There are many "seekers of truth" in Poland for whom Telegram is the main origin of information - says Dr. Jakub Olchowski of UMCS. There are at least 22 Polish-speaking channels with Russian misinformation on the communicator. Over 150,000 people follow them.
On the Polish-language Telegram appeared false recordingon which 2 men in Ukrainian-like uniforms burn the American flag and portraits of Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and Elon Musk, demonstrating that they don't want their military aid. The scene does not depict real Ukrainian soldiers and was staged by the Russians.
The BBC in its material besides cites an example of a 2022 movie in which alleged Ukrainian military characters characterize actors and cover them with artificial blood. Recording was expected to prove that the crime committed by Russian soldiers per Podkijowska residents Beet In March 2022 it never took place, and was a hoax of Ukrainian services.
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Last week PAP revealed another fabricated film, which first appeared on Telegram and then spread on another more popular social platforms in Poland. The material presented alleged arrest by the safety Service of Ukraine of 2 Poles on suspicion of having Polish national symbols at home. Prof. Roman Baecker of UMK, with whom the PAP spoke, confirmed that this is another staging of Russian propaganda services.
Russian disinformation. BBC draws attention to the communicator
In a survey by the BBC, she pointed out that content published on the Telegram and later reproduced on another social platforms regularly repeat Russian media messages, specified as RT and Sputnik, which have been blocked in European Union.
Russian politicians and officials are frequently quoted there – Vladimir Putin, Vice-President of the safety Council Dmitri Medvedev, MFA spokesperson Maria Zacharova and "experts" associated with the Kremlin and media persons operating on its services.
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According to the BBC, any of the Polish-language channels are part of larger networks. For example, UKR LEAKS.pl is to be part of the structure of UKR LEAKS – a multilingual network of channels on Telegram and another related platforms, led by Former SBU officer Vasily ProzorovWho fled to Russia.
In turn, InfoDefensePOLAND is to be part of the InfoDefense group operating in more than 30 countries associated with Yuri Podoliaka, besides a pro-Kremlovian Ukrainian blogger.
Disinformation in Poland. Expert on fact Seekers
Dr. Jakub Olchowski, expert Center for east Europe and Propaganda and Disinformation investigation UMCS explains that Telegram is simply a basic social platform in the post-Soviet countries, in another countries utilized rarely, but not adequate to make publishing content in national languages unprofitable for the Russian propaganda apparatus.
According to the expert, for over 3 years, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, The telegram is followed in Poland and in the planet more closely. It has become an crucial origin of information, for example, for analysts who deal with OSINT (white intelligence, obtaining information from open sources). However, they are not fooled by Russian disinformation activities.
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According to Olchowski, however, there are a number of people who treat Telegram as a reliable source. According to them, Western media are spreading misinformation, and reports from Telegram – in their opinion – are not only unmanipulated, but drawn close the axis of events, which is reliable.
It is specified "seekers of truth" that transfer content from Telegram to TikTok, X or Facebook. "Because they have firsthand information on the telegram." And it spreads like a virus," said the expert.
False social media accounts and bots
Olchowski indicated that infection of infosphere Kremlin propaganda materials It is besides done by residents of western countries, including Poland, for which it may not be a job, but a origin of additional income. There are yet networks of fake accounts and bots. - Hundreds of them, even thousands, can be managed by 1 person. And this could be anywhere – under Petersburg, London or Białystok – he argued.
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The expert stated that, as in business, each company profiles its products into a peculiar market, so does the Russian propaganda device with its generated content – the communicative axis is similar, but it is equipped with a tailor-made message. It's a powerful machine, and thousands of people are active in conceptual work.
- I'm sorry. For example, in Poland there is simply a case of massacre in Volyn, Germans get the message that without interests with Russia their economy is going to be down and it will deepen, and the inhabitants of the Global South receive further "proofs" that the imperialist West caused war in Ukraine, and Russia must defend itself – calculated by Jakub Olchowski.
Disinformation. Expert: Subjectivity to content changes
Olchowski's reflection shows that the vulnerability of societies to these content changes, but - unfortunately - in an undesirable direction. We live in an era where information is simply a resource, a product and a weapon. It's the most crucial thing. At the same time, we are dealing with an excess of it. People are bombarded all day with so many bits of information that they don't have cognitive abilities to process it all. So they will believe everything if it is given in a thoughtful and coordinated way – he explained.
He admitted that Russian propaganda He frequently serves us information sucked from his finger. But he felt that he besides frequently gave actual facts appropriately narrated, seasoned with a pinch of lies, and enriched with an component of emotion. "This way the final product becomes pleasant in reception, reliable," he stressed.
In the expert's opinion, this phenomenon cannot be eliminated because, like terrorism, it is simply a method of combat. And you can't fight the method effectively. "Extremely effective, since Donald Trump, his administration and associated journalists began straight – without any nuances and subtleties – to repeat Russian thesis," concluded Jakub Olchowski.
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