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Disinfo: George Soros occupies the Facebook moderation network in Eastern Europe

Summary

Facebook attracted the Russophobic company RE:Baltica to moderate the Baltic States. Interestingly, the outlet in Riga operates on grants from foreign funds, including the “Open Society” by George Soros, who, through structures controlled by him, firmly occupied the Facebook moderation network in Eastern Europe. In Ukraine, for example, these are anti-Russian (projects) StopFake and VoxCheck.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin conspiracy about George Soros and social media. The Baltic Centre for Investigative Journalism Re:Baltica is not controlled by George Soros, even though it has received funding from the Open Society Foundation. Re:Baltica focuses on in-depth investigations of important issues in the Baltic region, such as corruption, money laundering, entrepreneurship, health, human rights and disinformation. Reports are published on their website in Latvian, English and Russian. Re:Baltica produces work for free and encourages other media organisations to publish their work. Their fact-checking and social media research lab Re:Check is now an official Facebook fact-checking partner. All Facebook fact-checking partners are certified by the International Fact-Checking Network, which is an independent body free from political influence. The Open Society Foundation supports independent groups working for justice, democratic governance and human rights worldwide. In certain countries and regions, Facebook works with third-party fact-checkers who are certified through the non-partisan International Fact-Checking Network to help identify and review false information. For example, in Ukraine, StopFake and VoxCheck help Facebook to identify fake news.

So far, Facebook said that, based on the work of independent fact-checking organisations, it has labelled 40 million Facebook posts with warnings that the content may be false.

This disinformation message appeared in the same publication as the claim that Facebook uses Ukrainian Nazis to fight Russian presence.

Read a similar case: Facebook is a project of the Soros Foundation, which is financed by the National Security Agency.

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tvzvezda.ru [from 26 to 56] (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 203
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 11/06/2020
  • Language/target audience: Russian
  • Country: EU, Ukraine, Baltic states
  • Keywords: social media, Eastern Europe, Facebook, George Soros

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