Propastop

Propastop is run by volunteers at the Estonian Defence League (Kaitseliit). We monitor & fact check propaganda against the Republic of Estonia. DM us your tips.

[Propastop @propastop]

Estonia, "the tiny ex-Soviet state" as headline writers often describe it, is actually larger than mid-sized European states like Denmark & Switzerland.

Country size doesn't actually matter, but here's some clichés that really are worth avoiding.

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🇪🇪➡️🇺🇦 Tallinn receives a "Rescuer City" award from President Zelenskyy.

24 hours later, a petition appears demanding political accountability from Mihhail Kõlvart.

Sounds like local civic activism... until you discover the petition's author moved to Russia, publicly predicted the end of Estonia, promoted Kremlin narratives, and now lectures Estonians about democracy from a country without meaningful elections. 🤔

The petition has 13 signatures.

The story behind it is far bigger than the number.

📖 Read how a Kremlin supporter in Russia tried to turn Tallinn's solidarity with Ukraine into a political weapon — and why Kõlvart became an unexpected target.

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[Kadi🇪🇪🌻 @TheFl0orIsLaVa]

Estonian police to the hysterical russians at the border: Calm down! You’re not in russia! People behave normally here!
😂😂👍

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Russian soldiers were told they’d be greeted with flowers. 🌻

Instead, they met Javelins. 🎯

That’s the majority illusion completing its circuit: when a regime floods every channel with fake consensus for long enough, propaganda stops looking like propaganda and starts being mistaken for intelligence.

Russia didn’t just lie to the world about Ukrainians.

It lied to itself. 🇺🇦
Read more on the majority illusion below:

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🤖🇪🇪 How well can AI spot Kremlin propaganda?

A new benchmark by the Institute of the Estonian Language and Propastop tested 50+ language models. The result? Some AI systems were nearly twice as likely to echo propaganda when questions were deliberately framed to mislead them. 🎭📉

Turns out teaching AI facts is easier than teaching it to resist manipulation. 🕵️‍♂️⚠️ #AI #Disinformation

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[Propastop @propastop]

🤖🇪🇪 How well can AI spot Kremlin propaganda?

A new benchmark by the Institute of the Estonian Language and Propastop tested 50+ language models. The result? Some AI systems were nearly twice as likely to echo propaganda when questions were deliberately framed to mislead them. 🎭📉

Turns out teaching AI facts is easier than teaching it to resist manipulation. 🕵️‍♂️⚠️ #AI #Disinformation

[Propastop @propastop]

For months, Russian media has been telling the same story about Estonia.

First it was falling birth rates. Then failing schools. Then women in military service.

Different topics, same conclusion: Estonia is running out of people, strength and future.

Our latest analysis of how a narrative is built one headline at a time in the commnets.

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Every
Single
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[Propastop @propastop]

For months, Russian media has been telling the same story about Estonia.

First it was falling birth rates. Then failing schools. Then women in military service.

Different topics, same conclusion: Estonia is running out of people, strength and future.

Our latest analysis of how a narrative is built one headline at a time in the commnets.

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📸 Photo Challenge Answer: Prague! 🇨🇿

This month's mystery photo turned out to show a viaduct in Prague. 🌉

Surprisingly, AI wasn't much help this time. The winning detective tool was something far simpler: a reverse image search.

A good reminder that sometimes the smartest solution isn't artificial intelligence, but knowing which tool to use. 😉

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Photo challenge: where was this photo taken?

While travelling around the world in May, Propastop came across this photo. In which city was it taken, and what exactly does the image depict?

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Russia isn’t just exporting propaganda anymore. It’s building an entire influence ecosystem.

Record propaganda budgets. “Compatriot” networks abroad. Digital state platforms. Youth systems designed to monitor attitudes and shape values.

The message matters less than the infrastructure behind it: communities, services, culture, tech, loyalty networks.

Modern propaganda no longer arrives only through TV screens. It hides inside institutions, platforms, and “community support.”

That’s what makes it harder to see.
Read more below👇

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Moscow says everything is under control.
Russian Telegram says otherwise.
As Ukrainian drones keep reaching Moscow’s suburbs, the real air-defence gap is no longer military — it’s psychological.
First come the drones. Then come the memes.

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