Pro-Russian fabricated posts pretending to be those of the BBC, CNN and DW are fueling the mis- and disinformation war between Russia and Ukraine. They are also discrediting various international media outlets.
"It looks like a DW report," a Twitter user comments in Japanese on an alleged DW video report about a Ukrainian refugee who is claimed to have raped women in Germany — serious accusations against a man named "Petro Savchenko." The Twitter user commenting on the video further writes: "I want to see the original video. Please share with me the URL of the original video." The user seems to doubt the origin of the video — and rightly so. The video is not a DW production. It is a fake but more on that later.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, fake news has been thriving. Hoax videos, reports and tweets pretending to come from the BBC, CNN and other news outlets have come up on social media platforms, some even went viral. The main purpose seems to be to spread false claims, aiding the Russian disinformation war. A second aim seems to be to discredit media outlets.
A Japanese Twitter account that focuses on the war in Ukraine recently shared a video reporting on an alleged criminal fugitive from Ukraine, archived here.
The video claiming to be made by Deutsche Welle (DW) is about the case of a Ukrainian refugee, Petro Savchenko, who had been caught by the police in Germany. According to the video,...
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