Friday, July 4, 2025

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.

A quarter of Belarusians rely on Russian media for news, new study says

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia One Belarusian in four has not read the Belarusian media during the last month but instead relies on...

Russian ‘troll farm’ posts ersatz report on Hong Kong Thanksgiving Rally

By Polygraph RIAFAN.ruRussian news agency“Then everyone watched a video prepared by the organizers of the action. The video encouraged not to stop there,...

In Ethiopia’s disinformation epidemic, the crumbling ruling coalition is the elephant in the room

By Endalkachew Chala, for Global Voices This story is the second in a two-part series on online disinformation and politics in Ethiopia. You can read...

Singular or plural?

By EU vs Disinfo Russian grammar can be difficult – even to a native speaker. However, in some Russian media, linguistic mistakes appear out of a wish to produce stories...

KREMLIN WATCH STRATEGY for Countering Hostile Russian Interference

Prague-based European Values Center for Security Policy has just launched its KREMLIN WATCH STRATEGY, which is a policy document suggesting 20 specific measures to be taken...

Twitter was a minefield of false information during the 2019 Nigerian elections

By Nwachukwu Egbunike, for Global Voices Ethnic hate speech and disinformation were rife on Twitter. This story is the second in a two-part series on online...

One World, one author, one chain of command

By EU vs Disinfo The “One World Global Think Tank” is a new addition to the pantheon of Moscow-based disinformation outlets, publishing material ...

Fighting the disinformation virus: Georgia edition

By EU vs Disinfo This week the Disinformation Review comes to you straight from Georgia, the land of ancient traditions, home of the “first Europeans”,...

In Russia, individuals can now be branded ‘foreign agents’

By RuNet Echo, for Global Voices Today, Russia's State Duma passed the third and final reading of a new bill expanding the scope of the...

Who becomes a Reddit conspiracy theorist? They have these things in common

By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab Plus: “Subtly inducing people to think about the concept of accuracy decreases their sharing of false and misleading...