Maybe you know that article is satire, but a lot of people can’t tell...
By R. Kelly Garrett, Robert Bond, and Shannon Poulsen, NiemanLab
Labeling satire as such may seem to take the sting out of the joke. But...
One potential route to flagging fake news at scale: Linguistic analysis
By Fatemeh Torabi Asr, for The Conversation
Have you ever read something online and shared it among your networks, only to find out it was...
Fake: Poland Wants To Increase Its EU Influence Because of Old Scores With Germany
Poland has agreed to the deployment of additional US troops on its territory because of “old historic scores” with Germany, Russian pro-Kremlin media announced...
Fake: Americans violate INF treaty
Treaty on Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) speaks about total liquidation of intermediate-range nuclear missiles. It was sign on 8th December 1987 in Washington between...
Ruining Russian Relationships: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 248)
Fake: EU turns a blind eye to the Kremlin distributing passports in Russian occupied Donbas.
Ukraine opens air space for Russian aircraft. Kyiv not paying...
The Alphabet book of pro-Kremlin disinformation (Part IV: S – Z)
By EU vs Disinfo
The Claims
The Facts
S
Salisbury
The Spire of the Salisbury Cathedral is 123 m high. It is best viewed in snowy weather in March....
Kremlin using archaeologists in Karelia to undermine truth and whitewash Stalin’s reputation
Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
Moscow has deployed archaeologists at Sandarmokh, the site in Karelia where more than 10,000 of Stalin’s victims were buried, in...
Two decades on, Russian state media omits facts about the Kursk submarine disaster
By Polygraph
RIA Novosti
Russian state news agency
"On August 15, Norway offered help in the rescue operation. The offer was accepted by the Ministry of Defense."
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Finally, Instagram is getting fact-checked (in a limited way and just in the U.S.,...
“The potential to prevent harm is high here, particularly with the widespread existence of health misinformation on the platform.”
By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab
Facebook...
Fake: EU Turns Blind Eye to Russian Passport Distribution in Donbas
Lithuania and Estonia are the only two European Union countries willing to “ruin relations with Russia” and speak out against the Kremlin issuing Russian...