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Setting aside for moment problems with @stranaua, this is prime example of what I was afraid of when @Facebook made @StopFakingNews official "fact-checker." StopFake "fact-checking" here is only saying far-right group C14 isn& #39;t far-right, didn& #39;t attack Roma b/c it said it didn& #39;t.
More @StopFakingNews fact-checking: violence and attacks against minorities from C14 (group takes name from & #39;14 words& #39;) is well documented. @stranaua calls group far-right, says Kyiv Mayor granted them power to patrol streets w/ police during coronavirus quarantine.
StopFake says that& #39;s all false because the group isn& #39;t far-right (it is) and plus many of them are war vets (who says you can& #39;t be far-right and a vet at the same time?) But what& #39;s really incredible is that StopFake says C14 has never attacked Roma groups. Well, that& #39;s false.
C14 has posted about the attacks on its own social media and has live-streamed the attacks. Here& #39;s a screenshot of one of C14& #39;s leaders tearing down the tent of a Roma family near Kyiv. He boasted about doing it and posted this on his personal Facebook page.
Why does this matter? Because @StopFakingNews isn& #39;t actually fact-checking and labeling stories that don& #39;t align with its own politics and views as "fake." When it reports these stories to its new official partner, @Facebook, those stories lose priority & disappear from timelines
For reference, here is the original @stranaua story, which @StopFakingNews labeled fake: https://strana.ua/news/256399-munitsipalnaja-varta-budet-patrulirovat-kiev-i-proverjat-dokumenty.html?fbclid=IwAR2tmS4ohvexYHjWMCn2bp9waDHtk8rPsNGEFGK150liWuEuBUM3wgLsUAg
Here& #39;s">https://strana.ua/news/2563... StopFake& #39;s "fact-check" https://www.stopfake.org/ru/fejk-v-kieve-vo-vremya-karantina-ultrapravye-budut-proveryat-transport-i-dokumenty/
And">https://www.stopfake.org/ru/fejk-v... Strana& #39;s report about it: https://strana.ua/news/258174-stopfake-obvinil-stranu-v-diskreditatsii-natsionalistov-razbor-fejka.html">https://strana.ua/news/2581...
Here& #39;s">https://strana.ua/news/2563... StopFake& #39;s "fact-check" https://www.stopfake.org/ru/fejk-v-kieve-vo-vremya-karantina-ultrapravye-budut-proveryat-transport-i-dokumenty/
And">https://www.stopfake.org/ru/fejk-v... Strana& #39;s report about it: https://strana.ua/news/258174-stopfake-obvinil-stranu-v-diskreditatsii-natsionalistov-razbor-fejka.html">https://strana.ua/news/2581...
For more evidence of violence targeting Roma by C14, see my many reports on the subject.
Here: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-police-break-silence-after-video-shows-far-right-attack-on-kyiv-roma/29194216.html
Also">https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine... here: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-militia-behind-brutal-romany-attacks-getting-state-funds/29290844.html">https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraini...
Here: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-police-break-silence-after-video-shows-far-right-attack-on-kyiv-roma/29194216.html
Also">https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine... here: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-militia-behind-brutal-romany-attacks-getting-state-funds/29290844.html">https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraini...
Oh, and here: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-far-right-vigilantes-destroy-another-romany-camp-in-kyiv/29280336.html">https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine...
If this is the sort of "fact-checking" that StopFake is going to be doing (and this is what they& #39;ve been doing for years now) then @Facebook and @Kateryna_Kruk should seriously reconsider having them as official fact-checking partners.
There& #39;s a lot more info on Facebook and StopFake& #39;s agreement here: https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1243535215496237057?s=20">https://twitter.com/Christoph...
