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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.

Pro-Kremlin Propagandist – The Most Popular Russian “Journalist” Of 2020

By EU vs Disinfo Vladimir Solovyov, a TV and radio host and a prominent disinformation personality on Russian state-controlled media was named the most popular...

Chinese Party Paper Whitewashes State Censorship over Coronavirus Reporting in Wuhan

By Polygraph Hu XijinEditor-in-chief of the Global Times"In fact, during Wuhan's lockdown, many journalists were there reporting the real situation ... some of the articles...

New Study Maps Root Causes Of Disinformation In The Western Balkans And Ways To...

By EU vs Disinfo Last year, on 3 December, the study ‘Mapping Fake News and Disinformation in the Western Balkans and Identifying Ways to Effectively...

Disinformation In 2020: Top Embarrassing Moments

By EU vs Disinfo Democracy is critical by its nature. Dissent, questioning and debate are core elements of the public discourse in a democratic society....

Storytelling The Disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo Once upon a Time, in a kingdom far, far away, a dragon was keeping the entire population hostage, poisoning it with...

What Happened In 2020?

By EU vs Disinfo 2020 is almost finally over. For many this has been a challenging year, which brought not only a global pandemic but also...

China Claims There’s Religious Freedom in Xinjiang. Not Even Close

By Polygraph U.S. Embassy of the People's Republic of ChinaOfficial Twitter account"In Xinjiang, all citizens enjoy the same rights. It is a completely independent choice...

Russian Media Invent Phony Coverup Story About US Army Homicides

By Polygraph RIA NovostiRussian state news outlet"Journalists are diligently helping the army command to hush up the scandal. None of them accuses the base commanders...

Bestiarium Kremlinensis A – Z

By EU vs Disinfo Warning: Satire Fear is the main element in the pro-Kremlin disinformation ecosystem. The EUvsDisinfo has earlier outlined a few of the phobias, plaguing...

Facebook is still fighting against disinformation. But it doesn’t know if it’s winning

“In dozens of countries, in cooperation with public institutions, we have launched Messenger and WhatsApp chatbots, which allow people to easily access reliable information....