disinformation

Manipulations on the protection of the family – a weapon to preserve the patriarchy

The misinformation we analyzed fits into the anti-gender narrative, including speculations about millions of abortions in Serbia, false information regarding the LGBT+ community, and unfounded accusations of child pornography. Viral posts often target specific groups, such as labeling monkeypox as a “gay disease”. Feminism has also been a frequent target, with claims that Western feminism […]

March 8, 2024

Russian echo in Serbian media

The results of the analysis pointed at the correspondence of the ideas and motives conveyed by the five narratives to the ideas and motives of the messages promoted within pro-Russian disinformation campaigns, identified and disproved within the EUvsDisinfo EEAS project. One such message is that the entire Western military machine has been deployed against Russia, […]

November 14, 2022

Happy TV broadcast gameplay clip purporting to show authentic combat footage from the war in Ukraine

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on 17 October that it had carried out a “massive” attack on military targets and energy infrastructure across Ukraine using high-precision weapons. The attacks came a week after a wave of Russian missiles killed at least 19 people across Ukraine in the heaviest bombardment in months, Radio Free Europe […]

October 21, 2022

The relationship with truth and disinformation is emotional

“The problems with disinformation and fake news are universal. Some societies have different experiences because of their media ecosystem. Or because of how many people follow the news online. Or how much news reaches them online. We know that in different countries people use different platforms. You can see trends that vary slightly, but the […]

July 7, 2022

A month of the war in Ukraine – media reports on Putin the Great, social media spreads disinformation

What were the findings of Istinomer since the beginning of the crisis? We detected dozens of manipulative posts and news on social media and wrote 26 articles about it – in our section of Facebook evaluations. The clear message, illustrative description, emotional tension, and traces of truth – a recipe for “successful” manipulation of the […]

March 24, 2022

Istinomer among Facebook partners in fighting disinformation

As part of Facebook’s fight against misinformation, this company partners with independent, third-party fact-checkers around the world, who review and rate the accuracy of content. Also today Facebook is launching the program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia, as well as expanding in Croatia. All its partners are certified through the non-partisan International […]

July 30, 2020