Friday, November 22, 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.

Russian Sputnik looks for journalists in Estonia

  The Sputnik News Channel, designed to spread Russian propaganda, has begun to look for journalists who could work in the portal and radio station...

CNN’s Carol Costello apologizes for providing Moscow with invaluable propaganda

Western observers of the increasingly deadly conflict in eastern Ukraine between the separatist forces armed and supported by Russian troops and soldiers loyal to...

Russian Watchdog Accuses Twitter of Breaking Laws on Extremism

The head of Russia's media watchdog has accused Twitter of a persistently failing to comply with Russian laws, after the micro blog said Moscow had submitted the world's second-largest number...

Can the Guy Who Brought You “Friends” Win the Propaganda War Against ISIS and...

What former NBC head Andy Lack needs to do in his new job at the Broadcasting Board of Governors. On January 21, Andrew Lack, the...

Johnson’s Russia List Spreads Invented Story About Germany Preparing Sanctions Against Kiev

Johnson’s Russia List, or JRL, run by David Johnson, is a widely-read and influential email newsletter and website, also referred to as a listserv, which...

Russia might start blocking Internet anonymizers like Tor

Leonid Levin, the head of the Duma’s committee on public communications policy, wants to grant police the extrajudicial power to block access to Internet...

Anti-Nazi Group Secretly Helping Kremlin Rebuild Russian Empire

 A supposedly independent international advocacy group is backed by Russia and, in turn, works to expand its influence around the world, writes James Kirchick...

Twitter Says Russia Repeatedly Tried to Erase Tweets by Putin Critics

Data pubished by Twitter on Monday showed Russia in the past six months asked the micro-blogging site to remove content 91 times, second only to Turkey. Twitter's transparency report showed Turkey...

Caught in the web of the Russian ideologues

Powerful Russians want to drive a wedge into the EU and are fighting for Moscow’s dominance. Confidential emails reveal how they are influencing the...

Proposed Changes Would Subject Foreign Media to Russia’s Extremism Law

The public council of Russia's Communications Ministry is to review a proposal that would make foreign media working in the country subject to the federal anti-extremism law, Vedomosti reported Friday. Under...