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In the run-up to the mid-term elections, on 3 November in the United States, accusations of fraud are going on at full speed, as are false accusations against certain candidates. For example: Illinois voting machines would try to influence the voter's choice, or the senator's pretender in Texas James Talarico would have sexually abused one of his students.
It is one of the best kept secrets of the world of football: the name of the winner of the Ballon d'Or. Yet, on social networks, many Internet users claim to know his identity, resulting from alleged leaks. Decryption of Jules BOITEAU in Info Intox
The European External Action Service, Canada and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania withdrew their support for a conference on combating disinformation, Disinfo 2026, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 7 and 8 October. Several sources point to pressure from the United States. Info Intox with Jules BOITEAU.
As Iran criticizes the law enforcement response to high school protests in France, Paris denounces an Iranian disinformation campaign about the protest movement.
Russia is called upon by WHO, the European Union and the United States to increase transparency after the death of a laboratory technician in Siberia. Daria Shipilova, who worked at the Irkutsk pest control institute, died of pneumonia of unknown origin. Between the versions of some media and the denial of the authorities, the vagueness persists and maintains rumours and misinformation.
The protests of high school students and the blockades of schools in France in recent days have led to clashes between students and law enforcement: a context of violence conducive to conveying the idea that the army could come to suppress the protest movement.
High school blockages continue in France and with them violence. The extreme right Anglo-Saxon comments them and instrumentalizes them even if false information is relayed.
Since the beginning of the week, the blocking movement of high schools has grown and many images of violence are associated with it. An opportunity for politicians to fight on this issue. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu assured that a student had been attacked. The Minister of National Education Edouard Geffray that staff had been sprinkled with gasoline. Is that true? Decryption in Info Intox with Jules BOITEAU.
In the aftermath of the attempted hijacking of Flydubai flight, a fake BBC report was widely circulated. He claims that an Indian national is at the origin. There is widespread coverage of the incident and a misrepresentation of the fact that the Indian and Israeli intelligence services are responsible for the incident.
In recent days, fighting has intensified in northern Ethiopia between several allied rebel groups and the federal army. This is enough to feed false information, because Internet users use images either outside their context or generated by artificial intelligence.
In the wake of the attempted attack near Fairford Air Base in the United Kingdom, clichés were circulated on social media that were presented as those of the arrest of the five suspects, who had since been released on bail. Taken from a real photograph, they were falsified using artificial intelligence.
In recent weeks, Internet users have been seeking through their publications to tarnish Franco-Ivoirian relations. Both by ensuring that Paris will offer Abidjan its first metro line, and by saying that France wants to humiliate Côte d'Ivoire by giving it tons of condoms and hygienic protections. Explanations.
Thélyson Orélien, a Quebec author of Haitian origin, is accused of having resorted to artificial intelligence for his first novel "It was that or dying". A book censored by critics, one of the best sellers of the early literary season, winner of the Fnac Prize and in the run for the Goncourt Prize. The charges are based on the results of the Pangram detection tool. Can it be considered reliable?
While NATO is worried about a Russian threat, Kremlin's voicemen accuse the Atlantic Alliance on social networks of promoting a war against Russia with a video clip.
While regional elections took place on Sunday in Germany, Internet users assured, with video rigged in support, that the far right party of AfD had been the victim of fraud. Other manipulative images were used to report alleged irregularities in the election.
On 4 September, the United Nations adopted a resolution to reform global mapping with a view to more accurately representing the areas of countries, including the real size of the African continent. This mapping principle is based in particular on the "Equal Earth" projection. A map, where Morocco is separated by a border of Western Sahara. According to some Internet users, by voting this resolution, Morocco has accidentally recognized the independence of the territory. Decryption.
