StopFake
Source Passport
UA-C-00006-5
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Media Reforms Center
- Country
- Ukraine
- Type
- Civil society organisation
- Founded
- 2014
- Director or chair
- Not disclosed
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 14 August 2026
1 of 5 layers verified
Transparency
Limited
2 of 6 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name on record, not yet checked
- Who leads it not disclosed
- How it is funded not disclosed
- Named funders not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- StopFake
- StopFake.org
- Registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- IFCN Code of Principles, StopFake application of 29.01.2020 (assessed 07.02.2020), read 2026-10-19 (launched on 2 March 2014 by Kyiv-Mohyla journalism school lecturers, graduates and students with the KMA Digital Future of Journalism project; run by the NGO Media Reform Center)
- IFCN Code of Principles, StopFake application of 06.03.2023 (assessed 22.03.2023), read 2026-10-19 (operator: Ukrainian NGO Media Reforms Center, non-profit and independent)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Founders or members with control Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type Media Reforms Center (Ukrainian NGO that runs StopFake as its flagship project) Direct Other Mohyla School of Journalism, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (founder of Media Reforms Center) Indirect Other - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership
- Not disclosed
- Network or umbrella organisation Pending check
- International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), signatory of the Code of Principles (application of 06.03.2023 assessed compliant on 22.03.2023)
2 sources
- IFCN, StopFake application of 06.03.2023, read 2026-10-19 (Media Reforms Center runs StopFake; the NGO was founded by the Mohyla School of Journalism at NaUKMA; advisory Supervisory Board; assessed compliant 22.03.2023)
- IFCN, StopFake application of 21.02.2022 (assessed 27.02.2022), read 2026-10-19 (same founder and operator; not financially supported by any Ukrainian official body)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- Income mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders and donors
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Channels) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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