Sunday, May 19, 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.

Figure of the week: 76 million

By EU vs Disinfo Advertisements for some of the best-known global brands are funding some of the most notorious disinformation sites in Europe – to...

‘Russophobic’: Kremlin denies evidence of Russian COVID-19 disinformation campaign

By Polygraph Dmitry PeskovRussian Presidential Spokesman“It is about some groundless accusations. In fact, this Russophobic obsession could be expected to fade under the current...

EEAS SPECIAL REPORT: Disinformation on the coronavirus – short assessment of the information environment

By EU vs Disinfo Note: The objective of this report is to provide a snapshot overview of the current trends and insights into disinformation activities...

The virus to liberate us from freedom

By EU vs Disinfo Alexander Dugin, a Russian nationalist philosopher with close ties to the Kremlin, is relishing in the COVID-19 outbreak. We are living in...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Kremlin’s malign influence in the Western Balkans

NEW REPORT ASSESSMENT OF THE KREMLIN'S MALIGN INFLUENCE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, MONTENEGRO AND NORTH MACEDONIA This Report is a final output of...

Infowars’ Jones hawked ‘nanosilver toothpaste’ fake coronavirus cure

By Polygraph Alex JonesInfowars“The patented nanosilver we have, the Pentagon has come out and documented and Homeland Security has said this stuff kills the...

Common crisis: The implications of COVID-19 for the Transatlantic Alliance

By CEPA GEOPOLITICS AND THE PANDEMIC: A CEPA FAQ  ​Alliance cohesion is under increasing strain amid public squabbling between member governments and growing fears...

Four super fake coronavirus claims (that we saw today)

By Polygraph Everywhere onlineFake coronavirus claims are all over the internet. Below we correct a few claims about the virus origin, diagnosis, prevention and...

How British, German, and US media cover Crimea’s annexation and the Donbas war

By Rens Wilderom, for VoxUkraine This article investigates how British newspapers covered Crimea’s annexation and the Donbass war. It shows that initially an “international...

Figure of the week: 32

By EU vs Disinfo A new analysis of 32 Russia-linked Facebook and Instagram accounts – which have since been removed – reveal how the Internet...