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.

Kremlin Watch Briefing: EU sanctions Russia over Navalny and Alexander Lukashenko over the contested...

Topics of the Week EU agreed to sanction Russia over the poisoning of Navalny and Lukashenko over the contested election. The Department of Homeland Security's first-ever...

‘Film Your Hospital’ – the anatomy of a COVID-19 conspiracy theory

By Wasim Ahmed, for The Conversation It’s widely believed that social media conspiracy theories are driven by malicious and anonymous “bots” set up by shadowy...

Trending: Pro-Kremlin Disinformation In Photos Last Week

By EU vs Disinfo For your reading, we have selected several images to illustrate what pro-Kremlin disinformation has been up to this week. Happy browsing...

MH17, What Happened Since March?

By EU vs Disinfo On March 9th the hearings of the MH17 process started. What happened since then on the disinformation front? There are some regular...

#FakeHunter App available in AppStore and Google Play

Polish Press Agency (PAP) has published #FakeHunter app for Android and iOS. It allows users to report and search for potential fake news via...

The Ghosts Of The Kremlin’s Past

By EU vs Disinfo On 3 October, Germany celebrated the 30th anniversary of reunification – a defining moment in the history of Europe. And while the...

More Proof: Disinformation Works!

By EU vs Disinfo Disinformation works, and pro-Kremlin disinformation is often able to influence people’s opinions. This is the conclusion drawn from a recent research on “online...

Coronavirus And Conspiracies: How The Far Right Is Exploiting The Pandemic

By Blyth Crawford, for The Conversation Just as the global death toll from COVID-19 reached 250,000 at the start of May this year, a short...

Developer of Russia’s Sputnik V Falsely Claims that ‘the West’ is Foot-Dragging on a...

By Polygraph Kirill DmitrievCEO of Russian Direct Investments Fund“…Western vaccine manufacturers rely on experimental technologies, little-studied and untested over the long term, facing obstacles during...

Faked videos shore up false beliefs about Biden’s mental health

By Dustin Carnahan, for The Conversation From Ronald Reagan in 1984 to Bob Dole in 1996 and even Hillary Clinton in 2016, candidate health has become a common theme across...