For about a week now, a question has been circulating on X, Instagram, Telegram, and Bluesky: Is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dead? A viral video with a seemingly six-fingered hand, sudden social media silence, and a deleted tweet set the rumor mill spinning. What’s behind it?
March 14, 2020 — the day a government agency lied to its citizens and was never held accountable.
Exactly six years ago today, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) published a tweet that would go down in history — though not in the way the ministry had intended.
Germany’s public broadcaster demands whistleblower protection – as long as it doesn’t affect their own network
There are moments when institutions expose themselves so thoroughly that all you can do as an observer is sit back in disbelief. Germany’s ZDF just delivered one such moment – a double one, at that.
The Charlie Kirk case has impressively demonstrated how AI tools can create false narratives in real-time and spread them at breakneck speed, often bypassing traditional news processes. This has led to considerable confusion and a lack of clarity about the actual events.
“What Can Be Done About Hate Speech and Fake News?” A paper from FH Kiel attempts to provide answers – but mainly delivers one thing: the controlled opposite of enlightenment.
