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From Octagon to Uachtarán? Conor McGregor's presidential ambition meets constitutional reality

MMA fighter launches petition aimed to circumvent Irish constitution in bid for presidency

Aug 8 •

Juliette Maigné

Analysing U.S. Homeland Security ‘fact check’ video

A review of the incidents reveals the official’s statements contain their own inconsistencies and unverified information

Aug 6 •

Thais Porto Zenklusen

Fact-Check Dispatch: The Gaza hunger crisis: A war of words and images

Issue 26 of the Fact-Check Dispatch

Aug 5 •

Misrepresented content floods social media as Storm Floris hits UK and Ireland

Aggregator account spreads misinformation drawing millions of views

Aug 4 •

July 2025

Online echoes, real-world rage: Europe's deepening hostility towards migrants

Online disinformation fuelling anti-migrant violence

Jul 31 •

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'There is no famine in Gaza, there is a famine of the truth': Fact-checking Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer

Israeli blame for Gaza's 'man-made mass starvation' disputed by aid agencies and UN

Jul 25 •

Flurry of old photos claim to show Angara Airlines plane crash in Russia’s Far East

As details emerge from Russia's fatal plane crash, unrelated images from past aviation disasters are being widely misrepresented across social media

Jul 24 •

Ozzy Osbourne's demise at 76 sparks unfounded theories about cause of death

From the COVID-19 vaccine to assisted suicide and drug abuse, social media users claimed to know the cause of the Black Sabbath singer's death

Jul 23 •

Who's behind the presidential veil of masked band PRESIDENT?

The enigma of PRESIDENT deepens amidst fan theories and unofficial clues

Jul 21 •

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Fake statements circulate after CEO’s alleged affair exposed at Coldplay concert

CLAIM: Screenshots of statements by people involved in an internet storm circulated on social media and made it into news coverage.

Jul 18 •

Wave of AI videos falsely depict Israeli airstrikes in Syria

Israel escalated its military strikes on Syria on Wednesday, with footage claiming to show the destruction as the projectiles hit buildings in Damascus

Jul 17 •

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Jeffrey Epstein client list: The conspiracy theory tearing MAGA apart

The world of Donald Trump’s loyal MAGA supporters has been turned upside-down in recent days.

Jul 15 •

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