Sunday, January 26, 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.

1 000 and 4 000 Days of Nuclear Sabre-Rattling

By EUvsDisinfo Much of the pro-Kremlin information manipulation and disinformation is underpinned by the exploitation of people’s fears and anxieties. There is a topic that...

Spreading conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories have long been one of the most powerful disinformation tools used to manipulate public opinion and influence public behavior. In recent years,...

Revisiting Russia’s Narratives on Its Syria Intervention

By EUvsDisinfo As Russia pulls back its forces and equipment from Syria following what was undoubtedly a strategic defeat, let’s revisit Moscow’s narratives on its...

Using migration issues in Russian and Belarusian propaganda

Belarus and Russia are using migration topics to destabilize the political situation in European Union countries and to strengthen their influence in the international...

Disinformation techniques used by Russia on social media

Social media has become a major tool for disinformation activities by Russia, which uses it not only to manipulate public opinion, but also to...

The Polish Orthodox Church and disinformation activities and pro-Russian propaganda

The Polish Orthodox Church has deep historical and organizational ties with the Russian Orthodox Church . Although it received autocephaly from the Constantinopolitan Patriarchate...

Four pillars of defense against deepfakes

In the era of rapid development of artificial intelligence, the threats of deepfakes and disinformation have reached an unprecedented scale. Creating fake digital content...

AI chatbots and disinformation about the war in Ukraine

The development of artificial intelligence, particularly generative models such as chatbots based on large language models (LLMs), has opened up new opportunities for providing...

OSINTukraine: a citizen response to disinformation about the war in Ukraine

OSINTukraine (https://osintukraine.com/) is a project initiated by Ben from Belgium, a solution architect with 20 years of experience in information monitoring, automation and the...

Ordinary Poles in the Crosshairs of Belarusian Propaganda

The Belarusian authorities, realizing that it is currently impossible to unfreeze official contacts with Poland, have focused on ordinary Poles. To influence them, Polish-language...