Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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.

Trump Overtakes Putin as Russia’s Most Discussed Celebrity

U.S. President Donald Trump has beaten Russian leader Vladimir Putin to became Russia's most-talked about public figure. According to data from media analytics company SCAN, Trump...

Six Outrageous Lies Russian Disinformation Peddled about Europe in 2016

By Jakub Janda and Ilyas Sharibzhanov, Atlantic Council Russian disinformation is working overtime to undermine European democracies. Much of the disinformation in 2016 came from...

Opening Cyber Salvo in the French Elections

This is gonna be a very interesting cyber conflict On Feb 1st, 2017, Wikileaks began tweeting about the candidates in the French election coming up in...

‘Ukrainian regional news site’ linked with Putin Chef’s Internet troll factory

An apparently ‘Ukrainian’ website often quoted in the Russian media has a St. Petersburg address and is probably one of the ‘troll factory’ enterprises...

U.S. Preps for Infowar on Russia

While President Trump is still defending Vladimir Putin in public, American policymakers have finally awoken to Russian intervention in the U.S. democratic process —...

Fake news for liberals: misinformation starts to lean left under Trump

The president’s tumultuous first weeks in office could influence uptick in viral sharing of misleading articles and propaganda that stoke progressive anxieties While stories of...

Human Shields in Donetsk: Launching Grads near a Residential Area

By Bellingcat This report was written in collaboration with the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT). On 31 January 2017, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine recorded...

We are not paid agents of Russia, we do it out of conviction

We have found a Jobbik activist, a young communist, a Russian convicted of vandalism and a neo-Nazi among the anonymous editors of one of...

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...