Olga Yurkova: Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire
Olga Jurkova: Cīņā pret Krievijas viltus ziņu impēriju
TED Fellow Olga Yurkova is a journalist and cofounder of StopFake.org, an independent Ukrainian organization that trains an international cohort of fact-checkers in an effort to curb propaganda and misinformation in the media. Full bio
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Sloviansk city in eastern Ukraine.
Slovjanskā, Austrumukrainā.
in Lenin Square.
sapulcēja visus vietējos.
the public crucifixion
dēla publisku krustā sišanu.
to Russia's First TV channel.
pavēstīja bēgle Gaļina Pišņaka.
pro-Russia militant in Donbass.
prokrieviskais kaujinieks Donbasā.
from Russian propaganda and fake news
no Krievijas propagandas un viltus ziņām,
the only player in this space.
nav vienīgais spēlētājs.
all around the world.
what is fake and what is real,
kas ir īsts un kas ne,
we get from the press and social media.
un sociālajiem medijiem iegūtie fakti.
stop believing anyone at all
to populists in elections,
par upuriem populistiem
kareivji bez atpazīšanas zīmēm
with fake news about Ukraine.
bija pilni viltus ziņām par Ukrainu.
to investigate this fake news.
šo viltus ziņu izpētei.
check it with verifiable proof
ar pārbaudāmiem pierādījumiem,
and other strong evidence.
un citiem spēcīgiem pierādījumiem.
we put it on our website.
mēs to ievietojam savā tīmekļa vietnē.
in all its phases.
we have millions of views,
mums ir miljoniem skatījumu.
vairāk nekā 10 000 cilvēku
all around the world.
apmācām faktu pārbaudītājus.
more than 1,000 fakes about Ukraine.
vairāk nekā 1000 nepatiesības.
ar viltus ziņām radītus stāstījumus,
ir fašistiska valsts,
as a result of a coup d'état.
kas nākusi pie varas pēc valsts apvērsuma.
ka tā nav slikta žurnālistika:
in information warfare,
ir varens ierocis,
ko varam darīt lietas labā.
it's often automatic.
tas bieži vien notiek automātiski.
not be a part of fake news?
too emotional, too clickbait,
pārāk emocionāla, pārāk liela klikšķēsma,
license plates, experts and offers.
numurzīmes, ekspertus un autorus.
to stop this culture of fake news.
apturēšanas veids.
is not only about fake news.
runa nav tikai par viltus ziņām.
to rebuild trust,
kā atjaunot ticību,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Olga Yurkova - Journalist, editorTED Fellow Olga Yurkova is a journalist and cofounder of StopFake.org, an independent Ukrainian organization that trains an international cohort of fact-checkers in an effort to curb propaganda and misinformation in the media.
Why you should listen
Olga Yurkova edits the Context and Opinions sections of StopFake.org. She teaches different audiences how propaganda works and how to identify fake news, consulting a range of organizations and public structures and collaborating with mainstream media as a journalist.
Yurkova explores propaganda methods and finds out new ways to overcome these new challenges. In June 2017, she and her colleagues Maarten Schenk and Jordy Nijenhuis launched a project called Forbidden Facts, which explains how fake news spreads online through clickbait headlines on Facebook that reach out to skeptical audiences.
Yurkova has 15 years of experience in journalism. She headed the local multimedia newsroom in Ternopil city for six years, becoming the market leader during that time. She then ran the Donbas and Crimea department at the national multimedia newsroom Nova Informacia for three years. She has been working as a new media trainer since 2012.
For fighting propaganda, Yurkova was included into the list of New Europe 100 and was named a TED Fellow in 2018.
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