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Popular hoaxes and fake news in the European media

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The cemetery of of the Russian Tsarist Army soldiers in 2018.
Mayor of east Slovak village threatened with death.
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Some people want to spread panic, police warn.
A man bids farewell to his nine year old daughter as the train with his family leaves for Poland, at the train station in Odesa, on Monday, April 4, 2022.
Slovaks who relied on dubious sources for their information on COVID-19 are now avid consumers of the disinformation being disseminated about the war in Ukraine.
Jakub Goda
Government ministries need long-term communication strategies to debunk hoaxes, says Jakub Goda, who set out to expose how fake news gets produced in Slovakia.
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The website had recently “openly induced people to avoid and not follow” government-mandated measures to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Disinformation websites are the main source of fake news. Politicians help spread hoaxes too.
Slovakia needs to improve citizens' critical thinking, but 'questioning more' can be a trap.
Slovaks have lately panicked on social media over the kidnapping of children, which has turned out to be a hoax.
Thousands have shared the latest hoax on the abduction of children on social media. The police warn that scaremongering is criminal act.
Has feminism exceeded the limit of common sense? This is also the way how you can read the video that Russia has launched.
Viral video from subway has a suspicious source.
Tomio Okamura
Tens of thousands of people have seen Tomio Okamura's fake news video.
Maroš Rudnay, young doctor who disproves health-related hoaxes, explains which of them are especially dangerous and why.
Young people cannot imagine life without the internet or mobiles.
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Fact-checking does not suffice and it is necessary to work with values young people believe in, says analyst.
Hoax on immigrants attackign two German shepdherds and ebing bitten yb them
One lawyer does not mean all EU lawyers; immigrants attacking a shepherd dog and HAARP causing hurricanes in the US are hoaxes, too.
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Do not trust the hoax that tells you it will - and other hoaxes that appeared on the Slovak internet this week.
Roma settlement in Markušovce
The Slovak Spectator brings the selection of hoaxes that appeared on the internet in Slovak language over the past two weeks.
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