Sunday, November 24, 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.

Belarus Update: Absurd Repression Continues

By EUvsDisinfo The public space in Belarus is heavily controlled and the human rights situation remains dire. We have previously reported on large-scale repression against...

Moscow’s Many Stories About EU Support To Ukraine

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin disinformers and manipulators have been busy this week focussing on the European Union. They blame, criticise, belittle, ridicule, smear, and...

Two Hours of Lies and Delusions: Putin’s “Sensational” Interview with Tucker Carlson

By the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security On the night of February 9, Tucker Carlson released a two-hour interview with Vladimir Putin. The...

Cacophonous Chorus Of Conniving Voices

By EUvsDisinfo Once again, it has been a busy week for the Kremlin’s information manipulation purveyors. From planes crashing in Russia’s backyard to some EU...

The 5×5—Forewarned is forearmed: Cybersecurity policy in 2024

By Nitansha Bansal, Trey Herr, for DFRLab Members of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative team discuss the regulatory requirements and emerging technology they are closely following in...

Time To Take A Step Forward From Analysis To A Collective Response

By EUvsDisinfo The latest EEAS report on FIMI threats reveals how foreign powers are systematically undermining democracies. This is not just an attack on facts,...

All roads lead to Poland

By EUvsDisinfo Poland, one of the staunchest supporters of Ukraine, has long been among the favourite targets of pro-Kremlin disinformers and past weeks have been...

The Kremlin’s upside-down world in 2024

By EUvsDisinfo The year 2024 will be busy. Continuing from our disinfo review of last week, we present a short New Year’s overview of the main...

Groundhog Day of Evil

By EUvsDisinfo In Putin’s Russia, the calendar turns, but the story remains unchanged. A cycle of deception, oppression, moral decay, and futile military adventurism with...

Bad Santa comes with deceitful gifts

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin’s master Putin is the bad Santa of disinformation. Every year, he returns to give a huge baskets of gifts...