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A massive disinformation effort laid the framework for Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, which is still going on as the war escalates.
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Pro-Russian internet disinformation campaigners saturated the Internet with photos and videos. They painted Ukraine as aggressors as the excuse for the invasion.
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So, how does this disinformation effort work? Plus, what can you do to ensure you're not spreading misleading information?
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In the run-up to the invasion, there were false flags.
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According to a report by the European Expert Association - a research group that focuses on security in Ukraine - and the technology monitoring group Reset Tech, there have been three primary baseless assertions presented as a rationale for Russia's military intervention.
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Secondly, the Global Disinformation Index, a non-profit research organization, independently examined this study. This was at the request of the New York Times, which stated that it looks to be reliable.
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Ukraine was preparing an attack on Donbas, according to one of these accusations.
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"It was the biggest disinformation campaign that I have ever seen," Maria Avdeeva, the Ukrainian founder and research director of the European Experts Association, told Euronews Next.
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Moreover, many false tweets depict the Ukrainian government as corrupt, neo-Nazi, and anti-Russian.
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Lastly, Frantisek Vrabel, the founder of Prague-based Semantic Visions, analyzes potential deception based on the use of language patterns online. He claimed that kind of speech is "right out of Putin's mouth."
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Source: euronews.com
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