Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire | Olga Yurkova
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🗓️ 7 June 2018
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
When facts are false, decisions are wrong, says editor and TED Fellow Olga Yurkova. To stop the spread of fake news, she and a group of journalists launched StopFake.org, which exposes biased or inaccurate reporting in order to rebuild the trust we've lost in our journalists, leaders and institutions. Learn more about the fight against misinformation as well as two critical ways we can ensure we're not reading (or sharing) fake news.
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| 0:00.0 | This TED Talk features journalist and editor Olga Yerkova, recorded live at TED-2018. |
| 0:09.0 | 2014, July 5th, the Ukrainian army entered Sloviansk city in eastern Ukraine. |
| 0:17.8 | They gathered all the locals in Lenin Square. Then they organized the public |
| 0:24.6 | crucifixion of the son of a pro-Russia militant. He was only three years old. Refugee Galena |
| 0:33.5 | Pichnacht told this story to Russia's first TV channel. |
| 0:38.9 | In fact, this incident never happened. |
| 0:42.9 | I visited Slaviansk. |
| 0:45.1 | There is no Lenin Square. |
| 0:47.5 | In reality, Ghalina's husband was an active pro-Russia militant in Donbass. |
| 0:53.9 | This is just one of many examples. |
| 0:57.2 | Ukraine's been suffering from Russian propaganda and fake news for four years now. But |
| 1:03.9 | Russia is not the only player in this space. Fake news is happening all around the world. We all know about fake news. We see it and read |
| 1:15.4 | it all the time. But the thing about fake news, that we don't always know what is fake and what is |
| 1:22.8 | real. But we base our decisions on facts we get from the press and social media. |
| 1:29.8 | When facts are false, decisions are wrong. |
| 1:34.4 | A lot of people stop believing anyone at all, and this is even more dangerous. |
| 1:40.8 | They easily become prey to populists in elections or even take up arms. |
| 1:47.7 | Fake news is not only but for journalism. |
| 1:50.3 | It's a threat for democracy and society. |
| 1:55.0 | Four years ago, unmarked soldiers entered the Crimean Peninsula |
| 2:00.1 | and at the same time, Russian media was going crazy. unmarked soldiers entered the Crimean Peninsula, |
| 2:06.6 | and at the same time, Russian media was going crazy with fake news about Ukraine. |
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