Union und SPD haben sich in ihrem Sondierungspapier auf einen verstärkten Kampf gegen „Desinformation und Fake News“ geeinigt. Man will solche Äußerungen „entschiedener denn je“ bekämpfen.
Union und SPD haben sich in ihrem Sondierungspapier auf einen verstärkten Kampf gegen „Desinformation und Fake News“ geeinigt. Man will solche Äußerungen „entschiedener denn je“ bekämpfen.
For Oleksandra Tsekhanovska, head of the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at the Kyiv-based Ukraine Crisis Media Center, the effects are both near- and far-reaching. The fake Zelenskiy account reached 20,000 followers on Telegram before it was shut down, a remedial action that experts say is all too rare. "Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety. On Feb. 27, however, he admitted from his Russian-language account that "Telegram channels are increasingly becoming a source of unverified information related to Ukrainian events." He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information.
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