StopFake
| Spooky website to counter "Russian propaganda" backed by the Integrity Initiative. |
https://www.stopfake.org 
Started: 2 March 2014
Founder: Mohyla School of Journalism
Main focus: Ukraine, Russian propaganda
StopFake is a website focused on the Ukraine. It was supported by the UK Deep state's Integrity Initiative (II) and Alina Mosendz of the took part in the II campaign to prevent Pedro Baños from being appointed Director of the Spanish Department of Homeland Security.[1]
Contents
Official narrative
"Fact-checking website Stopfake.org was launched on March 2, 2014 by alums and students of Mohyla School of Journalism and Digital Future of Journalism professional program for journalists and editors. At a later stage the initial team was joined by many journalists, marketing specialists, programmers, translators and all those who care about the fate of our country and its people. The main purpose of this community is to check facts, verify information and refute distorted information and propaganda about events in Crimea covered in the media media. The number of volunteers is constantly growing to help to verify information, to write, to edit and translate stories. StopFake.org community does not represent or support any political party or other organization. "[2]
Origins
The domain name was registered on 2 March 2014 and the site was posted on 5 March. By 7 March it had at least 10 posts.[2]
Journalists
Include Robert van der Noordaa and Dan Kaszeta.
Criticism
A June 2018 [[IIL|leaked] document from the Integrity Initiative noted that |format=inline |subjects=Bellingcat |text=[StopFake] has been criticised for a monomaniacal fixation on Russian hybrid warfare, but its work has been widely praised. |source_name=Integrity Initiative/Leak/7#UpskillingToUpscaleReport_CapacityofCivilSocietytoCounterDisinformation_ June2018_RestrictedAccess_June2018 (1).pdf }}
Reporting
On 6 March 2014, Brian Ries wrote an article entitled StopFake.org Is Like a 'Snopes' for Ukraine.[3] In 2017, Andrew E. Kramer reported on it in the New York Times.[4]
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate media/Deep state control | “Expand the network of IfS associates and partner organisations to include e.g. DarthPutin, GlasnostGone, StopFake, European Values, Saper Vedere, and coordinate their efforts to mirror and amplify what IfS is already doing where possible.” | Victor Madeira | 16 March 2018 |
| Institute for Statecraft/Control | “Comment [VM2]: Most of these aren’t even Cluster countries – can II justify spending ££ on strengthening media there? Don’t get me wrong: any help we can provide these and other colleagues is a win in my books but I’m trying to anticipate how the Sponsor may see the relevance of speakers from some of these countries.” | Victor Madeira | 16 March 2018 |
| Institute for Statecraft/Purposes | “The Italian reactions to Skripal case highlight and confirm a pattern already present in a previous report: pro-Russian sentiments in Italy are mainly inflated not by trolls or fake news but thanks to a large network encompassing politicians, journalists, media, websites etc. already aligned with Russian narrative... To counter this Italian trend it's important to properly address the key political leaders, their new populist parties, and key editorialists, by an effective, discrete and articulated information campaign and narrative and not to be exclusively focused on trolls and fake news.” | Integrity Initiative | 16 March 2018 |
Known members
3 of the 36 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Yevhen Fedchenko | The head of stopfake. Traumatized by the 2014 Ukraine coup. II-member. |
| Nina Jankowicz | "The Mary Poppins of disinformation", Integrity Initiative's Inner Core picked to be the nominal head of a US DoDS internet censorship project in 2022 but resigned after widespread condemnation. |
| Alina Mosendz | Member of the Integrity Initiative and StopFake |
