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Original article (in Serbian) was published on 14/2/2024; Author: Stefan Kosanović Conspiracy theories framing COVID-19 as a biological weapon have resurfaced in Viber groups across Serbia. This time, the basis for these claims is an ordinary email received by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the prominent American epidemiologist, at the pandemic’s outset. The email was sent by a […]
Original article (in Albanian) was published on 8/2/2024; Author: Pustina Patris The claim that the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against Covid-19 vaccination in a case brought by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is false. Kennedy Jr. has confirmed that this misinformation circulating online since 2021 is inaccurate. The article published on the sot.com.al portal […]
As soon as the coronavirus pandemic began to subside, those who consider everything to be a conspiracy against humanity, started sharing new incredible theories – about the intention of the power centres to make the population used to eating insects and forcing people to eat them. Industrial food production significantly affects the emission of gases, […]
Original article (in Croatian) was published on 19/05/2023 The Croatian Institute of Public Health has decided that Covid-19 is no longer a topic of public importance. Spreaders of disinformation use this to promote baseless theses. The Croatian Institute of Public Health no longer wants to talk about Covid-19. They concluded that “the public is widely […]
Original article (in Montenegrin) was published on 13/03/2023 The advice we receive from the scientific community is crucial for informing citizens, as demonstrated by the last global health crisis. However, sometimes their incorrect and unverified views become the epicentre of the spread of disinformation, which leads to unforeseeable consequences. In recent days, the front page […]
Original article (in Slovenian) was published on 12/12/2022 A video of a speech by the CEO of Pfizer, published on Rumble, was manipulated to intentionally mislead the public. Pfizer: We will reduce the global population by 50% by 2023 is the title of a post published on 28 November by a user of the American […]
Original article (in Croatian) was published on 20/01/2023 Nenad Bakic and Gordan Lauc claim that Croatian doctors and scientists secretly work for large pharmaceutical companies. They offer no evidence for their claims. The Croatian Association of Hospital Doctors (HUBOL) and the Croatian Medical Chamber (HLK) reacted strongly to the public statements of the controversial entrepreneur […]
Original article (in Croatian) was published on 23/01/2023 Malhotra was invited to the BBC program to talk about cholesterol-lowering drugs, but he used the space to spread disinformation. Molecular biologist Gordan Lauc, in a status posted on his Facebook profile on January 13, invited Faktograf to investigate the allegations from Dr. Aseem Malhotra’s interview for […]
Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 13/01/2023 Posts spreading on social media claim that cell phone towers, routers and other devices serve as weapon systems through which the US government targets citizens with radiation. On December 10, 2022, ISTINA Telegram account published a video which features a voice of an unidentified male person speaking […]
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 […]