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Prime Minister Edi Rama is known for his straight-talking, and his comments often serve as great fodder for headlines and social media posts. He previously called the EU “a big mess and a disgrace” in 2022 after the bloc put Albania’s accession negotiations on ice, and who can forget his joke about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s alleged role in the death of Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin? New claims have emerged that he described the US as “evil” and a “devil”, yet his words have been taken out of context. This post on X claims to show a video in which Rama discusses the world's three ma...
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Police in Germany have denied claims that they recommended that football fans smoke cannabis instead of drinking alcohol while visiting the country to watch the Euro 2024 football championship. The denial comes after UK tabloid The Sun reported on Friday that German police spokesman Stephan Knipp said that it was "no problem for fans to smoke cannabis on the street". "If we see a group of people drinking alcohol and looking a bit aggressive, and another group smoking cannabis, of course we’ll look at the group drinking alcohol," Knipp reportedly said. "Drinking alcohol can make someone more ag...
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Criticism of Joe Biden’s mental health and 81 years of age have dogged him throughout his presidency, with allegations of him being too old and senile for office coming in hard and fast in the run-up to the presidential elections this year. Many of these claims are supposedly backed up by video evidence of the US president acting strangely, but they’re usually either manipulated or taken out of context. Take the video below for example, which appears to show Biden wandering off or otherwise being distracted at a G7 summit in June. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni seemingly has to lead him...
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Pro-Russian actors are purposefully barraging journalists with fake news in an effort to spread verification resources thin and amplify the reach of disinformation, according to a new study. Dubbed “Operation Overload” by Finnish software and methodologies company Check First, which published the report, the ongoing scheme involves anonymous pro-Russian actors who contact journalists in a coordinated campaign to have them verify suspected fake news. The ploy relies on the simple principle that “all publicity is good publicity”. The verification requests usually target Ukraine, France and Germa...
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Migration is typically a hot topic in any election campaign and is often fuel for inflammatory debates and false claims. Whether they’re about benefits or immigration rates, the allegations are usually provocative and simply wrong. Take this example from Spain: This post on Facebook says that almost 97% of people on Spain’s minimum basic income are immigrants. The minimum basic income is a social security benefit that provides a basic wage to the economically vulnerable. It can range from about €600 to €1,400 a month, depending on the beneficiary’s living conditions. But the Facebook post is w...
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A video doing the rounds on Facebook supposedly shows the inside of the Singapore Airlines plane that was travelling from London to Singapore when it was hit by severe turbulence on 21 May. It shows a passenger’s viewpoint as the plane is suddenly violently rocked, sending a member of the cabin crew crashing into the ceiling. Refreshments and personal belongings are also thrown into the air, and luggage falls from the overhead lockers, hitting the screaming passengers. Social media users are sharing the video with captions linking it to the Singapore Airlines incident, which left a 73-year-old...
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Researchers have developed a computer game to help students better spot fake news, according to a study. Their experiment involved 516 Swedish upper secondary school students from four different institutions. The game, called Bad News, was created through a collaboration between researchers from the University of Cambridge and video game studios. In Bad News, the user plays “the role of fake news-monger” to get people accustomed to manipulation techniques used to mislead an audience. The game breaks down six practices commonly levered in misinformation: impersonation, emotion, polarisation, co...
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Maia Sandu, the president of Moldova, is a staunch supporter of the European path, but she also has many opponents, and public opinion is divided. Sandu has repeatedly raised concerns about Moscow’s intentions towards the country and about the presence of Russian soldiers in the breakway Transnistria region. As the presidential elections and the referendum on joining the EU approach, various political and social organisations are becoming active in Moldova, some that believe Moldova should not only join the EU, but that it should also unite with Romania. Moldova is one of the poorest European ...
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One of Brazil's Supreme Court judges included Elon Musk, the owner of the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), in an ongoing investigation regarding disinformation. The judge opened a separate investigation into the billionaire for alleged obstruction on Sunday. Musk reacted on social media, calling the decision "aggressive censorship". In his ruling, Justice Alexandre de Moraes highlighted that Musk initiated a public "disinformation campaign" on Saturday concerning the actions of the top court. He pointed out that Musk persisted with this campaign the following day, particularly with ...
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False claims are circulating on social media that Ursula von der Leyen’s grandparents were Nazis and supporters of Adolf Hitler, but there’s no evidence whatsoever to back this up. This tweet, seen over 30,000 times as of the time of this fact check, claims the European Commission President's grandfather was an SS general called Karl Albrecht Oberg. The tweet says he first served in Poland and promoted the extermination of Jews and Slavs, as well as the purge of Poles, before moving to Paris where he led the fight against the French resistance and took charge of the so-called "Jewish Question"...
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