A shocking quote allegedly coming from J.D. Vance has recently become popular on the Polish Internet. The words, ridiculing Poles, caused outrage on the Internet. As it turns out, this quote cannot be found in Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy”, and the source of controversy is the film adaptation of his autobiography.

In October, a photo appeared on social media looking like a frame from a CCTV camera, in which we can see i.a. Jennifer Lopez and Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy. This suggests that the singer took part in orgies organised by the infamous rapper. Both visual verification and…

For several weeks, one of the main topics on social media has been the mysterious tunnel underneath the New York City synagogue. Multiple rumours were flying around its discovery, which spread on social media like wildfire. Internet users shared news about the alleged connection of the synagogue with the Jewish…

In recent days, a fake cover of National Geographic has been circulating online. It depicts a nude white woman in the arms of a naked black man. The text on the cover suggests that the theme of the issue is the evolution of the European population towards the mixing of…

Videos showing bizarre censorship of women’s sports on Iranian television have been circulating on social media for quite a while. In connection with the recent Olympic Games in Paris, these recordings have gained considerable popularity. They show women’s bodies clumsily covered by black asterisks, and the whole situation seems extremely…

On 1 July, the news reporting that Olena Zelenska was the first person to buy a Bugatti Tourbillon sports car, became very popular on the Internet. This turned out to be yet another example of Russian disinformation. In our article we present a number of mistakes made by the…

On 8 September, a new post about the Algerian Imane Khelif appeared on social media. According to its content, the boxer was banned from fighting for life, and all medals won and the prize money of $25 million were taken away from her. This entry is an example of classic…

This analysis was created in cooperation with analysts of the Slovak department of GLOBSEC and Hungarian Political Capital, with the support of the Open Information Partnership. We analysed the activities of pro-Russian anti-war movements in the information space of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. In this…

Kamala Harris has recently become the new Democratic candidate for the President of the United States. The elections are slowly entering their decisive phase and the fight is becoming increasingly intense. Therefore, there is a lot of fake news circulating on the Internet. One of the popular stories claims that…

Along with the technological development, there are more and more tools that can threaten democracy. One of them are applications that use voice cloning (also referred to as deepfake audio). They are cheap and easy to use, and yet difficult to detect. What is voice cloning? Voice cloning involves reproducing…