Friday, November 29, 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.

Errare Humanum Est

By EU vs Disinfo Mistakes as a Means of Disinformation Lies are more fun than the boring truth and images from the battlefields of video games...

Why Borat isn’t funny

By Edward Lucas, for CEPA Baron Cohen's film is a lot less funny if you are from a country that most outsiders cannot find on...

Atomic disinformation. How Russians manipulate the facts about the Poland-US agreement

On 19th of October the Polish-US agreement about the development of Polish nuclear programme was finally signed. As it turns out, it has already...

COVID like HIV – strategic Russian work

False flag operations are a considerable part of disinformation. As it turns out, there are also such activities during the coronavirus pandemic. American “Bulletin of...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Norway accused Russia of hitting parliament by the cyber-attack

Topics of the Week Russia accused of cyber-attacks on the Norwegian's parliament and the Japan Olympics. Facebook greatest source of Covid-19 disinformation, according to journalists. Kremlin's Current...

Repeating A Lie Does Not Make It True

By EU vs Disinfo Regurgitation as Editorial Policy The concept of ”false flag” is deployed as a popular method in pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets. South Front, managed...

“Unfeminine Behaviour On Women’s March”

By EU vs Disinfo Belarusian Police Spokesperson Suggests Women Focus on Families The Belarusian police force has earned a reputation for brutality, as peaceful demonstrators are...

Six Real Sandworms And Fake Monkey Vaccines

By EU vs Disinfo First, some big news. On Monday the US Justice Department indicted six GRU officers working for Unit 74455. According to the Justice Department, the...

From English Into Russian Into Czech: Re-Translation As A Manipulative Tool

By EU vs Disinfo Russian state media have a credibility problem, and they know it. According to a 2019 survey by the independent pollster, Levada Center, about 50...

Facebook, COVID and Holocaust. The social media giant cannot handle the disinformation

International research conducted by the International Center for Journalists and Tow Center for Digital Journalism point out that Facebook is the biggest Internet disinformation...