Original article (in Serbian) was published on 29/09/2023; Author: Milica Ljubičić According to data from 2020, Serbia ranks second in terms of deaths from cervical cancer in Europe, right behind Montenegro. Since last year, free vaccination of children up to 19 years of age with the HPV vaccine has started in our country, which largely prevents […]
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Original article (in Serbian) was published on 03/10/2023; Author: Milica Ljubičić These days, some Facebook posts claim that aluminium in vaccines can cause autism, but also Alzheimer’s disease. The same posts are also sharing an old video in which an American paediatrician talks about it. However, people ingest much larger amounts of aluminium through food because […]
The economic tiger on salami
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 13/09/2023; Author: Marija Vučić Of the thousands of products on the shelves, twenty of them have temporarily become cheaper as of today. Ever since President Aleksandar Vucic announced this pompously at a press conference to which he brought a basket from the supermarket, the pro-regime media has continued to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]