Fake as a tool of the hybrid attack in the era of digital transformation

This article, dedicated to the topic of fakes as a modern digital weapon, presents the results of a pilot sociological study in the fall of 2022 in the Sverdlovsk region (n=730). The results showed that the majority of Sverdlovsk residents can use different methods to determine the falsification of information: Ural residents compare content from different sources (73%), check links (59%), look at authorship (50%), look at comments (49%), pay attention to the founders of publishing houses (38%), compare information with their own beliefs (36%), check the authenticity of photographic materials (26%), turn to experts for additional opinions (11%).