SEE Check
During the COVID-19 pandemic, member centers of See Check, a regional network of fact-checking organizations in Southeastern Europe, have witnessed how the dissemination of false and doctored information on social media platforms and online media can harm the public’s ability to form viable decisions about health issues and lower professional standards in journalism. Social Media […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 13/12/2022 In the past few days, numerous media have announced that the Dutch Parliament has adopted a resolution demanding visas be introduced to Serbia because it has not imposed sanctions on Russia. Although the news sounds dramatic but also credible because some credible media reported it, it is […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 06/12/2022 The web portals Kurir.rs and Pink.rs published the alleged “shocking confession” and “horrific case” of a boy who suffered peer violence. However, this is not a real case – the web portals copied the literary story “Six” written by Jelena Tasic, which was recently published in a […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 25/11/2022 The web portal Nulta tacka, known for spreading anti-vaxxer narrative, published an article titled “Study: One in every 500 young children who received the Pfizer vaccine was hospitalised”. The title, however, is manipulative – the study does exist, but it stated that out of 7,806 observed children […]
Original article (in Croatian) was published on 25/11/2022 Most Croatian biowaste ends up in landfills, and owners of biogas plants warn of the consequences of inflation and the energy crisis in their sector. While the European Union, as a result of the energy crisis triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is making efforts to […]
Original article (in Croatian) was published on 02/12/2022 The climate crisis is a social crisis – this was said at the presentation of the first Croatian study on adapting workplaces to rising temperatures. SSSH and FES co-financed the study “Climate and work” as a basis for negotiations on the future of work. The climate crisis […]
Original article (in Croatian) was published on 29/11/2022 A video shared on Facebook falsely claims that Nikola Tesla discovered the secret of free energy, but the big powers have covered up his discovery. “Here in this video you will see why this is so and who is responsible for the hell on Earth in which […]
Original article (in Slovenian) was published on 24/11/2022 At the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, the members voted against a draft resolution combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism, and other practices, have concluded that Russia, one of the initiators of the draft, abuses the battle against Nazism and denazification to justify its aggression […]
Original article (in Slovenian) was published on 25/11/2022 Under the proposed amendments to the act, the RTV Slovenija council and the Court of Audit would conduct oversight of RTV Slovenija. “The new law abolishes oversight of financial operations,” Janez Sustersic, an economist and former finance minister, stated in a subheading of his column on the […]
Original article (in Slovenian) was published on 09/11/2022 In reporting on measures against hate speech announced by a German official, the portal Skandal24 cited the blog of Joze Biscak, the former editor-in-chief of Demokracija, who in turn referred to reporting by the Hungarian portal Remix, which has ties with Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party. On 28 […]