Tag: social networks
Kamala Harris, new priority target for fake news from the Republican camp
It has been said: ineligible “, ” unfit to govern the United States “. Kamala Harris has been targeted by a vast disinformation operation on social networks in recent hours.…
Video shows Malian soldier disemboweling corpse to eat its liver
Since July 17, a video has been circulating on social media in Mali. It shows a man in Malian military uniform disemboweling a corpse to eat its liver. These images…
Images of the fire at Rouen Cathedral hijacked by far-right accounts
The investigation is still ongoing after a fire broke out on Thursday, July 11, 2024 at Rouen Cathedral in northwestern France. The fire started on the spire’s renovation site, which…
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…