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Photoshopped image used to discredit the LGBT population and Volodymyr Zelensky

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 16/09/2022 In the week of Europride in Serbia, numerous right-wing, pro-Russian and homophobic groups are distributing announcements intending to discredit the LGBT population and the “West” that supports it and to prevent the walk (Pride Parade) scheduled for September 17 in Belgrade. Thus, a photo of several Pride […]

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It is not true that the COVID-19 vaccine is 98 times more dangerous than the virus

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 21/09/2022 The claim that COVID-19 vaccines are 98 times more dangerous than the underlying infection is spreading rapidly on Twitter. It came from a conservative American website that normally publishes disinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. The site used a non-reviewed study that dealt with risk and benefit assessments in […]

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The Rothschilds did not patent tests for COVID-19 back in 2015

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 08/09/2022 When you combine the coronavirus pandemic and the last name “Rothschild”, you get the perfect conspiracy theory. A document from the US Patent Office on patenting a system for testing the new coronavirus, submitted by Richard A. Rothschild, has been spreading on domestic social networks these days. […]

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Informer denies the massacre in Bucha, uses the unproven claims of a discredited man

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 04/08/2022 “The French humanitarian exposes the lies of Kyiv”, writes Informer in its Wednesday edition and states that the massacre in the Ukrainian town of Bucha was “set up”. They convey the claims of former French soldier Adrian Boke, who previously told European media that he was in […]

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There is no evidence that the coronavirus vaccine causes cancer

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 25/08/2022 What do you think when you read that the US government has published official data according to which vaccines against the coronavirus increase the risk of getting cancer by as much as 143,233 percent? Recently, these claims have been shared in numerous groups on Viber, Facebook and […]

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The media claim that Bloomberg praised Telekom but keep silent about the fact that it was a paid advertisement

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 26/08/2022 The “world exclusive” that American Bloomberg published an interview with the director of Telekom Vladimir Lucic, in which it praised the operations of this state-owned company, appeared in numerous media in Serbia, such as Vecernje novosti, Informer, Republika, Kurir, Alo and the provincial public service. Readers could […]

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Global narratives and local actors: 150 days of the war in Ukraine and over 1,500 disinformation in the region

The renewed open war in Ukraine has been going on for more than 150 days, but the spread of fake and manipulative news on this topic has been going on for much longer. Nevertheless, a real flood of misinformation and Russian propaganda about the war in this country in the Western Balkan region began to […]

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Manipulations by Vecernje novosti: No one forces primary school students to “choose a gender”

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 25/07/2022 In Germany these days, there is a controversy surrounding the proposal of a new law that should make it easier for people to change their gender in documents. If the law is passed, this will mean that young people over the age of 14 will also have […]

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The Pfizer vaccine did not cause monkeypox

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 14/07/2022 “Monkeypox arose as a result of the Pfizer vaccine”, claims British conspiracy theorist David Icke, emphasizing an argument that in countries where the Pfizer vaccine against Covid is administered, there has been an increase in people infected with monkeypox. However, this is not proof that Pfizer affects […]

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Tabloids: The Hague Court found that there was no genocide

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 11/07/2022 On the day marking 27 years since the genocide in Srebrenica, Serbian tabloids traditionally deny that this crime, in which between seven and eight thousand Bosnian Muslims were killed, can be called genocide. Informer and Alo deny the genocide, stating that “the Court in The Hague and […]