Faktenchecker
Max Bernhard hat sich auf digitale Recherche und Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) spezialisiert. Er hat für Wired aus Hong Kong und Japan berichtet und recherchierte für Lighthouse Reports zu illegaler Meeresverschmutzung. Für A Safer World For the Truth untersuchte er die Ermordung eines irakisch-kurdischen Journalisten. Zuletzt half er im Faktencheck-Team der DPA aus. Davor arbeitete er für das Wall Street Journal und Dow Jones Newswires in Barcelona. Seit März 2023 ist er Teil des CORRECTIV.Faktencheck-Teams.
E-Mail: max.bernhard(at)correctiv.org
For two years, Russia has been spreading its propaganda using cloned websites of Western media outlets. The campaign known as "Doppelganger" hasn’t been stopped yet – despite being sanctioned by the EU and US. A CORRECTIV investigation found that European companies are part of the internet infrastructure that keeps the campaign running.
Since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has stepped up disinformation and hacking campaigns against the West. A CORRECTIV investigation shows how two brothers from Moldova provide the technology needed for these attacks.
A network of fake accounts on Facebook is agitating against Ukraine and has been sharing fake pro-Russian articles and websites for months. Politicians of the far-right party Alternative für Deutschland seem to also benefit: the network ran ads to promote content by the party’s politicians.
Despite Facebook’s supposed takedown last year, a pro-Russian disinformation campaign continues to be active on the social-media platform. It is promoting spoofed news and government websites, as well as content by politicians of Germany’s far-right AfD party.
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