Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWar in the Middle East: Are the UK, Australia and Taiwan about to run out of fuel?
As Iran’s disruption of the Strait of Hormuz fuels global energy anxiety, viral posts are claiming that major economies are on the brink of an unprec…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Has the AFCON trophy been hidden at a military base in Senegal? No
In the wake of the Confederation of African Football's recent decision to strip Senegal of its AFCON title and declare Morocco the winners, some onli…
3 weeks ago
Misleading campaign adverts target French far left in local elections
Over the weekend, thousands of people in Toulouse – France's fourth-largest city – were exposed to a misleading campaign targeting Francois Piquemal,…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Video of Iranian soldier being targeted in Tehran strike is AI-generated
Since Tuesday, videos supposedly showing Iranian soldiers being bombed in Tehran have been widely shared by pro-Israel accounts, Israeli media and ev…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Are US soldiers really 'refusing orders' to fight in Iran war?
More than two weeks after the US and Israel launched military strikes on Iran, a rumour has sprung up that American soldiers are refusing, en masse, …
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Social media abuzz with viral rumours of Netanyahu's death
Social media has recently been abuzz with false rumours claiming that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was killed in an Iranian missile stri…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Iran trolls Trump with AI-generated LEGO propaganda video
The war in Iran is not only being fought on the battlefield – it is also playing out online. Iran’s state media recently took a leaf out of the White…
1 month ago
US energy secretary deletes post claiming Navy escorted tanker through Strait of Hormuz
A brief social media post by the US energy secretary prompted a major U-turn from the Trump administration. Within 30 minutes, Chris Wright had poste…
1 month ago
Video shows US Tomahawk missile strike next to bombed Iranian school
A newly released video by Iran’s Mehr News Agency – verified and geolocated by fact-checking experts – shows an American Tomahawk cruise missile stri…
1 month ago
Dubai influencers post near-identical videos praising city’s ‘safety’
Influencers in Dubai have taken to social media to post near-identical videos praising the city’s safety and glorifying its leadership, using the sam…
1 month ago