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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...
Old Article Manipulates that Russia has Withdrawn from WHO and WTO
Russia is still an active Member-State of both the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization. The Russian Parliament has neither considered nor voted on an initiative to withdraw the membership from the two major global organizations, nor has such a thing been announced for the upcoming, writes Truthmeter.mk.
A post on the social network Facebook claims that Russia...
The claim that USA is involved in deliberate spreading of the bird flu is Russian disinformation narrative
Transmission electron micrograph of influenza A virus, late passage…CDC/Dr. Erskine Palmer, 1981
By carefully looking at everything that was published on this topic up to date, one can clearly see that claiming that the Pentagon was deliberately infecting birds in the current war in Ukraine is just part of the Russian disinformation narrative spread for the purpose of justifying its...
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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“Russia is just defending itself” – the main disinformation narrative in May
Photo: Clip from a Kremlin.ru video from the Victory Parade in Moscow on 09.05.2022
Victory Day – 9 May – was the occasion for the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to utter the main disinformation narrative in May, which was, of course, accompanied by a series of others. That narrative was that Russia is the victim in the war against Ukraine...
It is not true that the Ukrainian Government is threatening to start with terrorist attacks throughout Europe
Photo: Screenshot from the video
In the clip from the video, which is incorrectly interpreted in the post, Podolyak is talking about a hypothetical situation if EU would stop helping Ukraine and he is explaining what would happen in Europe should the assistance in weapons cease. He, however, is not saying that Ukraine will undertake terrorist attacks in Europe, but...
Bakhmut is a Ukrainian city; Russia attacked it, didn’t liberate it
Photo: Screenshot from the video
Bakhmut is an Ukrainain city and it cannot be liberated from the Russians as claimed by the post. Russia attacked Bakhmut and destroyed it completely. The fact that Russia claims that this city is Russian is far from reality. According to Kyiv, parts of Bakhmut are still under the control of Ukraine, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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It is not true that Macedonian troops will fight the Russian Armed Forces in Pridnestrovye
30 years jubilee of the Army – central event, August 2022 Photo: mod.gov.mk
The post is spreading disinformation that Macedonian troops will be deployed to fight against the Russian Armed Forces in Pridnestrovye. The claim that our troops, instead of leaving for Romania, will depart for Moldova – that is not a NATO Member-State – is not substantiated with evidence...
It is not true that “radioactive cloud” is moving towards Western Europe
There is no radioactive cloud moving towards Western Europe and it is not true that increased level of radiation was identified in Poland. In Khmelnytskyi the level of radiation is within permissible limits. It was measured and published by the local authorities. This disinformation has already been debunked by foreign fact-checkers, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Loads of disinformation about Ukraine in a video promoting numerous pro-Russian narratives
Photo: Screenshot from a manipulative video about Zelenskyy and the Azov Batallion
As a guest in a morning show on a USA television, the famous controversial journalist Lara Logan presented loads of unfounded claims about the war in Ukraine and the Russian aggression that almost entirely overlapped with the Russian disinformation narratives about Ukraine and the West, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Interview with Tamila Velkovska: Pro-Russian propaganda skillfully abuses the weak spots of the Macedonian citizens
It is a fact that the Russian propaganda network is well developed in this country, including representatives of official Russian institutions, diaspora and paid political parties. Another fact is that they have been active in this region for quite some time now, therefore an operational network has been installed in the last few decades which, inter alia, is also...
At the Red Square, Putin reiterated the main disinformation narrative – Russia was a victim defending itself!
Massive salvo of Russian disinformation narratives was “fired” from the Red Square in Moscow directly from the mouth of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the speech delivered at the military parade on the occasion of celebrating 9th of May – Day of Victory over Fascism, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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It Is not true that the EU banned imports of Ukrainian wheat in five member-states
The post we fact-checked is falsely claiming that the EU has banned the imports of wheat from Ukraine in some Member-States. On the contrary, the EU opposed the unilateral decisions of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria to temporarily ban the import of grain from Ukraine in order to protect their own farmers once a mutually acceptable agreement on...
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 social media as lever for spreading authoritarian propaganda
Russian propaganda uses various forms of social media and channels to spread its propaganda. It is fighting a war in Ukraine, but also waging a hybrid war with many other countries. North Macedonia and the Balkans are the target of this propaganda, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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There is no billboard for donations with the image of Zelenskyy in Milan
This is a computer-modified video. There is no billboard in Milan with the photograph of Zelenskyy with a hole up his nose for collecting donations for Ukraine. According to the Center for Countering Disinformation in Ukraine, an attempt was made to discredit President Zelenskyy and Ukraine in general with the promotion of this fake video for the purpose of...
Manipulation: Putin portrayed as a hero who saved Ukrainian children!
The claims presented in the post that Putin is saving children from the “pedophile clutches of the west”, are pure fabrication and conspiracy theory without evidence or facts. The Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Putin for committing war crimes with the deportation of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories in Russia. The claim in the...
