Study of the use of IT to counter the spread of russian disinformation in the media space in war conditions

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In the face of a full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine, an important role is played by information war. The Russian authorities use all possible ways of sowing panic, disorientation and misinformation among Ukrainians. The main source of spreading manipulative content and misinformation is social networks and Internet resources. The problem of counteracting misinformation is one of the most important and relevant today's issues. Because to win the enemy, in addition to the victory of the army, it is also necessary to win on the information front, namely, to return the consciousness of part of Ukrainians to the national media space. Now, instead of approaches that consider the problem of counteracting misinformation in terms of information policy, approaches using modern information technologies are more effective. In order to identify and neutralize threats in the information space with the outbreak of the war, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine created an IT-army of Ukraine, which is an association of information technology specialists, specialists in the field of digital development and digitalization and volunteers. Ukrainian cyber military on their front counteract misinformation from the Russian Federation. Thus, the IT-army of Ukraine plays an important role in approaching the victory over the aggressor country. The article is devoted to the analysis of methods of using IT to counteract the spread of Russian misinformation in media space in war. The article examines the terms «propaganda», «fake» and «disinformation», presents the methods of spreading false information in the information space, describes the ways of countering the enemy used by the soldiers of the cyber army