The Center for countering disinformation at the NSDC explains: how the mechanism of "circumventing from the flank" in disinformation works
- "Detouring from the flank" is a metered transmission of reliable information, the accuracy of which is known in advance to listeners or readers and can be easily checked by them. Propaganda messages are actually "packaged" in such data.
- The purpose of using "flanking" is to draw the audience's attention to familiar information in order to get the opportunity to convey the necessary information.
- Street names and house numbers are often used when using "flank bypassing" - many details that are reliable, to which propaganda theses are "unobtrusively" added.
Example
In the public reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the "exact addresses" of the locations of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, "which are located in dangerous proximity to civilian objects" such as: "in Dnipro, on the territory of school No. 129 (Kosmonavtiv Street), units of national formations and artillery are located, while evacuation of residents of nearby houses was not carried out."