Friday, May 17, 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.

The slippery slope: from Halloween to sex dolls

By EU vs Disinfo “Halloween is a completely artificial holiday, which is accepted because it is fashionable in the West. That is idiocy. Today Halloween,...

Disinformation tricks and pro-Kremlin treats

By EU vs Disinfo Happy Halloween everyone! Even if this holiday is not widely celebrated where you live, who doesn’t appreciate the fun of trick-or-treating or...

Russian official: Telegram isn’t banned in Russia

By Polygraph Dmitry Peskov Russian Presidential Representative for Digital and Technical Development "First, Telegram is not banned in Russia. Second, I do not just use it, but...

Russian media falsely attributes a conspiracy quote to Zbigniew Brzezinski

By Polygraph Svobodnaya Pressa Russian news portal “The Alliance frankly follows the precepts of Brzezinski: ‘The twenty-first century will be built at the expense of Russia,...

Attacking the Church of Ukraine: The Kremlin turns the Orthodox world into a battlefield

By EU vs Disinfo Religion is a major topic for the pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets. Europe has lost its Christian roots. Jews aim at exterminating all...

Desperately seeking recognition

By EU vs Disinfo Crimea is Ukraine. However, the Kremlin and its propaganda machinery will go many extra miles to seek out support of the inaccurate...

Figure of the week: 82

By EU vs Disinfo According to a poll in Germany, 82% of respondents are concerned that political disinformation campaigns can manipulate elections. The “Informationsverhalten bei...

Facebook to label state-controlled media and fight foreign interference helping protect the 2020 US...

By Guy Rosen, VP of Integrity; Katie Harbath, Public Policy Director, Global Elections; Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Cybersecurity Policy and Rob Leathern, Director of...

Russian media falsely claim European Parliament is set to investigate Greta Thunberg for Kremlin...

By William Echols, for Polygraph Yevgeny Popov 60 Minutes co-host “The European Parliament is practically launching an investigation into the fact that Greta Thunberg, this environmental activist,...

Russian state news agency claims two UN committees strike in support of Russia

By Polygraph RIA Novosti Russian state news agency “After the First and the Sixth Committees of the U.N. General Assembly, in protest, suspended their work for...