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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
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
TASS quotes Russian ambassador Stepanov: “Canada’s support for Ukraine is strategic helplessness”
This is state-media messaging that frames Canada’s Ukraine support as “irrational” and a “loss-making asset.” The claims omit core facts that include: Canada’s December 27 support package was purpose-built to...
 31 December 2025Canada,,,,Disinformation,Foreign Propaganda,Misinformation
Lavrov and Russian State propagandist allege “Ukrainian attack on Putin’s residence” without evidence
RT’s cluster of stories presents an unverified alleged drone attack on a Putin residence as fact, then layers on foreign “condemnations,” Kremlin threats of a non-diplomatic response, and a conspiracy-theorist,...
 30 December 2025Russia,,,Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation,Hoax,Misinformation
RT claims Mariupol Theatre reopens “after the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ terrorist attack.”
RT has framed the 2022 destruction of Mariupol’s Drama Theater as a “Ukrainian terrorist attack” while touting its reconstruction and repoening. Multiple independent investigations concluded Russian forces bombed the theater,...
 30 December 2025Russia,,,,Disinformation,Misinformation
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