Olga Yurkova: Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire
Olga Yurkova: Combattre contre l'empire des « fake news » de la Russie
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.
in Lenin Square.
the public crucifixion
to Russia's First TV channel.
de la télévision Russe.
n'a jamais eu lieu.
pro-Russia militant in Donbass.
parmi tant d'autres.
from Russian propaganda and fake news
de la propagande russe
the only player in this space.
existe partout dans le monde.
all around the world.
what is fake and what is real,
sur les faits
we get from the press and social media.
sur les réseaux sociaux.
les décisions sont mauvaises.
de croire qui que ce soit,
stop believing anyone at all
des populistes pendant les élections
to populists in elections,
mauvaise que pour la presse
pour la démocratie et la société.
de « fake news » sur l'Ukraine.
with fake news about Ukraine.
dont je fais partie,
to investigate this fake news.
pour enquêter sur ces « fake news ».
check it with verifiable proof
vérifiait avec des preuves tangibles,
et d'autres preuves solides.
and other strong evidence.
on la mettait sur notre site.
we put it on our website.
un centre d'informations
sous tous ses aspects.
in all its phases.
nous avons des millions de visiteurs,
we have millions of views,
à plus de 10 000 personnes
la vérité des mensonges.
de faits partout dans le monde.
all around the world.
more than 1,000 fakes about Ukraine.
fausses nouvelles sur l'Ukraine.
est un État fasciste »,
as a result of a coup d'état.
par un coup d’État ».
in information warfare,
pouvons faire pour les combattre.
it's often automatic.
à la diffusion de « fake news » ?
not be a part of fake news?
trop émouvant, trop accrocheur,
too emotional, too clickbait,
que ce ne soit pas vrai.
c'est très simple.
license plates, experts and offers.
experts et offres.
cette culture des « fake news ».
to stop this culture of fake news.
n'est pas seulement basée
is not only about fake news.
une façon de restaurer la confiance,
to rebuild trust,
allez faire pour la restaurer ?
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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