Thursday, November 28, 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.

There is no vaccine for disinformation, the Red Cross alerts

“Vaccine will not stop COVID-19 if governments do not deal with disinformation about this illness”, said Francesco Rocca, the head of the Red Cross,...

The Other Election: The Trials And Fails Of Pro-Kremlin Disinformation In Moldova’s Election Campaign

By EU vs Disinfo While the presidential US election continues to dominate global headlines, another noteworthy election took place in Europe. On 15 November, in...

Fake news detector

Would you like to have “a machine to detect fake news”? It can be true soon thanks to Polish scientists. Eng.D Piotr Przybyła from...

Pro-Kremlin Media On Us Elections: From Amplifying Disinformation To Influencing The Perception Of The...

By EU vs Disinfo Following the US Election Day, pro-Kremlin media claimed that the US democracy is an illusion, election was fraudulent, and thus the...

Russia in the vaccine race

One of the most disgusting operations of Russian Federation’s special forces in the last few years is the creation in the Moscow Institute of...

Looking for the scapegoat – new pandemic and old lies

Disinformation considering the coronavirus pandemic, like the virus itself, has taken over the whole world. But unlike the pandemic, which doesn’t spare any social...

What Have Pro-Kremlin Media Strategists Achieved In Belarus?

By EU vs Disinfo Sociological research by British think-tank Sociolytics suggests: not much. At the outset of the mass protests against Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Belarus, a...

Hurricane Eta Hammers Nicaragua, But Not in Ortega’s Mind

By Polygraph Daniel OrtegaPresident of Nicaragua“Ah! Where deaths happened was in mining activity, but it was before the hurricane hit. … Some villages of the...

We’re All Living In America, And It Is Not Wunderbar

By EU vs Disinfo Disinformation often mirrors the news stream. Therefore, it might not be surprising this week’s disinformation heavily features events in the United...

Tallies From The Crypt

By EU vs Disinfo Never Check a Good Story if it Fits the Kremlin Russian state TV did go large, broadcasting the allegations on US voting fraud. The...