Misinformation about the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan
[ad_1] Issued on: 15/08/2022 – 18:06 One year ago, on August 15, 2021, the Afghan capital of Kabul was surrounded and then captured by the...
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Images shared online make false claims about the country’s heatwave
[ad_1] Issued on: 05/08/2022 – 15:29 This summer, Italy is experiencing its worst drought and heatwave in 70 years. Amid the scorching conditions, some people...
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A retired Russian general forced to fight in Ukraine? The fake news story shared by tabloids
[ad_1] Issued on: 13/07/2022 – 16:56Modified: 26/07/2022 – 17:34 In late June, several British and American tabloids published a photo that they claimed showed a...
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Viral video falsely claims that Finland is sending tanks to Russian border
[ad_1] Issued on: 12/05/2022 – 18:17Modified: 13/05/2022 – 08:53 A viral video circulating on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube features footage that purportedly shows Finnish tanks headed...
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Three claims accuse Volodymyr Zelensky of being addicted to cocaine
[ad_1] Issued on: 26/04/2022 – 16:30Modified: 28/04/2022 – 16:54 In recent weeks, people have been sharing at least three videos purporting to show Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
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The suspicious Twitter accounts claiming to be run by journalists in Ukraine
[ad_1] The FRANCE 24 Observers team has launched an investigation into three Twitter accounts that claim to be run by journalists on the frontlines in...
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These images from Bucha do not show ‘fake corpses’ staged by the Ukrainian army
[ad_1] Issued on: 04/04/2022 – 17:47Modified: 05/04/2022 – 12:33 Images published on April 3 showed the bodies of more than a dozen civilians who had...
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Was this photo of Chechen leader Kadyrov praying in a petrol station taken in Ukraine?
[ad_1] Issued on: 01/04/2022 – 13:42 A photo claiming to show the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has made the rounds on social...
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No, the British defence minister isn’t ready to send nukes to Ukraine
[ad_1] Issued on: 25/03/2022 – 16:54Modified: 28/03/2022 – 10:07 Russian YouTubers spoke to British Minister of Defence Ben Wallace by pretending they were the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys...
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No, this military choir in Russia was not arrested for singing anti-war songs
[ad_1] Issued on: 18/03/2022 – 17:37Modified: 25/03/2022 – 13:56 Posts shared online claim to show members of a Russian military choir being arrested for singing...
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Truth or Fake 2022: Debunking fake news with high-school students
[ad_1] Issued on: 21/03/2022 – 18:39 During French Press Media in Schools Week from March 21 to 26, the FRANCE 24 Observers team when to...
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A pre-recorded video? The pro-Russian hoax suggesting that Volodymyr Zelensky has left Ukraine
[ad_1] Issued on: 14/03/2022 – 18:34Modified: 15/03/2022 – 13:27 Russian media outlets, including Russia Today, are falsely claiming that the video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
