Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
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Lessons from the Frontlines of Disinformation: What Central and Eastern European Fact-Checkers Have Learned Across Central and Eastern Europe, the past decade has witnessed an unprecedented wave of electoral activity, with citizens heading to the polls with remarkable frequency. Bulgaria alone has conducted eight general elections between 2021 and 2026,…
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There are moments when a voice from inside the establishment refuses to stay quiet, and Ilan Segev’s voice is one of them. Segev is not a political opponent searching for attention; he is a former senior official in the Shin Bet, Israel’s security agency, a man who spent years studying the enemy and trying to protect the country. On Friday, speaking to Kan News’ Reshet Bet, he listened to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that he was never warned before October 7 and simply refused to accept it. “We need to distinguish between an intelligence picture and an intelligence warning,”…
Imagine scrolling through your phone on the morning of October 7, 2026, and seeing a news card with the familiar News 1st logo. It says former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been arrested. He had gone to the Criminal Investigation Department, the CID, to give a statement about the “Helping Hambantota” account, and instead of walking out, he was taken into custody. It sounds dramatic, and it is exactly the kind of update that makes people stop, gasp, and hit share. The only problem is that it never happened. The arrest that actually took place that day involved someone else in…
