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Original article (in B/C/S) was published on 6/2/2024; Author: Amar Karađuz The section “Russian News” on the web portal Lajk is filled with articles equipped with clickbait headlines and videos containing parts of texts already published on Serbian web portals. The section “Russian News” on the web portal Lajk (.rs), which publishes the “latest Russian news […]
Original article (in BCS) was published on 2/2/2024; Author: Marija Manojlović Several web portals have published articles alleging that Israelis in Gaza are disguising bombs as food cans to trap Palestinians. However, the video referenced by these articles does not substantiate these claims. On January 23, 2024, the web portal Slobodna Dalmacija released an article with […]
Original article (in BCS) was published on 19/01/2024; Author: Alena Beširević Claims that Ukraine is recruiting people with Down syndrome due to a lack of new soldiers come from pro-Russian sources and, apart from a video of questionable authenticity, there is no evidence to support such allegations. In an article published on the web portal Epoha […]
Original article (in BCS) was published on 18/01/2024; Author: Marija Manojlović A video of the demolition of a McDonald’s restaurant in Kansas is being shared on social media with claims that it was made in Russia or China. On January 3, 2024, a video of a construction machine demolishing a McDonald’s advertising sign was published on […]
Original article (in BCS) was published on 11/01/2024; Author: Marija Manojlović A viral video circulating on Facebook depicts the brutal torture and killing of prisoners. While it is currently being shared in the context of the Gaza war, it actually originated a decade earlier in Syria. Readers reported to us a post on Facebook from December […]
Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 12/1/2024; Author: Maida Salkanović A video making rounds on social media shows a Ukrainian TV presenter humorously encouraging unmarried women to cohabit with unmarried men as a means to save electricity and heating. Despite what is being claimed online, this video is intended as a joke. On December 10, […]
Original article (in BCS) was published on 12/1/2024; Author: Dino Šakanović The video circulating on social media, allegedly showing an Egyptian teenager delivering aid to Gaza residents via a hole in the border wall, is misleading. This footage actually comes from a 2012 documentary about Palestinian life in the West Bank, around which there is […]
Original article (in BCS) was published on 13/12/2023; Author: Nerma Šehović Several related accounts and social media pages promoting Russian propaganda narratives published the incorrect information that Putin was told that the first moon landing was faked and that it was “discovered by Google”. Via e-mail, readers pointed out to us an Instagram account called […]
Original article (in BCS) was published on 13/12/2023; Author: Amar Karađuz In a widely shared Instagram post discussing Russian income from fossil fuel sales, there was a misleading statement claiming that the European Union (EU)“remains the largest importer of Russian energy products”. On November 17, 2023, the Instagram account pepo.politika posted a message asserting that […]
Original article (in BCS) was published on 14/12/2023; Author: Mladen Lakić A report claiming an assassination attempt on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas emerged on social media and in some news outlets. A video claiming to depict this event has been misrepresented. On November 7, 2023, a news website named Vijesti published a story headlined “Shots […]