AI-Fake: Ukraine Receives Bodies of 1,210 Fallen Soldiers
The image circulating online was generated using artificial intelligence. No such repatriation of bodies took place on August 6, as the Ministry of Internal...
Towards a New Model of Journalism: Kaijaleena Runsten on the JEMILE Project
By Danyil Kulinka
Young audiences increasingly get their news from social media, where the line between professional journalism and other content is becoming less clear. Media...
Fake: Italian Mafia Is Buying Ukrainian Drones on the Black Market
In reality, Palermo prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia spoke about drones "of the type used in the war in Ukraine," not about aircraft supplied to...
Manipulation: The Scale of Europe’s Wildfires Was Caused by EU Sanctions Against Russia
Russian propaganda outlets are circulating claims that the scale of the wildfires in France and Spain was caused by EU sanctions against Russia. Europe,...
Manipulation: Ukraine Is Defenseless Against Iranian Missiles Even With Patriots, Analysts Say
Defence Express analysts did not concede that Ukraine is helpless against Iranian missiles or that Patriots "won't help." The outlet noted only the difficulty...
Fake: Stolen Lalique Pendant Found on Olena Zelenska
The BBC published no such report. In the original footage of Olena Zelenska's arrival at the Élysée Palace, she is wearing no pendant whatsoever...
Fake: Poland’s Intelligence Service Named Ukraine a ‘New Threat’ to Eastern Europe
Poland's Foreign Intelligence Agency published no such report or statement. The fake is built on an anonymous video bearing an unidentifiable logo, with footage...
Fake: France’s Army Would Last Just Seven Days Against Russia, Statista Says
Neither Statista nor the Institute for the Study of War published any such study. The infographic circulating online is a forgery built on Statista's...
Fake: Central Taiwan is undergoing population replacement — the Chinese immigrant population in Taichung’s...
The data is wrong; immigrants from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau make up 1.44% of Beitun's total population.
Fact-check reporter: Tseng Hui-wen
Editor: Chen Wei-ting
The...
Fake: Almost All of Europe Fought Alongside Nazi Germany Against the USSR
In reality, only six European governments fought alongside the Third Reich in the war against the USSR. The majority of the continent's countries were...