Tag: social networks
Disinformation in an electoral context: do not exaggerate the impact of fake news
Disinformation campaigns and other attempts at destabilization during election periods are a reality, but be careful not to play into the hands of propagandists by attributing an exaggerated success rate…
A gasoline shortage expected in France? Beware of this fake news
Will a huge gasoline shortage paralyze France from July 15? This is what several videos published on TikTok in recent days wrongly claim. To deceive Internet users, the accounts behind…
resurgence of Islamophobic fake news after the election
Forty-eight hours after the second round of the legislative elections in France, a wave of xenophobic false information is sweeping social networks. Hijacked videos, fabricated quotes, manipulated results, some fake…
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska Targeted by Russian Propaganda
Did the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Olena Zelenska, buy herself a €4.5 million Bugatti Turbillon car during her visit to France for the 80th anniversary of the landing?…
Supreme Court refuses to restrict state intervention in social networks
The country’s highest court ruled on Wednesday June 26 that members of the Biden administration are justified in discussing with social media platforms about publications deemed problematic. This is a…
according to an American university, the Kagame regime uses AI to boost its communication
Just three weeks after the “Rwanda classified” revelations from the Forbidden Stories collective, where 50 journalists investigated and dismantled the soft power system put in place by Kigali and its…
Paris: the May 1 parade wrongly presented as a racist demonstration
Did a racist demonstration take place recently in Paris? This is what a video actively broadcast on social networks and spotted by the RFI editorial staff in Nairobi claims to…
Africans sold to work in mines in the DRC? Be careful of this infox
On social networks, a video seen more than 16 million times in a few days claims to show dozens of slaves being sold to work in mines in the Democratic…
India behind the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi? Be careful of this infox
After long hours of research, the death of Ebrahim Raïssi and his Minister of Foreign Affairs in a helicopter accident were finally made official this Monday, May 20 in the…
standoff between New Delhi and the American giant Meta over WhatsApp
India’s central government requires the WhatsApp app to break message encryption during certain important investigations. The platform firmly refuses in the name of user privacy and even says it is…