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Sudan defense minister rejects claims aid convoy carried weapons in North Kordofan strike

Gen. Hassan Kabroun claimed the area was under the full control of the Sudanese Armed Forces and “does not require transporting any military equipment using aid convoys as decoys.” 

Displaced Sudanese wait to receive humanitarian aid at the Abu al-Naga displacement camp in the Gedaref State, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum on February 6, 2026.
An AI-generated picture faking President Isaac Herzog posing with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, and others, posted by a journalist for The Times on X/Twitter, February 9, 2026.

'Times' journalist posts AI-generated picture of Isaac Herzog and Jeffrey Esptein, apologizes

Community members gather outside of Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

Pakistan alleges Israel and India spread disinformation linking it to Bondi Beach attack

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party supporters protest to demand release of their jailed leader and Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Peshawar on December 2, 2025.

Pakistani minister says 90% of social media content is false, urges crackdown


Iran regime media faked photo with rabbi to justify killing - analysis

The report Iran then created fake images of the victim with a rabbi to justify his killing appears to illustrate Iran’s regime lurching into antisemitic conspiracy theories.

A man holds up a poster of the late Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani next to a burning Israeli flag as Iranians attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022

Unsure if news is true? Looking it up may make you more likely to believe misinformation - study

The Nature study employed a series of five experiments to gauge the impact of online search engines in evaluating false or misleading views.

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Why do people believe disinformation? The right mindset to confront it

Psychological research has identified several contributing factors including personality characteristics, social contexts, affect, and cognition. 

 Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to logos of social media apps Signal, Whatsapp and Telegram projected on a screen in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018.

Keyboard warriors: Fighting for Israel's digital story

The FM’s David Saranga and Sapir Levi tell The Media Line how Israelis are working to spread the message and combat misinformation, where there is much negativity, but also hope.

 A caricature of Iran controlling Hamas as part of an Israeli campaign on social media.

In the battle for Israel-Hamas war narrative, truth falls away

In the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, even doctors and journalists have shown explicit anti-Israel bias in the current conflict.

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Controversy surrounds reports of Israeli baby found burned alive in oven

FakeReporter continues to maintain that it has not yet been able to independently verify the story of the baby burned in an oven.

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 1, 2023

Galilee Medical Center bans BBC from premises

The British broadcasting team was supposed to film in Nahariya, but hospital staff are angry about the biased coverage of the war and announced: "They will not enter here until further notice."

 The entrance to Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, May 7, 2023

Fake news exposed: Injured Gaza baby photo has been proven to be AI-generated

The new version of the AI art generator DALL·E 3, has reservations about generating images symbolizing Israeli advocacy, like a robust Israeli soldier with an eagle and the country's flag.

Injured Gaza baby photo which has been proven to be AI-generated.

Russian prosecutors want to jail fugitive TV journalist for 9-1/2 years

Marina Ovsyannikova is famous for bursting into a news broadcast with a placard that read "Stop the war" and "They're lying to you".

Marina Ovsyannikova attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, July 28, 2022.

Cancer misinformation is harmful to women’s health

Misinformation about cancer is spreading on TikTok and it's harming women.

TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022.