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Spain border crisis: Did misinformation or foreign interference cause Ceuta's mass crossings?
Disputed reasons were put forward after tens of thousands of people rushed Ceuta aiming to reach Spain. We examine claims of legal misinformation…
Aug 7
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Maria Flannery
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Mapping & fact-checking the wildfires burning through Europe
An interactive map tracks Europe's 2026 wildfires as fact-checkers debunk AI-faked animal rescues, recycled footage, and misleading firefighting claims.
Jul 29
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Maria Flannery
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Luc Martinon
Dispatch: Fact-checking the World Cup final's fallout
Online misinformation followed the World Cup final, after six weeks of competition that was coupled with plenty of political discourse and AI fakes
Jul 23
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Maria Flannery
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Melted traffic lights and climate manipulation: extreme heat sparks wave of false claims
The heat wave that has been hitting Europe for weeks became the centre of multiple false narratives and viral misleading claims that spread across…
Jul 15
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Sara Badilini
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Manufactured debate: How coordinated networks are hijacking European news comment sections
An investigation by Eurovision News Spotlight members finds bot networks, fake accounts and coordinated campaigns targeted the comment sections of…
Jul 9
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Israeli government agency paid for adverts targeting Eurovision Song Contest public vote
May 19, 2025
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Maria Flannery
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Derek Bowler
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Eurovision vote message mix-up involving Israel sparks unfounded theories
May 15, 2025
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Maria Flannery
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Photo purporting to show scantily-clad potential U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi running is altered
Nov 26, 2024
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Thomas Normann Hougaard
Street art of Trump walking against evolution falsely attributed to Banksy
Mar 5, 2025
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Jenny Hauser
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Spain border crisis: Did misinformation or foreign interference cause Ceuta's mass crossings?
Disputed reasons were put forward after tens of thousands of people rushed Ceuta aiming to reach Spain. We examine claims of legal misinformation…
Aug 7
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Maria Flannery
3
2
Mapping & fact-checking the wildfires burning through Europe
An interactive map tracks Europe's 2026 wildfires as fact-checkers debunk AI-faked animal rescues, recycled footage, and misleading firefighting claims.
Jul 29
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Maria Flannery
and
Luc Martinon
Giorgia Meloni warns of 'dangerous' deepfakes as AI lingerie images of her circulate
Italy's PM rebuked suggestive AI images that came soon after the UN highlighted the wider issue of deepfakes targeting women in public life
May 6
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Maria Flannery
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'Slopaganda': How Iran is using AI memes and its network of embassies to troll Donald Trump
Iran is capitalising on Trump’s feud with Pope Leo XIV and disquiet over the Epstein files with viral content distributed through its embassies and…
Apr 17
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Maria Flannery
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Artemis II: AI 'slop' used for new generation of moon misinformation
Missions to the moon have always been associated with long-debunked conspiracy theories — now new AI technology is being weaponised to create misleading…
Apr 10
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Maria Flannery
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Bunker-buster bombs in Isfahan: Verifying Donald Trump's cryptic video post
The U.S. president has long blurred the lines between official communications and meme misinformation, complicating verification during a tense war
Mar 31
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Sara Badilini
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Maria Flannery
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False claims of assassinations and fires: The videos claiming to show Iranian missile impacts in Israel
Viral rumours about Tel Aviv's destruction and an alleged cover-up about the deaths of Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben-Gvir were among the unverified…
Mar 11
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Maria Flannery
AI on the frontlines: How fakes are going viral amid new Middle East war
Verifying the facts of the Iran war amid a sea of false claims and AI-generated material
Mar 4
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Maria Flannery
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OSINT Investigations
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Manufactured debate: How coordinated networks are hijacking European news comment sections
An investigation by Eurovision News Spotlight members finds bot networks, fake accounts and coordinated campaigns targeted the comment sections of…
Jul 9
2
From climate science to economic fear: Prebunking the narratives aiming to delegitimize COP30
Analysis of 70,000 social media posts unearth the pressing narratives aimed at delegitimizing global climate goals
Nov 6, 2025
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Maria Flannery
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Mahsa Aminolahi
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Eva Wackenreuther
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Satu Helin
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Ville Juutilainen
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Giles Pitts
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Johanna Vehkoo
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Sarah Emler
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Alima de Graaf
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Derek Bowler
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The new front of war: Inside Israel's digital 'hasbara' offensive
Documents reveal how Israel's state-sponsored 'hasbara' campaigns use social media, paid influencers, and military tours to shape the global narrative…
Sep 12, 2025
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Maria Flannery
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Jana Heigl
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Max Gilbert
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Kathrin Wesolowski
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Michael Schlegel
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Eva Wackenreuther
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Alima de Graaf
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Daan Nicolay VRT NWS
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Derek Bowler
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Online echoes, real-world rage: Europe's deepening hostility towards migrants
Inside Europe’s surge of anti-migrant violence, fanned by far-right actors like Tommy Robinson and misinformation from accounts like RadioGenoa
Jul 31, 2025
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Maria Flannery
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Sara Badilini
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Borja Díaz-Merry
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Lili Rutai
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Kate McDonald
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Carlos Baraibar Padro
,
Jack McCarron
,
Karen Bauer
, and
Derek Bowler
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Dispatch: Fact-checking the World Cup final's fallout
Online misinformation followed the World Cup final, after six weeks of competition that was coupled with plenty of political discourse and AI fakes
Jul 23
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Maria Flannery
1
2
Melted traffic lights and climate manipulation: extreme heat sparks wave of false claims
The heat wave that has been hitting Europe for weeks became the centre of multiple false narratives and viral misleading claims that spread across…
Jul 15
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Sara Badilini
1
World Cup 2026: AI fan girls, a Hitler hoax, and the truth about Cape Verde
Spotlight fact-checkers unpack the doctored images, false player stories, and synthetic influencer accounts spreading across social media as the…
Jun 19
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Maria Flannery
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Dispatch: Hantavirus claims debunked as MV Hondius reignites Covid-19 conspiracy theories
New claims linked specifically to hantavirus emerged, while familiar theories from the Covid-19 pandemic were revived for 2026
May 15
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Maria Flannery
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Spotlight Review
EBU Academy: Spotlight Fact-Check Review
A quarterly debrief featuring real-world case studies and training from the Eurovision News Spotlight. Available only to EBU members for free through…
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How foreign correspondents covered the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran
Hear how journalists worked in the early days of the war as air raid sirens rang out across Israel and the challenges of reporting from a warzone
Apr 6
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Giles Gibson
26:27
Meet the witnesses to war in Ukraine
As the Ukraine War passes its fourth anniversary, hear how journalists are managing to stay safe and cover the story under difficult circumstances
Apr 6
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Giles Gibson
20:05
What Davos is really like behind the scenes
From doorstepping VIPs to the "Trump effect," we take you inside the World Economic Forum’s inner circle
Jan 28
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Giles Gibson
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Scraped and stripped: The EBU’s global fight for 'Facts In, Facts Out'
From the Bondi Beach misinformation scandal to the BBC’s AI labs, we examine the systemic distortion of news by generative AI.
Dec 19, 2025
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Giles Gibson
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