Wednesday, November 27, 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.

Potemkin Prophecies

By EU vs Disinfo Hoaxes as a Kremlin Tactic The pro-Kremlin media spend much of their time detecting Western “provocations” before they even take place. But...

When Arguments Become Heated

By EU vs Disinfo Last week the pro-Kremlin media targeted mostly Ukraine, US, NATO, and the West. After the Brussels summit ended earlier last week, NATO issued...

A (New) Sputnik Has Been (Re)Born

By EU vs Disinfo After closing its business on 31 December 2019, Sputnik is back in Estonia. But this time, it’s different. First, a quick recap....

Covid, Cows and Politics: How a Vaccine Falsehood Spread in India

By William Echols, for Polygraph Gaurav PandhiA Congress party leader“he Modi Govt has admitted that COVAXIN consists Newborn Calf Serum. This is heinous! This information...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Putin-Biden Summit in Geneva

TOPICS OF THIS WEEK France to establish a new agency to combat disinformation. PR agency Fazze offered money to French and German influencers to spread disinformation...

Russia As The Silver Medallist In The Putin – Biden Geneva Duel

By EU vs Disinfo Read Tomorrow’s Headlines in the Kremlin Media Today A feature of pro-Kremlin disinformation is that it is fairly repetitive. Old tropes are...

No Laughing Matter: Criminal Snowman Evades Arrest

By EU vs Disinfo No Thaw in Belarus despite Warm Weather Immediately after the outbreak of mass protests in Belarus following the disputed 9 August 2020...

Turning A Tragedy Into A Weapon

By EU vs Disinfo Exploiting the Death of a Child to Justify Violence On 2 April, a four-year-old boy was killed outside the village of Oleksandrivske,...

Forced Landing FR4978: Necessary, Justified And… Schemed By Western Intelligence Agencies

By EU vs Disinfo Say it quickly: FR4978, FR4978, FR4978 This week, the disinformation narratives regarding the forced landing of flight FR4978 were still skyrocketing. Some narratives...

Part 2: Threat Report From Facebook. Looking Forward

By EU vs Disinfo Recently, Facebook reported on more than 150 coordinated inauthentic operations it has identified, reported, and disrupted. We have already discussed the meaning of these...