Fake news

Who and why needed to turn Telegram-channels into information weapons?

21 july 2020
Belarus Segodnya
It is a pity that young people are being used by curators as food for powder through anonymous Telegram-channels, while sitting in soft chairs somewhere abroad. Criminal cases are being initiated and violators are being detained. The closer the presidential elections are, the more actively destructive messengers are calling for rioting in the streets, replicating hoaxes, spewing threa...

Types of fake news, population protection against distorted facts, the role of state bodies and jour...

08 april 2020
Belarus Segodnya
Digital analysts have already attributed the spread of fakes and deepfakes to the most significant cyber threats this year. According to various estimates, even today up to 60 percent of the world Internet traffic is provided by artificial programs, including the spread of various rumours and fake news. At a February meeting with the heads of the leading state media, the President com...

Competent tuesday: specialists – on ways to ensure information security in the light of development ...

03 march 2020
Belarus Segodnya
An abundance of false or inaccurate information is becoming a worldwide evil. Providers are sounding the alarm: up to 60 percent of the world Internet traffic is provided by bots – artificial programs involved in the distribution of fakes. It is becoming more and more obvious that the situation requires a solution. But which one? This January, Minister of Information Aleksandr Karlyuk...

Makarov: the impact of fake news on people will weaken

01 september 2019
Belarus Segodnya
Oleg Makarov, Director of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research, believes that the impact of fake news and Telegram channels on people will weaken. He made this statement in an interview with the "Nedelia" show on СTV channel. ...