fake Fact Checker – Again

By EU vs Disinfo Copycat site to the left, original fact-checking initiative to the right. Last week, five Swedish publishers started a common fact-checking initiative, with the...