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Fake photos of “supercells” and nonsensical claims about an artificially induced storm

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 21/07/2023; Authors: Milica Ljubičić, Marija Vučić The storm that passed through the region on Wednesday evening scared people with its destructive power, but also fascinated them since it is an unusual and dramatic natural phenomenon. Photos and videos of the cloud that darkened the sky at high speed immediately […]

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No, this hail did not hit Serbia

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 24/07/2023; Author: Milica Ljubičić After edited photos of “supercell clouds” and false claims that the storm from last week was man-made, Raskrikavanje ran into more viral, manipulative storm-related posts. One Twitter user planted a photo of hail “around Belgrade” that actually occurred in Italy, and some others shared photos […]

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A Serbian conspiracy theorist claims that there is no such thing as a virus that still kills children

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 09/08/2023; Author: Milica Ljubičić Only half a year after the outbreak of the measles epidemic in Smederevo, in which as many as 90 percent of infected children were unvaccinated, conspiracy theorist Sasa Borojevic does not give up and claims that the measles virus does not exist and that the […]

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Climate disinformation from our alley

Despite the scientific consensus that global warming is the result of human activity, despite the experience of increasingly extreme weather conditions, climate sceptics still have an audience. How do they reach many people and what climate disinformation is circulating in Southeastern Europe? The Earth today is on average 1.1 °C warmer than in the pre-industrial […]

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The WHO does not give detailed instructions to children on how to masturbate

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 21/05/2023  Yesterday, Informer attacked the World Health Organization (WHO) for “giving detailed instructions on how young children should masturbate”. However, this is an incorrect claim – the alleged “instruction” does not exist, but rather the document “Sexual Education Standards in Europe”, which is 13 years old, and WHO […]

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Marinika Tepic did not demand that the Serbs be declared a genocidal nation

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 28/05/2023  After the gathering organized by SNS on Friday and after the “Against Violence” protest on Saturday, the dispute between the representatives of the government and its sympathizers with politicians and individuals from the opposition and certain media does not stop. Yesterday on Twitter, the Vice President of […]

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Incorrect claims about the attack of migrants in Sombor, the incident from the video happened in the Netherlands

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 18/05/2023  A video is being shared on social networks in which two young men harass a man walking a dog on the street. Users from Serbia claim that this incident happened in Sombor and that the man is being mistreated by migrants. However, the video was created in […]

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The pro-regime media “discovered” that the protests were being organized by the opposition

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 13/06/2023  After more than a month and six “Against Violence” protests, the pro-regime media announced yesterday as an exclusive discovery that the protests are organized by the opposition, thus manipulatively trying to prove that the protests are not legitimate because they are “political” and not “civil”. This information, […]

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The photo does not feature a minor K. K., but a young man from Ireland

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 05/05/2023 Yesterday, several media outlets, from Republika to Daily Mail, published a photograph allegedly showing K.K., a minor suspected of killing nine people on Wednesday at the “Vladislav Ribnikar” elementary school in Belgrade. In the photo, the young man is making a gun gesture with his fingers. However, […]

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Informer’s photo manipulation: The image of the empty plateau in front of the National Assembly as “proof” that the protest failed

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 09/05/2023 Two mass murders during the last week in Serbia were the reason for thousands of citizens to gather yesterday at the “Serbia against violence” protest. However, Informer’s readers could not see photos of a large number of people on the streets of Belgrade. This pro-regime tabloid published […]