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Deepfake video shows Zelenskyy's false call for Ukraine to surrender

The manipulated video appears to show Ukraine's President calling on citizens to lay down arms.

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Debunking the most viral misinformation about Russia's war in Ukraine

Euronews looks at some of the misleading claims that are still being shared online since the start of Russia's invasion.

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Meta ban sees Russians' demand for VPNs skyrocket by 2,000%

VPNs change the user’s unique IP address, allowing them to conceal their true location and circumvent Internet restrictions.

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YouTube blocks access to Russian state-funded media channels globally

The video streaming platform said Russia's invasion of Ukraine now fell under its violent events policy and violating material would be removed.

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UN denies banning staff from using 'war' and 'invasion' over Ukraine

Multiple UN spokespeople have denied the reports published in the Irish Times.

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EU officials defend move to ban RT and Sputnik amid censorship claims

“They are not independent media, they are assets, they are weapons, in the Kremlin's manipulation ecosystem."

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Telegram is being used by both sides in the Ukraine war. Is it safe?

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used the app to call on Ukrainians to resist Russia’s attack, while Russians are using it to access news.

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Google reviews in Russia flooded with news from Ukraine invasion

Restaurants and businesses in Russia are finding their Google reviews full of comments about the war in Ukraine.

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Big Tech blocks RT and Sputnik on social media

One Russian official called social media platforms "foreign instigators of war" after they cracked down on state media outlets.

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Facebook dismantles Russian disinformation network in Ukraine

The network of around 40 fake pages and groups tried to promote fake news articles about Ukraine and the west, Meta said.

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Ukraine: Russia's fight with Big Tech to control the war narrative

From Facebook and Twitter to TikTok, Big Tech is feeling the squeeze from the Kremlin's information war but the platforms aren't taking it lying down.

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Ukraine: Meta bans Russian media from running ads amid censorship row

Russia had ordered Meta to stop independent fact-checking of reports from Russian media on Facebook amid a wider crackdown of media in the country.

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Ukraine disinformation is spreading. Here’s what you can do to stop it

Disinformation has always been a feature of war. But in an age of unverifiable information being shared on social media, it can be hard to combat.

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There is no investigation into UK COVID-19 vaccines, police say

The Metropolitan police stated that it will not be taking any action on complaints from anti-vaccine protesters in the UK.

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Over 50% of posts from climate change deniers not labelled on Facebook

"Meta keeps claiming it cares about climate change, but they have failed to stop the spread of misinformation about climate change on their platform."

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Has Joe Rogan's controversial podcast suddenly been spiked?

It disappeared at the end of last week, but only briefly.

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Debunked: COVID-19 vaccines do not create variants of HIV/AIDS

False claims have suggested a link between Coronavirus jabs and the new HIV variant that emerged in the Netherlands.

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Fact check: UK police are not investigating COVID-19 vaccine programme

A number of videos have shown anti-vax protesters handing out fake legal documents to medical workers and other professionals claiming that vaccines are an alleged threat to public health.

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Neil Young tells Spotify workers to 'get out of that place'

It's not over. It might never be over.

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Spotify says Joe Rogan isn't going anywhere

Spotify acknowledged that podcast episodes featuring racist language were taken down at their urging - but insisted that the company wasn’t Rogan's publisher.