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Factcheckers brace for a wave of war disinformation

Posted on 24/02/202216/05/2022 By EDMO Admin No Comments on Factcheckers brace for a wave of war disinformation
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TheJournal reports on the role of factcheckers as the Russian invasion of Ukraine escalates. Factcheckers across Europe are braced for a targeted wave of false news. The EDMO page tracks in real time how many European fact-checks are completed on the Ukranian conflict. In the first 14 hours of the conflict, 34 claims, mostly videos and photos of ‘explosions’ or ”shelling’ were debunked or verified.

Read the post here on TheJournal.ie.

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