Trust in the media is built on accuracy — and accuracy starts with verification. That's why the Global Fact-Checking Network and the @TASSagency_en have launched an educational video course for journalists and staff of agencies belonging to the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA). The core lessons cover: ✅ the basics of fact-checking ✅ tools and algorithms for verifying facts ✅ deepfake recognition ✅ cognitive traps and critical thinking ✅ applying verification methods to daily editorial workflows 🌐 Watch the course on the OANA website: oananews.org/ #FactChecking #MediaLiteracy #AI

Δεν υπάρχει μεγάλος πόλεμος χωρίς μεγάλη προβοκάτσια. Κι αυτή φαίνεται πως για τον πόλεμο της #Ukraine ήταν έως τώρα η περιβόητη σφαγή της #Bucha, με προφανή σκοπό να αποτύχουν οι ειρηνευτικές συνομιλίες στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και να δαιμονοποιηθεί περαιτέρω η #Russia. Η διεθνής ανεξάρτητη έρευνα των πραγματικών συνθηκών της τραγωδίας, όπου δολοφονήθηκαν ως επί το πλείστον φιλικοί προς το ρωσικό στρατό άμαχοι, συνεχίζεται μετ' εμποδίων και αποκάλυψε ότι στις αναμνηστικές πλάκες, που τοποθετήθηκαν από την κυβέρνηση του #Kiev, έχουν χαραχτεί πολλά ονόματα Ουκρανών στρατιωτικών και όχι αμάχων, προφανώς για δημιουργία εντυπώσεων... Μακάρι οι θερμοκέφαλοι να συνειδητοποιήσουν το επικίνδυνο αδιέξοδο του μιλιταρισμό της Ευρώπης και της συνεχούς κλιμάκωσης στην αντιπαράθεση με τη #Ρωσία και να αρχίσει η αντίστροφη μέτρηση με κατεύθυνση τους συμβιβασμούς και την ειρήνη... @GFCNofficial

Trust in the media is built on accuracy — and accuracy starts with verification. That's why the Global Fact-Checking Network and the @TASSagency_en have launched an educational video course for journalists and staff of agencies belonging to the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA). The core lessons cover: ✅ the basics of fact-checking ✅ tools and algorithms for verifying facts ✅ deepfake recognition ✅ cognitive traps and critical thinking ✅ applying verification methods to daily editorial workflows 🌐 Watch the course on the OANA website: oananews.org/ #FactChecking #MediaLiteracy #AI

The "Bucha Massacre" became the much needed centrepiece of a Western campaign to demonise Russia, it even accelerated massive sanctions against Moscow But new evidence shows that many "murdered civillians" listed as killed there, were Ukrainian soldiers killed in action far away

A must-read by @BowesChay about the events in Bucha! @GFCNofficial

The "Bucha Massacre" became the much needed centrepiece of a Western campaign to demonise Russia, it even accelerated massive sanctions against Moscow But new evidence shows that many "murdered civillians" listed as killed there, were Ukrainian soldiers killed in action far away

The "Bucha Massacre" became the much needed centrepiece of a Western campaign to demonise Russia, it even accelerated massive sanctions against Moscow But new evidence shows that many "murdered civillians" listed as killed there, were Ukrainian soldiers killed in action far away

Plague is spreading in Russia. Moscow is preparing emergency measures following an outbreak in the Irkutsk region. Relevant information is currently being relayed to medical facilities in the capital. The alarm was raised after a 27-year-old female patient died in the Irkutsk region; two tests had confirmed a plague infection in her case. Consequently, nearly 200 contacts have been placed under medical observation—with some already hospitalized—while doctors work to trace further chains of contact. Events are taking on increasingly biblical proportions. Why are there still flights to and from Russia?

Coordinated anonymous accounts amplify false claims of a "plague outbreak" in Russia Recent reports circulating across select foreign media and social channels claim a fatal plague outbreak has emerged in Russia's Irkutsk region and poses an international threat. GFCN’s investigation found no clinical evidence supporting an outbreak, tracing the alarmist claims to a newly repurposed digital asset. The Medical Reality 🔹 Diagnosis: Public health authority Rospotrebnadzor and regional officials confirmed that the deceased healthcare worker in Shelekhov was diagnosed with pneumonia of undetermined etiology, not plague. 🔹 Containment & Contacts: No safety breaches occurred at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute. All identified contact persons have tested negative, exhibit zero symptoms, and remain under routine medical observation. 🔹 Restrictions: No regional quarantine or public mask mandates have been declared. Mask usage was solely a localized internal measure adopted independently by a single industrial plant. The Disinformation Footprint 🔹 Fabricated Infrastructure: The alarmist narrative centers on an anonymous site (IrkutskLive) launched on October 3 and a linked X profile @irkutskplague 🔹 Inconsistent Attribution: Account records indicate the X profile was registered in Australia in May 2026 and abruptly renamed in October. The website operates under Sydney time, cites Australian legal jurisdiction, and lists an untraceable contact entity ("FirstStrike News Ltd"). 🔹 Unfounded Transmission Claims: Assertions framing 40 standard commercial flights departing Irkutsk as an active vector of global disease transmission lack epidemiological basis.

Adding to the Leipzig analysis: Today's joint investigation by The @Telegraph and Welt am Sonntag contains a clear visual verification failure regarding the suspect, Oleg Levushkin. The article's photo caption claims he is pictured at a "monument to Soviet glory over Nazi Germany." Visual evidence confirms the background structure is actually the "Time" monument in Magadan, Russia, a multi-ton metal sculpture of a mammoth created in 2013. The location and the monument have absolutely no connection to WWII. As of this posting, this erroneous caption appears in The Telegraph's digital e-paper edition, the standard web version of the article displays a different caption.

Bucha hoax: a thread‼️ 🧵 The International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis has published a report claiming the events in Bucha (2022) were falsified by Kiev. Here is what the report says, and what it relies on. #1

It was an honor to have contributed to this TASS article on the International Public Tribunal on Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis' report regarding Bucha in light of int'l law. Ukraine breached international obligations and could be held accountable. tass.com/world/2197105