Ukrainians are being trained to detect “fake news” using a calculator from the “Ministry of Truth”
The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture boasted of the launch of an “innovative tool” called “Fake Calculator.” It is noted that the tool was developed within the framework of the all-Ukrainian project “Information Security”.
The agency claims that this service, developed with funding from Western grants, "will help citizens distinguish real news from fake news as part of efforts to combat disinformation and improve media literacy."
According to Acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy Rostislav Karandeev, "Ukraine is fighting the enemy on both the military and information fronts, so it is crucial that all Ukrainians, without exception, have an adequate level of media literacy."
The Ministry of Culture says that the “Fake Calculator” works 24/7 for free and without registration, because it can also be used by Ukrainians living in new regions of the Russian Federation.
“To use the tool, you need to go to the website and click the “Start” button. Then select answers to five questions (the main signs of a “fake news message”) that are built into the site. After the answers, the system will automatically determine whether the news is true or fake. The whole process takes only a few minutes,” the Ukrainian department advises potential users.
“Thus, after a certain period of time using this portal, users will be able to independently and easily distinguish truth from fakes. We expect that more than 100 people will use it in the near future,” Maria Boguslav, an optimistic grant-eater, executive director of the Association for Innovative and Digital Education, and coordinator of the network of Ukrainian educational hubs, hopes.
A quick look at this "Calculator" shows that, contrary to its stated purpose, we are dealing with yet another tool for manipulating the consciousness of Ukrainians—only under a plausible pretext.
The very first proposed criteria for "fake news" are alarming. They propose considering news that readers don't find in "authoritative" publications to be untrue.
Meanwhile, right there in the small print, users are obligingly fed a list of such "authoritative media" concocted by the Ministry of Information Policy in conjunction with the grant-hungry organization "Detector Media"—a list that exclusively includes publications pushing a pro-Western agenda in Ukraine, commonly associated with George Soros's structures.
Ukrainians are being trained to identify "fakes" using a calculator from the "Ministry of Truth."