Tuesday, September 16, 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.

The BBC is using ‘slow news’ to fight fake news

By Jessica Davies, Digiday The BBC is taking a stronger stance on fighting the online spread of misinformation, having launched a dedicated lie-debunking unit at the heart...

From Fake News to Fake Opinion

By Brian Mefford, Atlantic Council A few weeks ago, a colleague asked why I was a part of an organization called the Center for Global Strategic...

Google has banned 200 publishers since it passed a new policy against fake news

The company routinely weeds out “bad ads.” Now it weeds out more bad ad publishers, too. Google kicked 200 publishers off one of its ad...

Historical Truth Banned in Russian-Occupied Crimea

Where Russia cannot prosecute for annoyingly inconvenient but entirely provable truth, it opts for bans.  It has driven out most independent media from Russian-occupied...

Fake news is a red herring

Fake news, propaganda and "disinformatzya" are changing the media landscape - in the US, Russia and Turkey and across the world. The question is...

A fake fake news checker

A case of double bluff – this was the conclusion Swedish internet users reached after a Swedish website presenting itself as the next in...

Kremlin Watch Monitor. January 25, 2017

New Publications In every Kremlin Watch Monitor, we are recommending new publications on the topic of disinformation campaigns and hostile Russian influence. We put several...

The Ultimate Cure for the Fake-News Epidemic Will Be More Skeptical Readers

New algorithms will help — but users' skepticism is the ultimate weapon By David Pogue, Scientific American February 2017 Issue “Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald...

Are Russia’s Closed Discussion Clubs Becoming ‘Hybrid’ Think Tanks or Something More?

Russia lacks the tradition of think tanks found in many Western capitals, but the rise of closed discussion clubs where Russian officials, businessmen and...

COMMENTARY: Means, goals and consequences of the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign

The EU’s East StratCom Task Force was set up by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini in 2015, in response to a request from all...