Bot networks. Online propaganda. “Troll farms”.
Hostile governments, and ideological factions spend millions to flood your news and social media with known untruths about what’s happening in Ukraine.
The good news: Today, it’s easier than ever to trace reports back to the source.
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Latest fact checks – by our team
No, weapons for Ukraine were not used in French riots
A false rumor on Twitter has been traced by the BBC back to pro-Kremlin propaganda channels.
The deliberately misleading Twitter post falsely claims that weapons possibly among those sent to Ukraine were used against police in the recent riots in France (summer 2023). The attached image shows a fabricated “screenshot” of a non-existent news article.
Latest fact checks – From across the internet
Russian Nationalist Channels Fabricate YouTube Data to Claim Ukrainians Don’t Listen to Ukrainian Musicians
“It’s just that YouTube Music published the TOP artists
in Ukraine. Not a single performer in Ukrainian.”
That is false.
Musicians singing in Ukrainian dominated all of YouTube’s weekly charts of top artists in Ukraine in 2023 as shown in YouTube’s own data.
Video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Belly Dancing Is a Deepfake | BOOM
BOOM found that the video is not real and Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s face has been morphed on another dancer’s face.
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Notes from the Digital Field: Ethical Dilemmas in Open Source Research
As an open source researcher you often cover data or footage that is highly contested and ethically difficult. Director of Research and Training Giancarlo Fiorella has written a guide to navigating ethical dilemmas in our field.
FactChecking Claims About the Conflict in Ukraine
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, following months of military buildup and, as we’ve written, repeated denials by Russian officials that their country planned to invade.
As is often the case with major news events, we have seen several false and misleading claims made on social media and by politicians related to the conflict.
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