Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire | Olga Yurkova

翻译人员: Tianai Song 校对人员: David Shi

2014, July 5,

2014年7月5日，

the Ukrainian army entered Sloviansk city in eastern Ukraine.

乌克兰的军队进入了东乌克兰的斯拉维扬斯科市。

They gathered all the locals in Lenin Square.

他们在当地的列宁广场聚集了大量群众。

Then, they organized the public crucifixion

随后，他们组织了在公共场合下的十字架绞刑，

of the son of a pro-Russia militant.

对象是一位支持俄罗斯的激进组织的儿子。

He was only three years old.

他才只有三岁。

Refugee Galina Pyshnyak told this story to Russia's First TV channel.

难民 Galina Pyshnyak 把这个故事 告诉给了俄罗斯的第一电视频道。

In fact, this incident never happened.

而事实上这件事从未发生。

I visited Sloviansk.

我曾经拜访过斯拉维扬斯科市。

There is no Lenin Square.

那里没有列宁广场。

In reality, Galina's husband was an active pro-Russia militant in Donbass.

事实上，Galina 的丈夫在 Donbass 是一个活跃的亲俄激进分子。

This is just one of many examples.

这只是很多例子中的其中一个。

Ukraine has been suffering from Russian propaganda and fake news

乌克兰已经被俄罗斯宣传和假新闻折磨了

for four years now,

四年。

but Russia is not the only player in this space.

不过俄罗斯并不是这个方面唯一的玩家。

Fake news is happening all around the world.

假新闻在全世界都在发生。

We all know about fake news.

我们都知道假新闻，

We see it and read it all the time.

我们时时刻刻都能看到它和读到它。

But the thing about fake news

但是关于假新闻的问题在于

is that we don't always know what is fake and what is real,

我们并不总是能知道它们是真的还是假的，

but we base our decisions on facts we get from the press and social media.

但是我们通过我们从媒体 以及社交软件获得的事实来做决策。

When facts are false,

当事实是假的时候，

decisions are wrong.

决策也就是错误的。

A lot of people stop believing anyone at all

很多的人不再相信任何人，

and this is even more dangerous.

而这是更危险的。

They easily become prey to populists in elections,

他们很容易成为民粹主义者在选举中的猎物，

or even take up arms.

甚至会拿起武器。

Fake news is not only bad for journalism.

假新闻不止对新闻业不利，

It's a threat for democracy and society.

它同时对民主和社会造成威胁。

Four years ago, unmarked soldiers

四年以前，没有任何标记的士兵

entered the Crimean Peninsula,

进入了克里米亚半岛。

and at the same time,

同时，

Russian media was going crazy with fake news about Ukraine.

俄罗斯媒体疯狂地散播关于乌克兰的假新闻。

So a group of journalists, including me,

所以一群记者，包括我，

started a website to investigate this fake news.

建立了一个网站去调查假新闻。

We called it StopFake.

我们给这个网站起的名字是“停止假新闻”。

The idea was simple:

我们的想法很简单，

take a piece of news, check it with verifiable proof

取一则新闻，查一下有没有 可以支撑这条新闻的的证据，

like photos, videos and other strong evidence.

像照片，视频和其他明确的证据。

If it turns out to be fake, we put it on our website.

如果结果是假的， 我们就把这条新闻放在我们的网站上。

Now, StopFake is an informational hub

所以，“停止假新闻”是一个信息中心，

which analyzes propaganda in all its phases.

它分析所有阶段的宣传。

We have 11 language versions, we have millions of views,

我们有11个语言版本，几百万的关注者。

We have taught more than 10,000 people

我们已经教了一万多人

how to distinguish true from false.

如何辨别真假。

And we teach fact checkers all around the world.

我们教的检验真相的人来自世界各地。

StopFake has uncovered more than 1,000 fakes about Ukraine.

“停止假新闻”已经揭露了 超过1000条关于乌克兰的假新闻。

We've identified 18 narratives

我们确定了十八个

created using this fake news,

用假新闻制造的主题。

such as Ukraine is a fascist state,

比如乌克兰是一个法西斯国家，

a failed state,

一个失败的国家，

a state run by a junta who came to power as a result of a coup d'état.

一个由政变上台的军事政府所统治的国家。

We proved that it's not bad journalism;

我们证明那些不是粗制滥造的新闻，

it's a deliberate act of misinformation.

而是故意制造的错误信息。

Fake news is a powerful weapon in information warfare,

假新闻在信息战中是一个很有力的武器，

but there is something we can do about it.

但是我们对它也不是什么都不能做。

We all have smartphones.

我们都有智能手机，

When we see something interesting, it's often automatic.

当我们看到一些有趣的事情时， 一般我们都会自动的

We just click and pass it along.

点击并分享给他人。

But how can you not be a part of fake news?

但是你怎么能不成为假新闻的一部分呢？

First, if it's too dramatic, too emotional, too clickbait,

第一，如果这个新闻太戏剧化， 太情感化，看上去像是骗点击的，

then it's very likely that it isn't true.

那它很有可能就不是真的。

The truth is boring sometimes.

真实的东西常常很平淡。

(Laughter)

（大笑）

Manipulations are always sexy.

操纵了的东西总是很有吸引力的。

They are designed to captivate you.

它们就是设计出来迷惑你的。

Do your research.

你应该做一下研究。

This is the second point, very simple.

第二点，非常简单，

Look at other sites.

看一下其它网站,

Check out alternative news sources.

看看其它可以替代的新闻资源。

Google names, addresses, license plates, experts and authors.

谷歌一下名字，地址， 牌照，专家和提供的内容。

Don't just believe, check.

不要只是相信，要查一下。

It's the only way to stop this culture of fake news.

这是唯一停止假新闻文化的办法。

This information warfare is not only about fake news.

这个信息战不只是针对假新闻。

Our society depends on trust:

我们的社会建立在相互信任之上；

trust in our institutions,

信任政府机构，

in science,

信任科学，

trust in our leaders,

信任我们的领导，

trust in our news outlets.

信任我们的新闻来源。

And it's on us to find a way to rebuild trust,

而我们有责任来想办法重新建立信任。

because fake news destroys it.

假新闻摧毁了这些信任，

So ask yourself,

所以我们要问问自己，

what have you lost your faith in?

你对什么失去了信心？

Where has trust been ruined for you?

你的信心在哪里被摧毁了？

And what are you going to do about it?

你又将会为之做什么呢？

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

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