Valeria Kovtun - Building Resilience to Russian Disinformation on a Mass Scale -Lessons for the West

Disinformation continues to be a threat to Ukrainian sovereignty and
unity, though is perhaps not as effective as it was in the years
2014-2022. But around the world aggressive information warfare still
threatens information security and social stability, especially in
states which Russia seeks to destabilise or coerce into supporting it.
As we saw in the 2016 US elections, it can potentially threaten results
of voting, place undue influence on voters’ decisions and undermine
democratic processes.

Valeria Kovtun is Head at Filter, the National media literacy project
founded in Ukraine. FILTER aims to make society more resilient to
misinformation and is a crucial tool in Ukraine’s armoury to defend
itself from aggressive Russian information warfare. Valeria was formerly
a journalist at BBC Reel, a senior correspondent at major Ukrainian
media organisations, and a fellow journalist at the United Nations. She
also has a background in video production, content management and news
broadcasting. Valeria Kovtun has studied at law, Media Communications,
and journalism at several prestigious institutions, including the Kyiv
National Economics University, the Taras Shevchenko National University
of Kyiv, and The London School of Economics.