From inbox to front page: How the media fuels hate speech
The Deputy PM for Good Governance Policies, Arben Fetai, announced on his Facebook profile that he received a death threat on his official email. In less than half a day, media outlets reported on his status along with hate speech comments in the headlines...
Opportunities for youth: Data visualization workshop, paid internship and a study tour to the US
The Metamorphosis Foundation and the International Center for Journalists for the third year in a row, are continuing the program “Journalism for a New Generation”, with the support of the US Embassy in Skopje. This year, once again, dozens of young people from the...
25 new cases of pertussis in a week in North Macedonia, mostly unvaccinated babies
During the week ending September 5, 25 new cases of whooping cough or pertussis had been reported in North Macedonia, which is a 47.1 percent increase compared to the previous seven-day period, the Institute of Public Health of the Republic of North Macedonia announced....
Outdated recruitment efforts by the Embassy of Ukraine in Skopje misused against NATO
A Facebook post lacks context due to the fact that it does not clarify that the Embassy of Ukraine in Skopje’s announcement of the recruitment effort is not new and active, but outdated, and that it was followed by a statement from the Ministry...
Defending itself against Russia’s armed aggression, Ukraine legally bans Russian Church
Russian propaganda tried to portray the fact that the Ukrainian government banned the Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church as a “persecution of Christians” and as a tendency of the West, which supports Ukraine, to destroy Orthodoxy and the Orthodox Church. This kind of narrative is also...
Online hysteria over Durov: After Russia exiled him, concerns intensify about his arrest and freedom of speech
Russia, which took control of Durov’s first company and which prompted him to establish Telegram while being in exile is now expressing concern about his arrest. Media outlets there report on the absurdity of the accusations against him and consider the Telegram case an...
Belarusian stand-up comedian who compared Lukashenka to a sparrow is accused of defamation
The comedian is well-known for his outspoken criticism of the Belarusian regime and its security forces, particularly in the wake of the 2020 opposition protests.
(VIDEO) How are AI tools used to create fake content?
Elon Musk speaks Albanian, while Donald Trump presents himself as the “President of the Russian Federation” - such manipulative videos can now be made in less than two minutes.
Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) tools offer unlimited possibilities, and thus they can be used to replace...
The West does not deny the Ukrainian identity and religion, Russia does
t is Russia that denies the Ukrainian identity and religion, not Western countries. Western countries are not “gay systems” that Russia is fighting against in defense of traditional values, as the Kremlin propaganda wants to promote. Such an attitude is merely a justification for...
New villas, old lies: disinformation about Zelensky circulating once again
Disinformation claiming that the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been living lavishly is once again circulating in the region. This time, he “purchased” an opulent villa with a winery and a vineyard belonging to the English musician Sting. Colleagues from the Georgian Myth Detector checked...
In Turkey, a street interview lands a citizen in jail
A woman identified as Dilruba Y, was arrested in the province of Izmir, Turkey, after criticizing the government’s choice to block Instagram during a street interview with a local popular YouTube channel, Tuylu Mikrofon (furry microphone).
A former Japanese diplomat’s personal stance misused to foster fear of Ukraine’s disintegration
Taken and translated from the Serbian version of Sputnik, the Facebook post twists the truth and spreads several pieces of disinformation. To begin with, it quotes a former Japanese diplomat, whose views by no means reflect the official position of Japan. During the entire...
It is not true that “the West deceives the Ukrainians into death”
The West does not deceive the Ukrainians into death, but provides them aid for self-defense, which is essential for them. The West would not be providing aid if the country had no use of it and if Russia had no territorial claims on Ukraine....
Russian and Chinese fighter aircraft never flew over the United States
A Facebook post claims that Russian and Chinese fighter aircraft flew into US airspace, but in reality, they only came close to but did not overfly Alaska and were eventually escorted back by American and Canadian interceptors. This has been happening for quite some...
Imported Anti-Catholicism brought to Macedonian soil
Current phenomenon of anti-Catholicism can be seen on social networks where the Orthodox beliefs of Macedonian citizens are being manipulated. Such promotion of anti-Catholicism comes either from the neighborhood or from Russia and that can clearly be seen from the rhetoric used in such...
It is not true that in Kyiv’s children hospital there was NATO General Staff
Neither the Ukrainian nor the Russian side has indicated that the Children’s Hospital in Kyiv was used as a location for NATO’s General Staff, as claimed by the post. The biggest military organization, NATO, is not involved in the war in Ukraine, nor does...
Fabricated statement by Orban is promoting pro-Kremlin narrative about the war in Ukraine
While the European Parliament condemned the meeting between Orban and Putin, it is not true that the EU demanded Orban to pay 2 million euros and that he did not have the money, so Putin and Xi Jinping offered to lend him the money...
Trump’s assassination attempt awakened the conspiracy theorists
Numerous conspiracy theories and disinformation spread following the attempted assassination of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. Truthmeter examined several of the narratives shared so far in the country, coincidence or not, also originated from individuals associated with parties aligned with the Kremlin and hold...
French documentary abused for false claims about Macedonian soldiers going to Ukraine
The video in the post was first online in September 2022. It is an excerpt from a 115-minute French documentary film titled: “A President, Europe, and War” with dialogues between Macron, Putin, Zelenskyy, and other world leaders. The post promotes the video as though...
Поранешниот руски радарски систем „Дуга“ претставен како мамутски ХААРП систем во САД
Truthmeter googled the photographs from the video and concluded that the footage showed ”Duga” – the Russian radar system over the horizon (OTH) used in the Soviet Union as part of the early warning radar network for missile defense, writes Truthmeter.mk.
Under the content-sharing agreement between...
