Olga Yurkova: Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire
Olga Yurkova: Z boja proti ruskému impériu falošných správ
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.
do mesta Sloviansk vo východnej Ukrajine.
in Lenin Square.
na Leninovom námestí.
the public crucifixion
to Russia's First TV channel.
rozpovedala ruskej televízii Prvý kanál.
incident nikdy nestal.
pro-Russia militant in Donbass.
aktívnym proruským bojovníkom v Donbase.
from Russian propaganda and fake news
a falošnými správami
the only player in this space.
jediným hráčom.
all around the world.
what is fake and what is real,
čo je falošné a čo skutočné,
we get from the press and social media.
získaných z tlače a sociálnych sietí.
stop believing anyone at all
to populists in elections,
populistov vo voľbách,
len pre žurnalistiku.
with fake news about Ukraine.
falošnými správami o Ukrajine.
to investigate this fake news.
s cieľom skúmať takéto falošné správy.
check it with verifiable proof
skontrolovať ju overiteľným dôkazom
and other strong evidence.
a inými silnými dôkazmi.
we put it on our website.
tak ju dáme na našu stránku.
in all its phases.
vo všetkých jej fázach.
we have millions of views,
milióny návštev.
all around the world.
z celého sveta.
more than 1,000 fakes about Ukraine.
1 000 falošných správ o Ukrajine.
as a result of a coup d'état.
vďaka štátnemu prevratu.
in information warfare,
v informačnej vojne,
it's often automatic.
a šírime to ďalej.
not be a part of fake news?
na falošných správach?
too emotional, too clickbait,
príliš emotívna, príliš provokačná,
že nie je pravdivá.
license plates, experts and offers.
značky áut, odborníkov a ponuky.
to stop this culture of fake news.
ako zastaviť kultúru falošných správ.
is not only about fake news.
nie je len o falošných správach.
to rebuild trust,
ako obnoviť dôveru,
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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