Olga Yurkova: Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire
ئۆڵگا ئورکوڤا: بەرەنگاربونەوەی هەواڵە ناڕاستەکانی ڕوسیا
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.
سلۆڤیانیسک لە ڕۆژهەڵاتی ئۆکڕانیا.
in Lenin Square.
لینین کۆکردەوە.
the public crucifixion
بە بەر چاوی خەڵک ڕێکخست
میلیشیاکانی سەر ڕوسیا.
to Russia's First TV channel.
کەناڵی یەکی ڕوسی گێڕاوەتەوە.
pro-Russia militant in Donbass.
میلیشیای ڕوسی چالاک بوو لە دۆنباس.
from Russian propaganda and fake news
هەواڵە ساختەکانی ڕوسیا
the only player in this space.
all around the world.
جیهان بڵاودەبێتەوە.
ساختەکان دەزانین.
what is fake and what is real,
و کامە ساختەیە،
we get from the press and social media.
ڕۆژنامە و تۆڕەکۆمەڵایەتیکان دەبینین.
stop believing anyone at all
دەبنە نێچیری تێکدەر و سەرلێشێواوەکان،
to populists in elections,
خراپ نییە.
سەربازێکی نەناسراو
میدیای ڕوسی
with fake news about Ukraine.
دەربارەی ئۆکڕانیا بڵاو دەکردەوە.
خۆشمەوە،
to investigate this fake news.
لەم هەواڵە ساختانە.
StopFake.
check it with verifiable proof
لەگەڵ سەرچاوەیەکی باوەڕپێکراو بۆ بکە
and other strong evidence.
بەڵگەیەکی بەهێزی تر.
we put it on our website.
ئەوا لە ماڵپەڕەکە دایدەنێین.
بووەتە سەنتەرێکی زانیاری
in all its phases.
قۆناغەکان شی دەکاتەوە.
we have millions of views,
ملیۆنان بینەر،
all around the world.
بۆ دۆزینەوەی ڕاستی دەدەین.
more than 1,000 fakes about Ukraine.
ساختەی لەبارەی ئۆکڕانیا ئاشکرا کردووە.
ئەم هەواڵە ساختانە،
as a result of a coup d'état.
بەهێزی سەربازی بەڕێوە بچێت
in information warfare,
زانیاری دا چەکێکی بەهێزە،
لەبارەی ئەمەوە بیکەین.
it's often automatic.
بەشێوەیەک زۆر خۆکاریە.
not be a part of fake news?
لە هەواڵی ساختە؟
too emotional, too clickbait,
زۆر هەست بزوێن و هەژێنەر بوو،
ڕابکێشن.
هەواڵ بگەڕێ.
license plates, experts and offers.
مۆڵەت دراو، شارەزا و نووسەرەکان.
بە دواداچوون بکە.
to stop this culture of fake news.
هەواڵە ساختەکان ڕابگرین.
is not only about fake news.
نیە بەڵکو جەنگی زانیارییە.
to rebuild trust,
متمانەیە بنیات بنێینەوە،
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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