Claim 685

The law's definition of what counts as fake news.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The law's definition of what counts as fake news.
Field: action
Value: Fake news defined as unverified information seen as threatening
About: incident 2019-russia-fake-news-disrespect-law
Source: Russia advances legislation on 'fake news' and 'disrespecting authorities'
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2019-03-07

Quotation from the source

"fake news" as any unverified information that "threatens someone's life and (or) their health or property, or threatens mass public disorder or danger..."