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.

Russians Increasingly Skeptical of ‘False’ and ‘Biased’ News

The number of Russians who think media reports are false or biased has doubled in the last 12 months, a report by Russian journalism...

Facebook has a plan to fight fake news. Here’s where we come in

By Benjamin Mullin and Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter Facebook announced today that it is taking several steps to reduce the reach of fake news. One of...

The real history of fake news

By David Uberti, CJR In an 1807 letter to John Norvell, a young go-getter who had asked how to best run a newspaper, Thomas Jefferson...

Four tricky ways that fake news can fool you

By Daniel Levitin, Ideas.TED.com What looks like (and reads like) the truth may be riddled with lies if you look more closely, says neuroscientist Daniel...

Russian State-Run TV Network Refuses to Give Former U.S. Ambassador His Own Show

By Kevin Rothrock, Global Voices As the U.S. media explodes with reports about “Russian cyberpower” and the Kremlin’s “perfect weapon,” one of the biggest American...

The Kremlin’s Voice: Johan Bäckman

The Kremlin’s Voice, is a new UpNorth series profiling some of the most outspoken cheerleaders and spokesmen for the Putin regime around the world:...

Kremlin Disinformation and the Dutch Referendum

By Robert van der Noordaa, for Integrity Initiative On 6 April 2016, a non-binding referendum was held in Holland on the EU’s Association Agreement with...

‘If the Russians Come Back Again, They Won’t Be Constrained by Communism’

By Paul Goble, for UpNorth Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who has just completed his service as president of Estonia, once remarked that “if the Russians come...

Kremlin Watch Monitor. December 12, 2016

Weekly update on Kremlin disinformation efforts Our Jakub Janda got interviewed by The Bild about the Russian Federation’s efforts to influence crucial Western elections, including...

How to report fake news to social media

By Alex Murray, BBC News Fake news stories on the internet have hit the headlines in recent weeks - especially since the US election. While much...