Saturday, May 11, 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.

Bestiarium Kremlinensis C – F

By EU vs Disinfo Warning: Satire Fear is the main element in Russian politics. The EUvsDisinfo has outlined a few of the phobias, plaguing the Kremlin leadership....

Storytelling the Disinformation. Part 3

Источник: EU vs Disinfo The Threatened Values Once upon the Time, in a kingdom far, far away, a dragon was keeping the entire population hostage, poisoning...

Lots of visible likes and shares on social lead people to spread more misinformation

By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab When people saw that a questionable piece of content had been liked and shared lots of times, they were...

In the Wake of Russian Propaganda: How the Kremlin Attacks Facebook with Ukrainian Media

By Natalia Ishchenko, for Den Den Daily Newspaper (day.kyiv.ua): №142-143, (2020) For a month now, there has been a scuffle and a brawl in media circles...

To Outshout and Overpower: How Russia Is Trying to Influence the Ukrainian Information Environment...

By Yuriy Lapayev, for Tyzhden.ua Weekly Magazine, № 31 (663), July 29 2020. More than five years ago, Ukraine attracted the attention of world media. It...

Men arrested in Belarus formerly fought for Russia in Ukraine and elsewhere

By DFRLab On July 29, 2020, a group of 33 men allegedly working for Russian intelligence-associated Wagner mercenary group were detained by Belarusian authorities outside of Minsk. Approximately...

Pro-Kremlin platforms go on the offensive on after investigation into Russian bounties on U.S....

By DFRLab At least five narratives emerged on Russian outlets and social media, following a well-established playbook A number of pro-Kremlin and Kremlin-funded outlets spread various...

EU sanctions Russian intelligence, North Korean, Chinese firms over alleged cyberattacks

By EURACTIV The European Union imposed on Thursday (30 July) travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia’s military intelligence service and on firms...

RUSSIA DID NOT… (AND ANYWAY, THERE IS NO PROOF)

By EU vs Disinfo Despite evidence pointing to the contrary, pro-Kremlin media continues to claim Russia had nothing to do with downing flight MH17, poisoning the Skripals, or interfering...

The pandemic has spawned disinformation campaigns that blend truth, lies, and sincere beliefs

By Kate Starbird, republished in NiemanLab “While a single disinformation campaign may have a specific objective — for instance, changing public opinion about a political...