August 31, 2023

Unrelated military clips falsely shared in 2023 as ‘German-Philippine weapons deal’

August 31, 2023 After the Philippines accused China’s coast guard of firing water cannon at its boats in August 2023, unrelated clips of fighter jets surfaced in posts that falsely claim they show Germany supplying the Philippines with military weapons against China. But German and Philippine officials said no such weapons deal had happened. Multiple […]

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More than half of German Internet users are confronted with political disinformation at least occasionally

August 21, 2023 More than one in two people in Germany encounter politically motivated disinformation on the Internet at least occasionally (54%), and 85% say it has the potential to endanger democracy. These are the findings of a recent survey by the the forsa Institute for Social Research and Statistical Analysis commissioned by the Media

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Video shows migrants jumping off moving bus in Algeria, not Germany

August 4, 2023 A video has been shared multiple times on social media in Africa and Europe in 2023 alongside a claim that it shows Ghanaian immigrants jumping out of a moving bus in Germany to evade deportation. But this is misleading: the clip shows immigrants jumping off a bus in Algeria. “Ghanaians in Germany

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