Olga Yurkova: Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire
Olga Yurkova: Dentro da luta contra o império de notícias falsas da Rússia
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.
de Slavyanka, no leste da Ucrânia.
in Lenin Square.
na Praça Lenin.
the public crucifixion
to Russia's First TV channel.
essa história ao canal 1TV da Rússia.
pro-Russia militant in Donbass.
um militante pró-Rússia ativo em Donbass.
from Russian propaganda and fake news
da propaganda russa e de notícias falsas,
the only player in this space.
participante desse jogo.
all around the world.
em todo o mundo.
what is fake and what is real,
o que é falso e o que é real,
we get from the press and social media.
que recebemos da mídia impressa e social.
stop believing anyone at all
absolutamente em qualquer pessoa,
to populists in elections,
para os populistas nas eleições,
apenas para o jornalismo.
with fake news about Ukraine.
com notícias falsas sobre a Ucrânia.
de jornalistas, inclusive eu,
to investigate this fake news.
notícias falsas.
check it with verifiable proof
conferir com prova verificável
and other strong evidence.
e outras evidências fortes.
we put it on our website.
nós a colocaríamos em nosso site.
in all its phases.
em todas as suas fases.
we have millions of views,
milhões de visualizações,
a distinguir entre o verdadeiro e o falso.
all around the world.
em todo o mundo.
more than 1,000 fakes about Ukraine.
notícias falsas sobre a Ucrânia.
é um Estado fascista,
as a result of a coup d'état.
que chegaram ao poder
de mau jornalismo;
in information warfare,
na guerra pela informação,
it's often automatic.
muitas vezes é automático:
not be a part of fake news?
parte das notícias falsas?
too emotional, too clickbait,
muito emocionante, muito sensacionalista,
alternativas de notícias.
license plates, experts and offers.
placas de carro, especialistas e ofertas.
to stop this culture of fake news.
à cultura de notícias falsas.
is not only about fake news.
não é apenas sobre notícias falsas.
to rebuild trust,
uma maneira de reconstruir a confiança,
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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