Tags Dezinformacii
Tag: Dezinformacii
Increased tension between Moscow and the West regarding Ukraine
Last month, the tension between the West and Moscow increased, as well as the tensions between individual Western countries and Russia bilaterally – with frequent use of several classical disinformation narratives by Russia such as: the West is fighting against Russia until the last Ukrainian standing, the West is the bad guy, while Russia is defending itself from NATO...
Intelligence Agency: We Will be a Target for Disinformation related to Constitutional Amendments, Church Issue and Elections 2024
The fight against disinformation should not be seen as a threat to the freedom of expression or censorship, because it is not a matter of naively publishing news. On the contrary, disinformation campaigns are organized by the State and directed towards manipulating public opinion and pressuring decision-makers.
This is what, inter alia, the Director of the Intelligence Agency, Erold Musliu,...
Fight against Disinformation Demands Partnership between Institutions and Civil Society
Electronic disinformation is spreading and no-one is immune to that. They present a threat to society. The fight against disinformation demands partnership between the institutions and the civil society. This was stressed on today’s conference “Building Social Resilience to the Harmful Effects of Disinformation in the Republic of North Macedonia”, organized by the Presidential Centre for Political Education and...
Disinformation Will Not Disappear – Creators Must be Exposed
It is high time to turn the recommendations into actions and to know exactly which actors in society have a role in the fight against disinformation - to recognize who is the enemy, the creators of disinformation, and to understand the goal behind the propaganda he/she is spreading. The process will be challenging, but it can only be successful...
When Did Russia Return among the Top Ten Economies in the World – If at All?
In the first part of June, some of the Macedonian language media reported that Russia returned on the list of the Top 10 economies for the first time after 2014. Rarely did the news reported on the portals specify their sources. However, after fact-checking the data, Truthmeter derived the conclusion that the Macedonian public – by taking over the...
Manipulative post twists the truth – Ukraine is defending itself from Russia, not fighting at the “whim of London”
The post claiming that Ukraine is at war with Russia because of the whim of London and that Orban is Ukraine’s greatest friend because only he insisted on negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow for stopping the war is untrue and manipulative on several grounds, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Missing children from Cleveland cannot be compared with those taken from Ukraine
Photo: Erik Drost on Wikimedia Commons
The missing children from Cleveland and those taken from Ukraine cannot be compared at all. The context and circumstances are totally different. The circumstances of the children from Cleveland have not been clarified yet and there is no indication of an established pattern or tendency that they all disappeared in the same way. They...
It is not true that Western elite had long been preparing the war in Ukraine
Tank row in surburban Kyiv. Photo: Wikipedia
Back in December 2021, Western leaders called upon Russia to calm the tensions and promised to support Ukraine in case of any kind of threat from Moscow. On 24 February 2022, Russia – not the Western elites – performed complete military invasion in Ukraine and started a war of terrifying consequences for the...
Malicious meddling in Kosovo’s media sphere
This article by Ardit Kika was originally produced for and published by Kosovo 2.0 as part of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub project. It has been republished here with permission.
Serbia, Russia and China are the main disseminators of disinformation in Kosovo and about Kosovo. Serbian-speaking audiences are the main targets of disinformation from Serbian and Russian media outlets, while Chinese...
The video with Senator Graham saying “The Russians are dying” is fabricated
Photo: Screenshot from the video
It is not true that Graham said “The Russian are dying. It’s the best money we have ever spent”, while the clip claiming such a thing has been wrongfully edited. A longer version of the conversation, published by the Ukrainian Government, followed by Reuters, inter alia, shows that both segments – put within the framework...
It is not true that Ukraine is mobilizing minors
Photo: Screenshot from the video
There were also attempts previously on social networks to accuse Ukraine of mobilizing children by using videos of young-looking boys. But, that is not true – according to Ukrainian laws, only adult persons can be conscripted by the Army, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Kremlin’s False Narrative: “NATO Is Fighting Russia to the Last Ukrainian” Continues
NATO neither started the military invasion, nor does it have troops in Ukraine. Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022 and Ukraine, as an independent country, has the right to defend itself and use available means of assistance from its friends. NATO is sending military aid to Ukraine without being a party to the war. The post manipulates that Ukraine...
Preposterous and unsubstantiated claim that a Russian rocket killed 200 NATO officers in a bunker in Ukraine
In the video with the post, analyst Gilbert Doctorow does not present a single source of evidence for his claim that during a missile attack of Russia, NATO generals hiding in a bunker in Ukraine were killed. His only attribution is the “Russians”. According to official Ukrainian sources, NATO bases are opened only on the territory of Member-States of...
The Russian Embassy in Skopje – Main Diplomatic Internet Spammer in North Macedonia
The Russian Embassy in Skopje is a record-breaker when it comes to the number of Facebook posts. The country is of top regional interest of Kremlin – out of the whole Balkans, only the Russian diplomatic mission in Romania posts more frequently on Facebook. The hybrid war in North Macedonia by the Russian Secret Services is a reality, Truthmeter...
Military service is voluntary for women in Ukraine
The post disinforms that NATO is pushing Ukraine to fight to the last Ukrainian. This narrative undermines thousands of soldiers in Ukraine, including patriotic defence actions carried out to defend themselves from Russian aggression. It is not true that no more men are left so Zelenskyy is “sending women to be killed on the front”. Women voluntarily serve and...
Turkey did not decide to leave NATO and the consulates were not closed because of the earthquake
We assess the post fact-checked as untrue. It is not true to claim that the earthquake was a geologically produced attack, that the diplomats were withdrawn due to the earthquake and that Turkey decided to leave NATO. As far as the false claims related to Covid vaccines and pandemic are concerned – as mentioned by senator Diana Iovanovici –...
Russia has not declared the dollar an invalid payment currency
The claim that Russia declared the Dollar invalid payment currency is out of context. There is lack of Dollars in cash in Russia hence the limit of Dollars that one can withdraw from the banks. Otherwise, in Russia, even before the military invasion, the payment currency that could have been used in the payment system was the Ruble i.e.,...
“E-Society.mk”: The fight against disinformation requires transparent institutions, active media and civil society efforts
(This content is a translation of the original article in Macedonian, published on the 7th of December 2022)
To minimize the negative effects of disinformation on democracy, we must jointly fight it. For that to happen, the institutions must be transparent and the media and the civil society must actively be checking and debunking disinformation. Media education on critical thinking...
With an Edited Photo Taken in Russia, Ukraine Is Accused of Being Nazi
The photo in the post we are reviewing, which contains the Ukrainian flag, has been graphically altered and edited, to falsely represent that the flag is Ukrainian. The photo was taken next to the statue of Lenin in the Russian city of Novokuznetsk, next to the administrative building of this city in the Kemerovo region of Russia. The flag...
It is not True that Three American Companies Bought Large Agricultural Land in Ukraine
Ukrainian legislation prohibits the sale of agricultural land to foreigners and foreign-owned companies. This restriction can be lifted, but first, there must be a referendum, and no referendum was held for this purpose in Ukraine. Therefore, it is not true that three large American multinational companies bought over 17 million hectares of Ukrainian agricultural land. Consequently, the dilemma that...
