The head of an organization that’s battled Russian disinformation in Ukraine for years tells CBS News the U.S. has finally learned to counter Putin’s unique brand of hybrid warfare.
Highlights
- Ruslan Deynychenko’s StopFake organization has battled Russian disinformation in Ukraine for years.
- He says the U.S.
- has finally learned to counter Russia’s unique brand of hybrid warfare.
- The organization has spent almost eight years debunking the Russian disinformation spread by its state-run and private media and its army of unofficial internet trolls via social media.
- He urges people to be wary of falling into traps set online by those seeking to foment division.
- “Remember that someone still pays for even for free content, and the free cheese might be only in the mousetrap,” he told CBS News at his Kyiv office.