Friday, April 19, 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.

Online disinformation and manipulation targeted elections in at least 18 countries

By EU vs Disinfo Online disinformation and manipulation targeted elections in at least 18 countries over the past year, according to a new study. In its...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: U.S. Congress should purchase more secure voting machines

Topics of the Week During a House panel last week, election experts stressed that Congress should increase funding to states so that they can purchase...

Top Russian General: U.S. and NATO ‘Preparing to Start a War’ with Russia in...

By Polygraph Leonid Ivashov, a former top Russian defense ministry official “It indicates that they, the Americans in the first place, are preparing to start a...

Fake news is old news

By Ethan Zuckerman, for Global Voices Taisa Sganzerla, Lusaphone editor for Global Voices, leads a panel titled “Fake News is Old News” with the story of...

The dogs of war, the dogs of disinformation

By VSquare.org Nobody knows how many women came over. What people say is that they came from Georgia, they were rude and provocative, and they...

Putin, Trump and ISIS ‘main threats to liberal values,’ European deputies say

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia The deputies of the European Parliament who form Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) at a meeting...

Russian Defense Ministry Site Op-Ed: Czechs Should Be Grateful for 1968 Soviet Intervention

By Polygraph.info Leonid Maslovsky, commentator “The introduction of troops into Czechoslovakia in 1968 prevented the West from carrying out a coup d'etat in Czechoslovakia using the...

Tillerson Says U.S. Committed To European Security Amid Russian Threat

By RFE/RL U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has stressed Washington's commitment to European security, especially as Russia continues what he called its "aggressive behavior...

U.S. congressional press office strips RT of Credentials

By Mike Eckel, RFE/RL The organization overseeing media access to the U.S. Congress has stripped Russia state-funded TV channel RT of its press credentials. The move...

Last week on Russian TV: Too “liberal” education and constitution

By EU vs Disinfo TV Channel 1 discussed a speech by a Russian schoolboy at the German Bundestag. “What about freedom of speech?”, a Tweet...