Through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of fact-checkers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European fact-checks, visit the main EDMO website. Here, we highlight recent fact-checks by TheJournal FactCheck team. Debunked: Development of Israeli plague vaccine did not coincide with Russian lab worker’s death Published: 9 October – … Read More “Weekly factchecking round-up: 9-15 October 2026” »
Author: Euan Smith
Euan Smith is an interdisciplinary polymath and a researcher and software developer at EDMO Ireland, and studies Digital Forensics and Cyber Security at TU Dublin. He built the automated pipeline behind this site's weekly fact-checking round-up, which has run every week since September 2026, and led the primary data analysis for a foreign-interference investigation covering tens of thousands of news articles. Independently, he built RadicalMap, an open-source tool that maps extremist content networks on short-form video, published on Zenodo (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22083807). He was selected for a Council of Europe initiative on young people and disinformation, and is one of four people representing Ireland in TEPSA's EU-funded ChangingTIDE programme. More: euansmith.net · LinkedIn · ORCID · GitHubThrough the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of factcheckers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European factchecks, visit the main EDMO website. Here, we highlight recent pieces by TheJournal FactCheck team. Explainer: What exemption does Poland have in the EU Migration Pact? Published: 25 September – by Shane Raymond … Read More “Weekly factchecking round-up: 25 September – 1 October 2026” »
Through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of factcheckers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European factchecks, visit the main EDMO website. Here, we highlight recent pieces by TheJournal FactCheck team. Social media posts repeat debunked and baseless accusations against George Soros Published: 18 September – by Shane Raymond … Read More “Weekly factchecking round-up: 18-24 September 2026” »
Through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of factcheckers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European factchecks, visit the main EDMO website. Here, we highlight recent pieces by TheJournal FactCheck team. Debunked: Videos of Zuckerberg saying humanity’s water is almost depleted are deepfake scams Published: 14 September – by … Read More “Weekly factchecking round-up: 11-17 September 2026” »
Through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of factcheckers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European factchecks, visit the main EDMO website. Here, we highlight recent pieces by TheJournal FactCheck team. Debunked: Pictures of Ursula von der Leyen with Jeffrey Epstein are AI-generated Published: 4 September – by Shane … Read More “Weekly factchecking round-up: 4-10 September 2026” »
Through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of factcheckers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European factchecks, visit the main EDMO website. Here, we highlight recent pieces by TheJournal FactCheck team. Debunked: Viral posts misstate the date, cause and even the country of the Enoch Burke saga Published: 28 … Read More “Weekly factchecking round-up: 28 August – 3 September 2026” »
