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Did an American AI drone kill the operator?

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 20/06/2023 Several regional media have reported statements by US Colonel Tucker Hamilton about a US military simulation in which a drone controlled by artificial intelligence allegedly killed the operator. Hamilton later clarified that he had misspoken and meant a thought experiment, not an actual simulation, which a significant […]

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No one will make us eat bugs

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, […]

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Covid-19 killed more than 18 thousand people in Croatia. How did that happen? 

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 […]

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Spreaders of disinformation across Europe are on the chase against fact-checkers

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 07/06/2023 Fact-checkers are being intimidated by online harassment, insults and threats. The chase is led by public figures who spread disinformation. Fact-checkers all over Europe are exposed to attacks, insults and threats, and the so-called SLAPP lawsuits, according to research conducted by Tijana Cvjeticanin for Faktograf. The editorial […]

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Climate disinformation in the oldest agricultural journal 

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 26/05/2023 Meteorologist Dusan Bizic is making claims for which he has no relevant evidence, and with such claims, he is trying to diminish the influence of greenhouse gases on global warming. What is the actual impact of greenhouse gases on global warming? Judging by the text published on […]

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“Mother monument” as a tool of anti-Western propaganda

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 27/04/2023; Author: Maida Salkanović A photo of a monument with both female and male gender characteristics, which is claimed to be a mother monument placed in the European Union, has been circulating on social networks for a long time. The sculpture, however, represents something else. On April 11, […]

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Disinformation about the massacre at the “Vladislav Ribnikar” school

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 07/05/2023 Eight children and a school guard were killed on May 3 in the Belgrade elementary school “Vladislav Ribnikar”, and seven more people were injured. After the massacre, for which a thirteen-year-old student of that school is suspected, a high level of unprofessional reporting was observed in the […]

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“Serbia against violence” and tabloids against the truth, ethics, empathy

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 19/05/2023 After the unprecedented tragedies that shocked Serbia at the beginning of May, civil protests took place in several cities. According to the established pattern, the protests were followed by a series of disinformation about the participants, opposition politicians and the goal of the gathering in the pro-regime […]

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Croatian judges are not trained to judge the media and do not understand what the public interest is

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 03/05/2023 According to a survey conducted by HND, at least 945 lawsuits against the media are currently active in Croatia. The Department of Justice counted 79 SLAPP lawsuits. “The topic of public interest is so abstract for some of our judges that we can’t really explain to them […]

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Climate anxiety on the rise

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 21/05/2023 The fact that extreme weather conditions are becoming more and more frequent and extreme causes fear and concern for many. The uncertainty of the world sliding into a climate crisis, the palpability of climate changes that will be even more pronounced in the future, and the inertness […]