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Romanian anti-disinformation activist reveals: Misinformation campaigns often target refugees from Ukraine

While disinformation campaigns flood Central and Eastern Europe, civil society organizations are at the forefront of initiatives to face this challenge. Meta.mk spoke to...

hubeng 20/02/2023

The West did not mislead Russia and Ukraine to go to war at their own peril, but Ukraine is defending itself against Russian aggression

Ukraine and Russia are not “mislead by the West to go to war at their own peril”, as the post claims, but Ukraine as...

Fact checks 19/02/2023

Turkey did not decide to leave NATO and the consulates were not closed because of the earthquake

We assess the post fact-checked as untrue. It is not true to claim that the earthquake was a geologically produced attack, that the diplomats...

Fact checks 18/02/2023

Selective reporting regarding the investigation of the Independent International Commission on Ukraine

In the articles of some media about the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Ukraine, the cases of war crimes committed...

Fact checks 17/02/2023

Russia has not declared the dollar an invalid payment currency

The claim that Russia declared the Dollar invalid payment currency is out of context. There is lack of Dollars in cash in Russia hence...

Fact checks 16/02/2023

Narrative Aimed to Create Anti-NATO and Anti-EU Mood in Kosovo

Photograph of a small girl close to her killed mother from the film ”Fortress of War” is being shared on several posts on Facebook...

hubeng 13/02/2023

Мacedonian and Bulgarian university with a historic Russian connection will “produce” MAs in Sveti Nikole

The result of the public-private partnership between the State Bulgarian University from Veliko Tarnovo “Ss. Ss. Cyril and Methodius” (VTU) and the Macedonian private...

hubeng 07/02/2023

Post on Social Networks Manipulates with Russia’s Foreign Currency

The post claims that the reserves of the Central Bank of Russia increased by 5.5 billion Dollars within several days and that in the...

Fact checks 20/01/2023

COPY-CATS: How Uncritical Transmission of Serbian and Russian Propaganda Affects Macedonian Public

According to many research projects and reports, Serbia is perceived as one of the most powerful allies of Russia on the Balkans, as a...

hubeng 20/01/2023

The Russian Narrative that Poland Plans to Annex Western Ukraine Reached North Macedonia

Aside the pro-Kremlin views and claims of the fictional author published on the Polish web-portal, Niezalezny Dziennik Polityczny, who spreads fake news, there is...

Fact checks 18/01/2023

War in Ukraine, Bomb Threats and Anti-NATO Campaign – Main Disinformation Narratives in December

December disinformation narratives published in national media related to foreign influence continue to be predominantly linked to the Russian aggression in Ukraine, with a...

Fact checks 10/01/2023

Roots of Latvian Christmas Tree Symbol Are Not Nazi, but Latvian Folklore

Context is lacking in the post checked. Although the symbol of the Christmas decorations looks like a Nazi-style swastika, in actual fact it is...

Fact checks 27/12/2022

The construction of 5G network brings the demise of the Chinese domination in North Macedonia’s telecommunications

“Makedonski Telekom” (Macedonian Telecom) and “A1 Makedonija” (A1 Macedonia) telecoms are currently modernizing their complete mobile telephony infrastructure and working on the implementation of...

Fact checks 26/12/2022

It is Not True that Representatives from the European Parliament Trampled the Flag of Donetsk People’s Republic

This information was published 8th December on Yahoo News. The people trampling the flag are not representatives of the European Parliament at all, while...

Fact checks 26/12/2022

The construction of the 5G network brings the demise of the Chinese domination in North Macedonia’s telecommunications

“Makedonski Telekom” (Macedonian Telecom) and “A1 Makedonija” (A1 Macedonia) telecoms are currently modernizing their complete mobile telephony infrastructure and working on the implementation of...

Fact checks 24/12/2022

Foreign Ministry, false refutation of Czech threat to return visas

On October 19, reacting to an article published in the EUObserver newspaper reporting that the Czech presidency of the EU requested the return of...

Fact checks 05/12/2022