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A youth-centered workshop on countering disinformation and fact-checking was held in Veles

More than a dozen young people from North Macedonia took part in the second workshop as part of the “Journalism for the New Generation” program on the subject of “Countering Disinformation and Fact Checking” which took place from March 13 to 15 near Veles. At the three-day workshop organized by the Metamorphosis Foundation together with the International Center for...

Emotional ties and propaganda: The Russian “Soft power” in the Balkans

Russian media Sputnik and RT (Russia Today) Balkans operating in Serbia, are used as propaganda tools by Putin’s Russia and represent Russian “soft power” in the region. This propaganda from Moscow, disseminated through the contents published by both Russian media outlets and republished by Serbian media, reaches, and is read everywhere in the Western Balkans, including in North Macedonia....

The World Health Organization is not killing children in Gaza

Phото: who.int It is not true that the World Health Organization is killing children in Gaza. On the contrary, WHO representatives are constantly delivering medical and non-medical aid to Gaza, where hospitals have been demolished and conditions for medical treatment are dreadful. WHO collects donations for Gaza and relentlessly calls for a ceasefire in the region. WHO has representatives on...

Truthmeter’s response to the latest disinformation campaign against their website and newsroom

What can be noted from this disinformation campaign – just like in the previous ones – is the lack of argumentation on the side of those attacking, related to possible errors, oversight, or inaccuracy expressed by Truthmeter’s editorial staff to justify the criticism and threats against us. Among these numerous manipulations and untruths, there is simply not a trace...

Unwanted imports: Anti-EU Kremlin disinformation rides high in N. Macedonia

Most of the anti-EU Kremlin disinformation in N. Macedonia originate abroad, both in Russia and in the West, and then arrive in the country through the social platforms and some through the internet media. Some of them are then adjusted to the local context, and the small number of disinformation pushing Kremlin narratives are native. Because of this, there...

Putin did not say that Bulgaria should be divided

A post on a Russian blog which is someone’s personal opinion first made rounds in Bulgarian media and then in Macedonian media and social networks, with a special addition – a statement allegedly made by Putin regarding dividing Bulgaria. However, Putin has never made such a statement, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the...

Harvard students walked out of Israeli consul’s lecture but in 2019

hoto: Screenshot from the video This event really happened, but not recently – November 2023, and not as an expression of solidarity with more than 4 thousand brutally killed children, as the Facebook post claims, but in 2019. The video clip was published by the Мiddle East Eye media outlet on 14 November 2019. Therefore, the event shown in the...

Deepfake video manipulates that General Zaluzhny is preparing a military coup

Photo: Video screenshot The video in which the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, allegedly, calls for a military coup and speaks against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a high-quality fake video, or so-called “deepfake”, created with the help of artificial intelligence, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text below:   A...

The mass media never declared “Ukraine is done with!”, nor should they be blamed for the war victims

Photo: Enrique on Pixabay Neither mass media have recognized that “Ukraine is Done With”, nor should journalists be blamed for the thousands of lives lost in Ukraine, as the post claims. The journalists did not encourage the military invasion of Ukraine, Russia did, while Ukraine responded with the support of its Western partners to defend its right to self-defense. In...

Cristina Tardáguila: Journalism is the best profession in the world and fact-checkers are more than needed

Cristina Tardáguila, an inspirational and energetic journalist from Brazil is the founder of Agência Lupa, the first fact-checking initiative in her country. She is the former International Fact-Checking Network’s Associate Director. As a reporter and/or an editor, Tardáguila has worked in some of the most important media outlets in Brazil and has o published two books. Her interest in...

Contrary to the disinformation that they are childless, most of the European leaders have children

Photo: Bruno on Pixabay A Facebook post falsely claims that the leaders of EU member states have no offspring. A Truthmeter fact-check, however, proved that most of the prime ministers and presidents of EU Member-States have children, including the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen who has seven children. The post, in fact, demonizes Western values that...

Social media under the lens of fact-checkers

“Even Vlora Çitaku has a Serbian passport!” “Mega scandal, Srpska Lista leader Goran Rakić has an intimate meeting on a yacht,” “Business loans up to 50,000 euros.” These are just a few examples of the disinformation shared on Facebook this year.Disinformation published in the media spreads false information about public figures, political developments and social issues. It also offers...

Antidisinfo.net – New Tool for Fighting Disinformation

The Metamorphosis Foundation launched its new website – Anti-disinformation Network for the Balkans, Antifisinfo.net. This website is a vital resource for the public, journalists and policy-makers for revealing foreign malign influence in the Western Balkan by exposing and mapping the flow of disinformation and propaganda originating from external actors throughout the region. “The Anti-disinformation Network for the Balkans is constantly carrying out...

Petra Balažič: Youth should be able to recognize disinformation with malign intent

Meta.mk spoke with Petra Balažič from the Slovenian Center for European Perspective, which works in the Western Balkans region in dealing with disinformation. Answering our questions, she pointed out that spreading of disinformation is a matter of security and stability of the countries of the Western Balkans, but also that different age groups in societies should be approached differently...

It is not true that all Ukrainian women from 18 to 60 years of age will be mobilized in the war

Photo: president.gov.ua The post is sharing untrue information that Ukrainian women will be mobilized in the Army. It refers to a recent legal provision that mandates women with medical or pharmaceutical backgrounds to register for military service starting from 1st October, but unlike men aged 18 – 60, unless they are mobilized, they would not be restricted from leaving Ukraine....

No Bundeswehr troops in Ukraine, nor German tank crews

Photo: Screenshot of part of the post On Sunday, the 24th of September, the German Ministry of Defense denied the information published by Russian state media that, allegedly, a German Leopard tank was destroyed along with the Bundeswehr crew in the military zone in Ukraine. Apart from that, it is general knowledge that Western countries are careful about sending their...

The claim that Russia is at war with the “Anti-religious” Western civilization is a myth

Photo: part of the post with disinformation One cannot claim – as the post does – that the anti-religious civilization, or the West, is fighting against Russia. Russia wants to impose itself as the main global defender of the traditional and religious, which could be seen from Putin’s speech, two days before the anniversary of Russian aggression. Once again, he...

Putin is not saving the world from the “Deep State”, rather he is waging an aggressive war in Ukraine

Photo: Screenshot from the edited video According to the investigative media Bellingcat, QAnon is a conspiracy theory falsely claiming that the former American President Donald Trump has been fighting a long time to defeat “Satanists, pedophiles, the deep state and the cabal” (frequently used terms in the narratives of the promoters). Although Trump is no longer the President and the...

It is not true that Ukraine has lower inflation rate than N. Macedonia

Ukraine does not have a lower rate of inflation than North Macedonia, as the post claims. In August 2023, Ukraine and North Macedonia had similar inflation rates (8.3% in North Macedonia and 8.6% – in Ukraine). Nevertheless, the rate was lower in Macedonia. Since the beginning of the war up to date, not once has Ukraine had a lower...

EU will not deport men aged 18-60 back to Ukraine

According to the European Commissioner, the EU will not deport anyone against their will. That is, Ukrainian men currently living in Europe are not at risk of forced deportation. Also, the European Union does not plan to restrict the entry of men from Ukraine, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text below:   We are...