Zelenskyy and Wife Photographed with Stacks of Money? | Snopes.com // Snopes
Source published on: June 12, 2024 /
Because the photograph was digitally edited to include Zelenskyy and Zelenska, we have rated this claim as “Fake.”
The TinEye reverse-image search tool showed that the original photograph [with stacks of money] depicted Floyd Mayweather, a former professional boxer.
Indexed on 2024-06-12 12:00 // Categories: AI-generated images, Corruption, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Methods, Misconceptions, Narratives, Outrageous luxuries, and Ukraine
FACT CHECK: IMAGE CLAIMS UKRAINIANS HIT SU-57 DECOY // Check Your Fact (The Daily Caller)
Source published on: June 11, 2024 /
Verdict: False
The satellite image is from June 7, while the attack was on June 8. The person who obtained the image also refuted the claim.
Indexed on 2024-06-11 12:00 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, Russia, and Ukraine
No, Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy did not buy a casino resort in Cyprus // Logically Facts
Source published on: June 10, 2024 /
The Verdict: False
There is no evidence that President Zelenskyy bought a casino in Cyprus; the claim originated from a fake website impersonating the resort.
Indexed on 2024-06-10 12:00 // Categories: Corruption, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Narratives, Outrageous luxuries, and Ukraine
No, this video doesn’t show a Russian air strike on a NATO arms convoy // France 24, The Observers (France 24)
Source published on: June 7, 2024 /
A video of a massive fire circulated widely on social media in late April along with captions claiming it showed a strike by the Russian army on a NATO weapons convoy en route to Ukraine. However, it turns out that this is an old video that wasn’t filmed anywhere near Ukraine.
Indexed on 2024-06-07 12:00 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Israel, Media taken out of context, Methods, Military aid, Misconceptions, NATO, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and USA
DISINFORMATION ABOUT ZELENSKYY BUYING A £150 MILLION VILLA IN CYPRUS // Myth Detector (Georgia)
Source published on: June 5, 2024 /
The information about the purchase of a hotel is disinformation. The President of Cyprus, the Ukrainian Embassy in Cyprus, and the company that owns the hotel have denied the allegation about the purchase of the hotel by Zelenskyy or a related company. Moreover, the website on which the allegation about Zelenskyy’s connection to the hotel appeared turned out to be a clone of the hotel’s website and a fake website that was created three days before the information was spread.
Indexed on 2024-06-05 12:00 // Categories: Corruption, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Narratives, Outrageous luxuries, and Ukraine
OpenAI disrupts Israeli, Chinese, Russian influence campaigns // FactCheckHub
Source published on: June 4, 2024 /
OpenAI has announced that it disrupted covert influence campaigns originating from Russia, China, Israel and Iran.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 07:08 // Categories: China, Chinese propaganda, Coordinated disinformation, Disinfo threat outlook, Disinformation, International community, Iran, Israel, Misconceptions, Resources, Russia, and Russian propaganda
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy Bought a Casino in Cyprus? // Snopes
Source published on: June 4, 2024 /
The claim that Zelenskyy purchased a casino in Cyprus is belied by the fact that the owners of that casino say they have not sold it, by the fact that the original reporting on the claim was based on a fake website, and by the fact that this original reporting was deleted. Because no real evidence supports the claim, Snopes rates it “False.”
Indexed on 2024-06-05 12:00 // Categories: Corruption, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Narratives, and Outrageous luxuries
Source published on: June 3, 2024 /
Does a 50-second video show authentic remarks by U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller discussing “military targets” in the Russian city of Belgorod, with “virtually no civilians left” in that city?
No, that’s not true: The video mixes video of different briefings, during which Miller made no such remarks. The words falsely attributed to him in the video were AI-generated. The State Department labeled the video a deepfake.
The video of fake remarks was also posted by the Russian Embassy in South Africa account on X, but later that post was deleted.
Indexed on 2024-06-03 12:00 // Categories: Deep fake videos, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Faked news reports, International community, Media taken out of context, Methods, Misconceptions, Russia, and USA
Russia targets Paris Olympics with deepfake Tom Cruise video | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian // Guardian
Source published on: June 3, 2024 /
The fake Cruise video, which appeared on the Telegram messaging platform last year, is called Olympics Has Fallen and uses artificial intelligence-generated audio of the film star’s voice to present a ‘strange, meandering script’ disparaging the IOC. The documentary, whose title riffs on the Gerard Butler action film Olympus Has Fallen, also claims falsely to have been produced by Netflix and is promoted with bogus five-star reviews from the New York Times and the BBC.
