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European Digital Media Observatory @edmo-eu.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The widespread circulation of #scams on #Facebook and #Instagram highlights the limitations of #Meta's current #contentmoderation and #advertising review systems, write @thanossitistas.bsky.social & @cianellaaa.bsky.social in the latest EDMO investigation: loom.ly/nxDJeqs

Meta’s Failure to Curb Digital Scams: The Alarming Spread of Fraud on Facebook and Instagram in the EU

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) is NOT preparing to pass a new bill making 14-year-olds eligible for mobilization or registration www.factchecker.gr/2025/03/08/t...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou, cites Jeffrey Sachs to argue that the United States forced Russia to invade Ukraine. Similar claims are part of a Russian propaganda narrative that overlooks & distorts historical & political facts. Full analysis follows: www.factchecker.gr/2025/02/27/i...

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Is it true that the U.S. forced Russia to invade Ukraine, according to Pheidias Panayiotou? - Greece Fact Check

CLAIM: The United States forced Russia to invade Ukraine. CONCLUSION: The claim that the United States provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is baseless and forms part of a pro-Russian narrative that ...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This morning a politically motivated police raid on CRTA, a respected civil society organization that operates the fact-checking platform Istinomer.rs took place in Serbia, for the absurd reason of investigating allegations of USAID funds misuse. efcsn.com/news/2025-02...

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EFCSN condemns police raid on Serbian member Istinomer.rs – European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN)

25 February 2025 – The European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) strongly condemns the police raid on our Serbian member, CRTA...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Carlson claimed Ukraine resells U.S. weapons to Mexican cartels but admitted he had no proof. The allegation is false and based on debunked claims. This narrative aligns with Russian disinformation tactics to undermine Western support for Ukraine. www.factchecker.gr/2025/02/11/r...

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Russian Propaganda by Tucker Carlson on Ukraine Selling Weapons to Drug Cartels - Greece Fact Check

CLAIM: Carlson: "Ukraine resells half of the American weapons to Mexican cartels operating at the U.S. border." CONCLUSION: Tucker Carlson admits he has no evidence for his claims. The allegation that...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Time to cut the crap. There is no historical evidence that the Nazi salute was used in Ancient Rome or Ancient Greece. Its roots lie in misinterpretations of 18th-century neoclassical art and its deliberate adoption by 20th-century fascist movements. www.factchecker.gr/2025/01/28/t...

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The Nazi Salute Does NOT Have Ancient Greek or Roman Origins - Greece Fact Check

CLAIM: The Nazi Salute Has Ancient Greek or Roman Origins VERDICT: There is no historical evidence that the Nazi salute was used in Ancient Rome or Ancient Greece. Its roots lie in misinterpretations ...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The claim comes from unreliable sources spreading disinformation. The removal of National Security Council officials dealing with, among other things, Ukraine, does not come with announcements regarding the cessation of military aid. www.factchecker.gr/2025/01/23/t...

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The US has NOT halted arms shipments to Ukraine as of January 21, 2025 - Greece Fact Check

CLAIM: The US has massively halted arms shipments to Ukraine. The United States has withdrawn all applications for the transit of goods in the interests of Ukraine through Rzeszow, Constanta and Varna...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Disaster disinformation, including conspiracy theories, not only endangers immediate public safety but also diverts attention from real, long-term threats like climate change, thus eroding public understanding and delaying critical action. e-arc.ro/wp-content/u...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

"We are committed to fighting misinformation and will not be intimidated"

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

IFCN: An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later As Meta announces end to U.S. fact-checking, program partners warn of a setback for accuracy online and potential global consequences. www.poynter.org/ifcn/2025/an...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

EFCSN disappointed by end to Meta’s Third Party Fact-Checking Program in the US; Condemns statements linking fact-checking to censorship efcsn.com/news/2025-01...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

EU policymakers should be aware that a more politically partisan breed of Silicon Valley magnate is emerging, and that supporting populist, Eurosceptic, or even far-right political forces may be a tempting way for tech barons to try and bring Brussels to heel. www.epc.eu/en/Publicati...

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European sovereignty and the empire of technology

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. theins.ru/en/news/277378

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Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

The photo presented as "proof" was identified through a Google reverse image search, which shows a timestamp of February 24, 2022. According to the claim, this date supposedly demonstrates that the image is not recent and does not depict the event as described by the Ukrainian side.

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Ukrainians DID NOT publish a 2022 photo to depict their first North Korean prisoner - Greece Fact Check

CLAIM: Ukrainians published a photo from 2022 to depict the... North Korean "prisoner." CONCLUSION: In Google reverse image searches, dates do not always correspond to the upload date of an online pho...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Images from 2018 and 2020 featuring a person with Syrian, Turkish and ISIS flags don’t depict Abu Mohammed al-Jolani. www.factchecker.gr/2024/12/14/m...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

The "new" Russian hypersonic missile was allegedly equipped with 6 (dummy) warheads, each containing submunitions. The effective TNT equivalent of kinetic energy in kilograms is much smaller than the original claim (e.g., 7.5 tons of TNT). For these parameters, it equals to 85-152 kilograms of TNT.

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Did the Kremlin release a map showing potential NATO facility strike locations in Europe? (Link in the first comment)

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

According to viral social media posts, Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, said that NATO should consider preemptive missile strikes against Russia. However this is false.

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

William Makis is at it again. Now he claims that the "study" he co-authored with Peter McCullough and Nicolas Hulscher, and was rejected by The Lancet (because it was a joke of a study), was finally peer-reviewed and published at a "journal". (COVID-19 mRNA vaccines DON'T cause SUDDEN DEATHS).

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FALSE: A study about sudden deaths from COVID-19 vaccines that was censored by The Lancet has been peer-reviewed and finally published - Greece Fact Check

CLAIM: A study censored by The Lancet was peer-reviewed and finally published: They conducted 325 autopsies, and 74% of sudden and unexpected deaths were linked to COVID “vaccines”!! VERDICT: The stud...

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Greece Fact Check @greecefactcheck.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This video does NOT show the “American aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln hit by the Houthis”. The video actually shows the fire that broke out on the USS Bonhomme Richard on July 12, 2020, while it was docked at the San Diego naval base. www.factchecker.gr/2024/11/20/t...

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This video does NOT show the “American aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln hit by the Houthis” - Greece Fact Check

CLAIM: Iranian video: Footage of the burning American aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln hit by the Houthis. VERDICT: The video shows the fire that broke out on the USS Bonhomme Richard on July 12, 2020...

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Thanos Sitistas @thanossitistas.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

A disinformation kill chain aims for specific goals, such as political or social influence: -Planning -Content creation -Use of fake accounts & bots/manipulation of algorithms -False attribution -Complicit outlets/personalities -Behavioral influence -Evaluation & refinement

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 19/11/2024

🇬🇷 Γειά σου @greecefactcheck.bsky.social !

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 15/11/2024

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