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MV-media, also known as MV??!!, formerly Mitä Vittua? ("What the Fuck?") and MV-lehti, is a Finnish fake news website founded by Ilja Janitskin.[1] The website publishes disinformation and conspiracy theories with a racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Islam, anti-vaccine, pro-Russian and Eurosceptic agenda.[1][2][3] The site has links to the far-right Soldiers of Odin.[4] As of 2022, the publication is based in Russian-occupied Eastern Ukraine and regularly shares Russian state propaganda.[3]
Type of site | Fake news website |
|---|---|
| Available in | Finnish English |
| URL | mvlehti |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 2014 |
By March 2015, MV-lehti was the target of five police reports regarding defamation.[5] In January 2016, nine student and youth groups called for advertisers to boycott the site due to "hate speech and repeated lies".[6] Janitskin was suspected of several crimes, including incitement to ethnic or racial hatred, libel and copyright infringement, and was taken into custody by the Andorran police in August 2017.[7] He had several previous convictions for violent crimes between 2000 and 2011.[5] He was later extradited to Finland, and in October 2018, Janitskin was convicted of 16 offences and given a 22-month prison sentence. According to the court, Janitskin was the chief editor and owner of MV-lehti, and as such he was responsible for its content. Among the convictions were defamation of the journalist Jessikka Aro and two other women. Janitskin was likely to be spared from any more prison time, however, as he had been in custody and in home arrest for almost a year, and as a first-timer he would have been released after completing half of his sentence.[8][9]
In January 2018, Janitskin left MV-media. The new owner, Juha Korhonen, said he would turn the website into a "cleaner" version.[10] Since 2019 the editor in chief has been Janus Putkonen.[11] Janitskin died of cancer in February 2020 at the age of 42. He had been appealing his convictions.[12]
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edit- ^ a b "Valheenpaljastaja: Uutista on helppo matkia". Yle. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Valheenpaljastaja: Varoituslista valemedioista – älä luota näihin sivustoihin". Yle. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Sotapropagandaa jakava MV-sivusto ei näytä kelpaavan edes Venäjälle – joutuu keräämään rahaa kasinomainoksilla ja pikkuvipeillä". Seura. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Soldiers of Odin's secret Facebook group: Weapons, Nazi symbols and links to MV Lehti". Yle. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ a b Vainio, Juha (28 March 2015). "Vihasivusto tienaa isoja tuloja tunnettujen suomalaisyritysten mainoksilla". Kaleva (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ Koivuranta, Esa (11 January 2016). "MV-lehteä vastaan nousi boikottirintama – Kokoomusnuoret: Rahahanat saatava kiinni". Yle News (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ Nyman, Riikka (4 August 2017). KRP vahvistaa: Janitskin otettu kiinni Andorrassa Iltalehti. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ Uhari, Markku (2018-10-18). "Ilja Janitskinille ehdotonta vankeutta MV-kokonaisuudesta – tuomio yhteensä 16 rikoksesta". Aamulehti.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ Reinboth, Susanna (2018-10-19). "Ilja Janitskinin ja Johan Bäckmanin rikosten suunnitelmallisuus korotti korvaukset poikkeuksellisen suuriksi – vankilan Janitskin saattaa kuitenkin välttää". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ "HS: Ilja Janitskin sai tarpeekseen perustamansa MV-lehden kannattajista: "Mä joudun kuuntelemaan 24/7 hirveitä löpinöitä"". Helsingin Uutiset (in Finnish). 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ "Uusi MV-Lehti haastaa Suomen mediapoolin – päätoimittajaksi Janus Putkonen". 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Ilja Janitskin dies from cancer, age 42". News Now Finland. February 7, 2020. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.