Indexed on 2024-06-03 12:00 // Categories: Coordinated disinformation, Deep fake videos, Fact checks / debunkings, France, International community, Methods, Misconceptions, Russia, and Russian propaganda
No, Russia didn’t capture a US Patriot missile launcher to give to China // France 24, The Observers (France 24)
Source published on: May 30, 2024 /
Did Russia really capture a bunch of US missiles in Ukraine and give them to China? No, but posts featuring that bit of fake news have been garnering thousands of views on social media since May 13. Many of these posts feature a photo said to show these missiles in China. While the photo was indeed taken in China, it actually shows a non-operational replica of these missiles, according to military experts interviewed by our team.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 08:48 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Media taken out of context, Methods, Military aid, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and USA
No, this video doesn’t show a Russian airstrike on a NATO arms convoy // France 24, The Observers (France 24)
Source published on: May 30, 2024 /
A video of a massive fire circulated widely on social media in late April along with captions claiming it showed a strike by the Russian army on a NATO weapons convoy en route to Ukraine. It turns out, however, that this is an old video that wasn’t filmed anywhere near Ukraine.
Indexed on 2024-10-14 08:48 // Categories: Aid to Ukraine, Coordinated disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Military aid, Misconceptions, NATO, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and USA
DISINFO: West behind Georgia protests to turn the country into a second front against Russia // EU vs Disinfo
Source published on: May 29, 2024 /
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative framing popular protests as Western-led colour revolutions, in this case the mobilisations against the approval of the so-called ‘foreign agents law’ in Georgia.
Indexed on 2024-05-29 12:00 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Georgia, International community, Misconceptions, and Russia
DISINFO: Ukrainian woman influenced the attempt on the Slovak PM Robert Fico’s life // EU vs Disinfo
Source published on: May 28, 2024 /
False information about the assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on 26 May 2024 attempting to smear Ukraine.
The suspect, Juraj Cintula, does not have a wife from Ukraine. The Slovak police have refuted these rumours and called them false.
Indexed on 2024-05-28 12:00 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, and Ukraine
DISINFO: “Peace” conference in Switzerland a propaganda exercise to cover up Zelenskyy’s illegitimacy // EU vs Disinfo
Source published on: May 27, 2024 /
This is a pre-emptive attempt to discredit the peace summit which Switzerland will host on 15-16 June 2024, mixed with pro-Kremlin narratives questioning the legitimacy of Ukrainian authorities and specifically president Volodymyr Zelenskyy -frequent targets of pro-Kremlin disinformation- and falsely portraying Ukraine’s Maidan protests as a coup d’etat.
These disinformation narratives are being pushed again to challenge Zelenskyy’s legitimacy. However, the Ukrainian Constitution is straightforward: the President of Ukraine exercises his powers until the assumption of office by the newly-elected President. The continuity of government institutions is one of the key principles of the Constitution. Ukraine’s constitution clearly stipulates that no elections can be held during wartime. While this situation has caused some domestic controversy in Ukraine, almost all observers consider regular elections unfeasible as there are millions of refugees abroad, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians serving on the frontlines and a significant part of Ukrainian population lives under Russian occupation.
Indexed on 2024-05-27 12:00 // Categories: Democracy, Disinformation, Elections, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
DISINFO: Europe opposes Georgian foreign agent law because it is a paradise of corruption // EU vs Disinfo
Source published on: May 27, 2024 /
This is a pro-Kremlin recurrent narrative about the alleged corruption and opacity of the West, purportedly needed by the globalist elites, contrasted with the transparency and probity of the multipolar world. In this instance, the narrative applies to the controversial new Georgian law on “transparency of foreign influence,” which is inspired by similar measures in Russia.
The new law requires news media and non-governmental organisations that receive more than 20% of their budget from abroad to register as “carrying out the interests of a foreign power.” Opponents denounce it as “the Russian law” because it resembles measures pushed through by the Kremlin. Since 2012, the Russian opposition, NGOs, and civil society as a whole have been diminished due to this legislative tool, which was progressively implemented.
Indexed on 2024-05-27 12:00 // Categories: Democracy, Disinformation, European Union, Fact checks / debunkings, Freedom of speech, Georgia, International community, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine