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| Mis/Disinformation Example | Date | Source Region | Themes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Re-Contextualized TikTok Video Falsely Claims US Airborne Deploying to Ukraine The Claim: A TikTok video falsely claims that 10,000 US Paratroopers are being deployed to Ukraine. The TikTok video has been viewed by over 12k users. The Facts: This is... | 27 March 2024 | Canada | Airborne,NATO,re-contextualize,Ukraine,US Army | Disinformation |
| Russian MFA Claims Convicted War Criminal Slobodan Milosevic Died due To Negligence The Claim: The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that former Serbian president and convicted war criminal, Slobodan Milosevic, died due to negligence by authorities in The Hague in 2006.... | 18 March 2024 | Russia | Hague,Milosevic,Russia,Serbia,War Crimes | Disinformation |
| Dmitry Medvedev Claims Latvia Not A Real State & Calls for Execution of Latvian President The Claim: Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev falsely claimed in posts published to his Telegram and Twitter/X accounts that Latvia does not exist and that its president, Edgars Rinkevics should... | 16 March 2024 | Russia | Latvia,Manipulation of history,Medvedev,Threats | Foreign Propaganda |
| 2022 Video from Almaty Re-posted And Falsely Identified As Belgorod In 2024 The Claim: A video depicting burning cars and chaos has been posted to Twitter/X, falsely claiming that it depicted events in early March 2024 in Belgorod, Russia. Narrative Context: Towns... | 14 March 2024 | Unknown | Belgorod,Partisan,re-contextualized,Ukraine | Disinformation,Misinformation |
| Russian MFA Falsely Claims Crimea Was Legally Annexed/Re-Colonized By Russia The Claim: A tweet by the Russian ministry of foreign affairs quotes spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who falsely claims that Crimea legally annexed by Russia in March 2014. Narrative Context: The... | 14 March 2024 | Russia | Crimea,Illegal Annexation,Russia,Ukraine | Disinformation |
| Former Russian President Falsely Claims “Ukraine is Russia” The Claim: Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev falsely proclaimed that “Ukraine is Russia” at a youth congress in Sochi on March 4, and that Ukraine has “no future” outside of... | 5 March 2024 | Canada | Imperialism,Manipulation of history,Medvedev,Ukraine | Disinformation,Foreign Propaganda,Misinformation |
| Former Russian President Medvedev Falsely Claims Germany is Preparing For War Against Russia The Claim: On March 1, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev claims on social media that “Germany is preparing for war with Russia”. Medvedev disseminated this claim in both Russian and... | 4 March 2024 | Russia | Germany,Long-range,Russia,Taurus | Misinformation |
| PRC Media Claims Sweden’s Accession To NATO will Make Europe Less Secure The Claim: Chinese government state media platform, Global Times, published a piece in response to Sweden’s coming formal accession to NATO, falsely claiming that Sweden’s membership will destabilize Europe. The... | 27 February 2024 | China | China,Global Times,NATO,Russia,Sweden | Disinformation |
| Russian Senator’s Racist Attack Against US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin The Claim: Russian Senator Dmitry Rogozin posted an image of United States Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin to Twitter, comparing him to a gorilla that has been hunted by African... | 26 February 2024 | Russia | Dmitry Rogozin,KRO,Lloyd Austin,Racist,Rodina,Russia | Disinformation |
| Historical Manipulation: Soviet Union alone defeated Nazi Germany The Claim: A Russian state media journalist, Vladimir Kornilov posted a false historical claim to his Telegram channel: “Europeans don’t agree that the Soviet Union alone won the great patriotic... | 23 February 2024 | Russia | History,Maniulation,WWII | Disinformation |
