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DisinfoWatch’s database of COVID related misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, hoaxes and foreign propaganda. We use various tools to monitor and collect examples, which we then analyze and publish. By default, examples are sorted by date. RSS feed here.



Mis/Disinformation ExampleDateSource RegionThemesCategory
False insinuation Pravda News: U.S. could “take” rare earth processing from Canada’s Neo Performance Materials in Estonia
Russia’s Pravda News Network, citing an Izvestia article, mis-quotes Estonia’s Minister of Foreign affairs and falsely insinuates that a Canadian owned rare earth mineral processing plant in Estonia could be...
 18 February 2026Russia,,,,Disinformation,Misinformation
Moscow to MAGA: Pro-Kremlin Pravda Network Amplifying Alberta Separatism
The Pravda News Network has been identified by France’s Viginum, as the distribution platform for the Russian “Portal Kombat” disinformation operation.  The claims in this post are anchored in current...
 2 February 2026Unknown,,,,,Disinformation,Domestic Interference,Foreign Propaganda,Misinformation
Kremlin Claims Russia and US won’t talk to EU
This RT item is classic Kremlin narrative-shaping: it uses Peskov’s insults to portray EU leadership—specifically EU High Representative Kaja Kallas—as unserious and “unworthy” of talks, while asserting the US will also shun...
 26 January 2026Russia,,,,Disinformation,Misinformation
Russian Pravda News Platform Amplifying Alberta Secessionist Events
  Russia’s Pravda News Network has published what appears to be an AI generated video promoting an Alberta secessionist rally schedule for Monday, January 26, on its Russian VK social...
 26 January 2026Russia,,,,,Domestic Interference
Bannon claims Canada is “hostile” to the United States and “Hemispheric Defence”
In a recent podcast, close Trump associate, Steve Bannon suggested that Canada is both a threat and a “ vital national security interest” to the United States and “these people...
 18 January 2026United States,,,,,,,Deep Threats & Fearmongering,Foreign Propaganda
RT falsely claims “CANADA WILL DECLARE WAR ON USA FOR GREENLAND — CARNEY”
A Twitter/X post on Russian state platform RT, twists Canadian PM Mark Carney’s remarks about supporting Danish/Greenland sovereignty within NATO into a false war declaration. Multiple independent records show Carney...
 17 January 2026Russia,,,,,,Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation,Foreign Propaganda,Hoax,Misinformation
Russian MFA Falsely Claims NATO’s presence in the Arctic “fuels tensions”
Kremlin disinformation platform Sputink News, quotes Russia’s Ambassador to Norway, Nikolai Kortunov, who  attributes Arctic tension to a “NATO buildup,” omitting Russia’s much larger, long-running Arctic militarization. Independent reporting and...
 17 January 2026Russia,,,,,,Disinformation
US Rep. Luna threatens US sanctions if UK “bans X”
In a statement posted to X/Twitter, US Congresswoman from Florida, Anna Paulina Luna, threatened U.S. sanctions agasint the UK/PM Starmer if Britain “bans X.” However, a ban is not in...
 9 January 2026United States,,,,Misinformation
Russia bans 28 Canadians, falsely branding them as “neo-Nazis
This TASS and Russian MFA statement is an overt Kremlin information op: a performative “counter-sanctions” list wrapped in a smear that Canadian NGOs and academics “promote neo-Nazism,” plus a recycled...
 5 January 2026Canada,,,,,,Disinformation,Misinformation
RT uses Freeland appointment to launder “Nazi Ukraine” trope
RT piggybacks on a real appointment (Chrystia Freeland as a non-staff economic adviser to Zelenskyy) to inject a recycled “Ukraine = Nazis” smear via Maria Zakharova. The RT piece relies...
 5 January 2026Russia,,,,Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation,Foreign Propaganda,Hate,Misinformation
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