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Factory of lies / produced and directed by Jakob Gottschau.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fake news--Political aspects.
- Fake news.
- Propaganda, Russian--United States.
- Propaganda, Russian.
- Propaganda, Russian--Europe.
- Elections--Corrupt practices--United States.
- Elections.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (59 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Sausalito, CA : Film Platform, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Russia has launched a systematic disinformation campaign about the US and Europe. Fake news created by so called troll factories promote disintegration and division in these countries. Facebook recently identified and closed 470 extremely active Russian profiles, which were trying to disrupt the American electoral process.Young activists and journalists on both sides of the new digital iron curtain are fighting to debunk the disinformation. 27-year-old Andrey Soshnikov, a journalist from Russia has for the last 4 years debunked fake news and he was the first to expose the infamous troll factory in St. Petersburg.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 30, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 1251433655
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5116643/marc
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