At first glance, News Front looks like a legitimate news website. It’s not. It’s a Crimea-based propaganda outlet with links to the Federal Security Service, a Russian intelligence agency.
In its campaign to undermine Ukraine, democracy and free elections, the Kremlin creates websites like News Front that masquerade as independent news sites to spread disinformation.
News Front was founded in 2015 with the self-proclaimed goal of providing an “alternative source of information” for Western audiences. Publishing in 10 languages, it purports to provide “objective coverage.” Its content proves otherwise.
Some of News Front’s false claims include:
In 2020, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube removed accounts connected to News Front from their platforms for violating their companies’ policies. Facebook, for example, cited News Front’s “coordinated inauthentic behavior” (PDF, 1.8 MB) on behalf of a foreign entity, namely Russia, seeking to manipulate public debate.
Time magazine likewise questioned the site’s self-proclaimed independence, saying in 2017 that News Front “rarely even pretends to uphold traditional journalistic standards.” The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab had noted News Front’s use of photoshopped...
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