It starts with something small—a forwarded message, a caption on a familiar page, a headline that looks official and sounds alarming. Before long, the message has been shared hundreds of times, and people begin to accept it as fact. That is exactly the kind of situation the Azerbaijan Media and Broadcasting Council is trying to stop. The Council recently issued a clear warning about a troubling trend: statements that President Ilham Aliyev never actually made are being spread across social media platforms in Türkiye, presented as if they were his official words. The Council described this as a blatant form…

On an ordinary Sunday, when many people in Ukraine were resting, running errands, or trying to reclaim a few quiet hours from the relentless strain of war, a familiar sound tore through the day: the sharp, insistent push notification of the national air raid alert app. For millions, that chime has become the heartbeat of survival, a warning to gather children, documents, and pets; to move toward shelter; to hold breath and wait. But this time, the message that followed was different. It did not speak of the usual threat of bombers or ballistic missiles. It spoke of nuclear danger.…