“Handmaiden’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood shuns Russian sanctions, ridicules travel ban
Canadian poet and writer Margaret Atwood was joined by Hollywood actor Jim Carrey in ridiculing the travel ban to Russia imposed on them alongside 98 other Canadians.
On November 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation published a list with a hundred...
All the “conspiracies” against Dodik: A narrative that does not stop even though time itself denies it
Photo: SNSD.org
The narrative according to which foreign countries are working to “destroy” the Republic of Srpska and/or Milorad Dodik, the newly elected president of this BiH entity, is often published in numerous media, including on public service.
Claims about “coloured revolutions”, “a plan to destroy...
A fictional report by Euronews: No auction of Russian works to be destroyed
Photo: Freepik/@ fabrikasimf
A fake video of the Euronews television network is being shared on social networks about an auction in Germany where it will be possible to buy Russian works of art that will be destroyed, and the collected money will be donated to...
News Front: Pro-Russian disinformation from Crimea is also reaching Bosnia and Herzegovina
Photo: Freepik/@ fidaolga
The private news agency News Front, which operates from the territory of Crimea, is a frequent propagator of pro-Russian disinformation in our area since it also publishes content in the Serbian language.
The News Front web portal operates in several languages in which...
Volodymyr Zelensky did not publish the book “My Struggle”
Photo: Volodimir Zelenski/Shutterstock
A photo of the front page of the fictional book “My Struggle” by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is being compared on social networks to Adolf Hitler’s autobiography “Mein Kampf”.
At the end of October, a photo of the book “My Struggle” was shared...
Fake news about Ukrainian gold in Poland used as a reason to make unfounded announcements of the entry of the Polish army into Ukraine
Incorrect claims that Ukraine transferred foreign exchange reserves and gold stocks to Poland were the basis for making unfounded announcements of the entry of the Polish army into Ukraine, which were also reported by web portals in the region.
On July 16, 2022, Webtribune published...
Live online discussion on September 22: Techno-authoritarianism in India
In public and appearances and speeches, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared this present decade India’s “Techade”—a digital revolution at the grassroots level, touching all people and “refining” all aspects of politics, economy, and society.
Yet even as the leader of the world’s largest democracy urges...
A conspiracy journalist justifies the Russian invasion using anti-Semitic conspiracy theories
Balkan Info’s journalist Nemanja Blagojevic posted a status in which it is claimed that the “Khazars” are behind the war in Ukraine. This is a conspiracy theory with anti-Semitic overtones.
3d map of Ukraine and Russia. 3d illustration.
On June 1, 2022, Nemanja Blagojevic posted a...
No, Germany did not admit the failure of sanctions against Russia
An anonymous web portal used the opinion of a German columnist to write an article with the title incorrectly claiming that Germany has admitted the failure of sanctions against Russia.
Readers turned to us with a request to check the accuracy of the claims from...
Global narratives and local actors: 150 days of the war in Ukraine and over 1,500 disinformation in the region
The renewed open war in Ukraine has been going on for more than 150 days, but the spread of fake and manipulative news on this topic has been going on for much longer. Nevertheless, a real flood of misinformation and Russian propaganda about the...
No, Ukraine did not build a NATO base in Severodonetsk
Several web portals from the region have shared unfounded claims about the alleged construction of a NATO base in Ukraine.
Detailed world map with pinned enlarged map of Ukraine and neighboring countries. Ukraine flag and map.
On June 19, 2022, the web portal Sputnik published an...
Contrary to claims on social media, the war in Ukraine is affecting global supply and prices
Manipulative posts are being shared on social networks, trying to show that the war in Ukraine did not affect the global increase in food and oil prices.
On May 18, a picture of a world map with Ukraine colored in red was published on Edi...
There is not a Russian decision to “return” the NATO alliance to its borders from 1997
In their headlines, some web portals manipulatively presented the statement of a Russian deputy as an official decision of Russia.
On May 15, 2022, Webtribune published an article with the title claiming that “Russia has decided” to return NATO to its borders from 1997:
RUSSIA HAS DECIDED, AND...
The nuclear war put at the service of clicks and spreading fear
The potential use of nuclear weapons is often mentioned in the context of the war in Ukraine. As a rule, reporting on this topic is followed by sensationalist and manipulative headlines that try to attract clicks.
Early in the morning on February 24, 2022, the...
The Western Balkans will need unity and cooperation across society to overcome press freedom challenges
In times of war and global polarization the Western Balkans region is divided along the lines of current polarizing forces. Disinformation campaigns, hate speech, physical attacks, threats, low income, poor economic status, divisions, self-censorship and job insecurity are the main challenges that the regional...
Analysis of narratives in news comments
As part of the program Regional Initiative to Combat Disinformation, it is our great pleasure to present you the first analyses of fake news and disinformation narratives.
You can download the document here „Analysis of narratives in news comments“.
Russian Duma with Draconian Sentences: 10-15 Years in Prison for Knowingly Spreading Fake News about the Russian Military
The Russian Duma has passed a law prescribing draconian sentences for “knowingly spreading fake news” about Russian military operations, categorized according to the severity and consequences of such actions, RIA Novosti reported.
Under the new law, for the crime of “knowingly spreading fake information about...
Ai Weiwei’s exhibition “In Search of Humanity” at the Albertina Modern Museum in Vienna
Author: Bojan Blazhevski
On the 16th of March, at the Albertina Modern Museum in Vienna, a comprehensive retrospective exhibition by the renowned Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei was opened. The exhibition named "In Search of Humanity" gathers in one place Weiwei's artworks coming from...
Kessler: Disinformation is Putin’s powerful tool in Ukraine
Giovanni Kessler is an Italian prosecutor who worked in the office of famous Sicilian prosecutor Paolo Borsalino in 1995. In 1998-1999 he was appointed as Deputy Head of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission in Pristina, in charge of Police and Justice matters. From 2001-2006...
Truthmeter: There Is No US-Funded Biological Weapons Development Program in Ukraine
There is no evidence that the Ukrainian government ordered the eradication of anthrax, cholera and other infectious diseases on the day Putin invaded Ukraine. It is also not true that there are US-funded biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine. On the contrary, the laboratories that...
