Thursday, September 19, 2024

Factcheck for Facebook_EN

Fake: Russian Tanks in Smolensk Heading Towards Belarus Border

As the protests in Belarus intensified, fakes about the unfolding events began spreading on social media. One Facebook account in particular began circulating a...

Fake: Americans Testing Coronavirus Vaccine on Ukraine’s Military

Russian news sites as well as sites from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics featured stories this week claiming that Americans have begun...

Fake: Turkish Pensioners Provided with Homes and $300 Pensions

The Ukrainian segment of Facebook is teeming with information claiming that Turkish President Erdogan will issue free housing, health insurance and $300 monthly pensions...

Fake: Mykolayiv Shipbuilding Plant Cut for Scrap Metal

The Ocean shipbuilding plant based in Mykolayiv is being cut down for scrap metal announced the Russian site Antifascist this week, fake news that...

Fake: Ukrainian Are the Only Ones in the World who Pay a Murder Tax

Ukraine introduced a war tax in 2015. Is there still a country in the world where people pay for the killing of their own...

Fake: Crimean Tatars “Owe Stalin”

While Ukraine and Crimean Tatar Diasporas throughout the world commemorated Crimean Tatar Deportation Remembrance Day on May 18, Russian bots and trolls launched yet...

Photo Fake: Execution Team Leaving Ukraina Hotel

The execution team leaving the Ukraina Hotel under the leadership of Parubiy, February 2014 – that is the caption of a photo that is...