Russian-based disinformation about Ukraine continues to spread online

By Isabelle Earl
Russia Social Media
A user holds a smartphone with an opened Facebook page in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 10, 2021. Russian authorities have ordered Facebook and messaging app Telegram to pay steep fines for failing to remove banned content. The move could be part of growing Russian efforts to tighten control over social media platforms. A Moscow court fined Facebook a total of 17 million rubles (roughly $236,000) and Telegram 10 million rubles ($139,000). AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin
Russia Social Media
A user holds a smartphone with an opened Facebook page in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 10, 2021. Russian authorities have ordered Facebook and messaging app Telegram to pay steep fines for failing to remove banned content. The move could be part of growing Russian efforts to tighten control over social media platforms. A Moscow court fined Facebook a total of 17 million rubles (roughly $236,000) and Telegram 10 million rubles ($139,000). AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin

Russian-based disinformation about Ukraine continues to spread online

By Isabelle Earl
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Online disinformation about the war on Ukraine goes far beyond doctored TikTok videos. False Russian media reports continue to spread on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Reset dives into the spread of war-related disinformation and how it’s shaping the way some people around the world view the ongoing invasion.

GUEST: Rebecca Kern, tech policy reporter for Politico