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Kosovo

Kosovo announces removal of tariffs on Serbian and Bosnian goods

But Belgrade says that interim PM Albin Kurti's move is "fake news" and claims that Kosovo has instead increased punitive measures.

02/04/2020

Europe Decoded

Debunked: No, lemon in hot water is not a 'cure' for COVID-19

A viral post has been circulating in numerous languages claiming that lemon, baking powder and hot water, can act as a 'cure' for COVID-19. We asked numerous virologists to explain why that's not true.

01/04/2020

Europe Decoded

Debunked: Claims a new virus has emerged from China are false

Misleading rumours have been spreading on social media about a virus that has been known since the 1950s.

01/04/2020

Europe Decoded

Viber messaging platform is latest to counter COVID-19 misinformation

Viber has become the latest platform to team up with WHO and create a 'chatbot' where people can ask the most commonly asked questions about the coronavirus pandemic.

31/03/2020

Netherlands

Coronavirus: Police deny claim air force was set to disinfect streets

No, the Dutch air force will not be disinfecting streets in the fight against coronavirus, say police.

23/03/2020

Europe Decoded

Debunked: Video does NOT show dolphins in Venice's canals

The footage was actually captured in the port of Cagliari on the island of Sardinia.

20/03/2020

World News

WhatsApp bids to stop its platform being used to spread COVID-19 lies

The initiative to prevent the spread of fake news is in collaboration with the World Health Organization.

18/03/2020

World News

The wild COVID-19 conspiracies — and why you should ignore them

With the break of any event, a slew of misinformation and false stories soon follow. But what are the biggest conspiracies from COVID-19?

26/02/2020

World News

Zuckerberg tells Europe: regulate social media or China will set rules

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg wants Europe to regulate social media on political advertising and privacy — or risk losing ground to “authoritarian” rules from China.

15/02/2020

China

Debunked: This image doesn't show 'extent of corpse burning in Wuhan'

As some media outlets and social media users suggested that sulphur dioxide levels around Wuhan and Chongqing could be extremely high because of unusual activity at the cities crematoria, Euronews explains why it is unfounded.

13/02/2020

Europe Decoded

Coronavirus: Malaysia arrests five for sharing misinformation online

Authorities say they will continue to intensify efforts to control the spread of fake news "to maintain public peace and order".

29/01/2020

Europe Decoded

YouTube algorithms promote climate denial videos - new report

An investigation by Avaaz found that users are being directed climate denial videos by through their recommended algorithm if you search for terms like "global warming".

16/01/2020

USA

Facebook stands firm on political advert policies

Good news for spin doctors?

09/01/2020

Europe Decoded

Does Facebook's new policy on 'deepfakes' go far enough?

The social media giant announced it would remove videos which are digitally altered to make people saying fictional things.

07/01/2020

Germany

'Environmental pig': Song parody sparks controversy in Germany

"My grandma is an environmental pig." A German children's song parody ends in death threats and online outrage.

31/12/2019

Europe Decoded

UK election 2019: Were the parties' campaign tactics dirty?

There were accusations of disinformation and fact-checking claims across the political spectrum as the fight for votes intensified.

13/12/2019

Europe Decoded

Do deepfakes have power to rewrite history?

A new deepfake art installation reimagines the story of the moon landings, revealing threats to both democracy and history,

27/11/2019

United Kingdom

Conservatives launch 'fake' manifesto website for rivals Labour

Britain's ruling Conservatives registered labourmanifesto.co.uk and used it to criticise their election rivals' proposed programme

21/11/2019

USA

Euroviews. This unusual idea could finally fix Facebook's political fake news problem ǀ View

The government can step in and force social media companies to set up some basic protocols to guard against the posting of campaign lies. This would be a whole new frontier for the government, and regulation of online speech is tricky to say the least.

25/10/2019

Europe Decoded

Twitter wants your help to combat deepfakes | #TheCube

Th social media giant is looking at what to do once deepfakes are detected, including whether to label the videos or take them down.

22/10/2019