Nick Vant (Reuters)
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London-based fact-checking producer at @reuters.com 📝 Focused on mis- and disinformation, online narratives, social media, AI, OSINT 👨🏻💻
Ex-researcher @ M&C Saatchi World Services. KCL War Studies grad (MA Int’l Conflict Studies)
Views my own.
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Nick Vant (Reuters)
@nickvant.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Bluesky … hello. I’m Nick Vant, fact-checker for @reuters.com, based in London.
Follow for fact-checks, Reuters stories, and misinfo-focused content!
Tips or seen something that doesn’t look right? 📧: nick.vant@thomsonreuters.com
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Tips or seen something that doesn’t look right? 📧: nick.vant@thomsonreuters.com
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"We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Trump's unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters after the Governor General approved his request for a snap election for April 28 reut.rs/41TCSID
Canadian PM Carney calls snap election, says Trump wants to break Canada
Upon being sworn in as prime minister earlier this month, Mark Carney had said he could work with and respected Trump. On Sunday, however, he took a more combative approach.
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March 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Trump's unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters after the Governor General approved his request for a snap election for April 28 reut.rs/41TCSID
It was a pleasure to speak about online misinformation and the importance of - and processes for - verification for Intel Focus’ Intelligence Spotlight Series, with @qaisalamdar.bsky.social & @leilabelmoh.bsky.social.
Link to the podcast below:
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Link to the podcast below:
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/int...
The Importance of Fact-Checking for Activists and Human Rights Defenders by The Intelligence Spotlight Series
The first virtual panel of the Intelligence Spotlight series features two distinguished guests from Italy and the UK. Guest speakers bio:Nick Vant is a UK Fact-Checking Producer at Reuters Fact Check ...
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February 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It was a pleasure to speak about online misinformation and the importance of - and processes for - verification for Intel Focus’ Intelligence Spotlight Series, with @qaisalamdar.bsky.social & @leilabelmoh.bsky.social.
Link to the podcast below:
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/int...
Link to the podcast below:
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/int...
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The Kremlin said Putin and Trump spoke for nearly an hour and a half by telephone and that the two men had agreed to meet. Trump has long said he would quickly end the war in Ukraine, without saying how he would accomplish this. Follow for the latest updates ➡️ reut.rs/4aXZFHe
Trump live updates: Latest on executive orders, tariffs, DOGE hearing and more
The Kremlin said Putin and Trump spoke for nearly an hour and a half by phone and agreed to meet.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Kremlin said Putin and Trump spoke for nearly an hour and a half by telephone and that the two men had agreed to meet. Trump has long said he would quickly end the war in Ukraine, without saying how he would accomplish this. Follow for the latest updates ➡️ reut.rs/4aXZFHe
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“What wretched question have you prepared for me?” My surreal Q&A with Alexander Lukashenko. He claimed his opponents had “chosen” prison or exile (in reality the authorities had chosen to target them.) Plus, "Prison is for people who opened their mouths too wide" Thanks @lizashuvalova.bsky.social
"What wretched question have you prepared for me?" My Q&A with Alexander Lukashenko
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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January 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“What wretched question have you prepared for me?” My surreal Q&A with Alexander Lukashenko. He claimed his opponents had “chosen” prison or exile (in reality the authorities had chosen to target them.) Plus, "Prison is for people who opened their mouths too wide" Thanks @lizashuvalova.bsky.social
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❌This fake tweet has gone viral on X and has made its way over here to Bluesky.
There's no record of Musk saying on X that MAGA will succeed "in the ways Nazi Germany failed to."
It's a fake screenshot.
There's no record of Musk saying on X that MAGA will succeed "in the ways Nazi Germany failed to."
It's a fake screenshot.
January 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
❌This fake tweet has gone viral on X and has made its way over here to Bluesky.
There's no record of Musk saying on X that MAGA will succeed "in the ways Nazi Germany failed to."
It's a fake screenshot.
There's no record of Musk saying on X that MAGA will succeed "in the ways Nazi Germany failed to."
It's a fake screenshot.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump agreed to meet soon on a call when they also spoke about the royal family and of their two countries ‘warm ties,’ according to statement from Downing Street reut.rs/3CeXjqF
UK's Starmer agrees to meet Trump soon
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to meet soon on a call on Sunday when they also spoke about the royal family and of their two countries "warm ties", according to statement from Downing Street.
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January 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump agreed to meet soon on a call when they also spoke about the royal family and of their two countries ‘warm ties,’ according to statement from Downing Street reut.rs/3CeXjqF
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A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip took effect after a nearly three-hour delay, pausing the 15-month-old war that has brought devastation and seismic political change to the Middle East reut.rs/4gZXQvI
Gaza ceasefire deal takes effect and fighting halts after delay
Israeli airstrikes and artillery attacks killed 13 Palestinians three hours before the ceasefire took effect.
reut.rs
January 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip took effect after a nearly three-hour delay, pausing the 15-month-old war that has brought devastation and seismic political change to the Middle East reut.rs/4gZXQvI
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Tulip Siddiq, the British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption, resigned after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh reut.rs/4anakLd
UK anti-corruption minister resigns over ties to ousted Bangladesh PM
The British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption resigned on Tuesday after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh.
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January 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Tulip Siddiq, the British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption, resigned after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh reut.rs/4anakLd
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Some AI-generated images are difficult to spot. Others ...
January 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Some AI-generated images are difficult to spot. Others ...
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🔊 Today on the Reuters World News daily podcast:
- California wildfires rage, forcing thousands to evacuate
- Trump refuses to rule out taking Greenland by force
- Meta drops its fact-checking program
- France's Jean-Marie Le Pen dies aged 96
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- California wildfires rage, forcing thousands to evacuate
- Trump refuses to rule out taking Greenland by force
- Meta drops its fact-checking program
- France's Jean-Marie Le Pen dies aged 96
reut.rs/424u2sY
January 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🔊 Today on the Reuters World News daily podcast:
- California wildfires rage, forcing thousands to evacuate
- Trump refuses to rule out taking Greenland by force
- Meta drops its fact-checking program
- France's Jean-Marie Le Pen dies aged 96
reut.rs/424u2sY
- California wildfires rage, forcing thousands to evacuate
- Trump refuses to rule out taking Greenland by force
- Meta drops its fact-checking program
- France's Jean-Marie Le Pen dies aged 96
reut.rs/424u2sY
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There is no percentage of containment in the Palisades Fire or the Eaton Fire, LA County Fire Chief Marrone said at a press conference. Live updates here ⬇️ www.reuters.com/world/us/pal...
Palisades fire live: Tens of thousands flee as wildfires rage in Los Angeles
At least 2,921 acres of the Pacific Palisades area between the coastal towns of Santa Monica and Malibu had burned by the Palisades Fire, officials said.
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January 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
There is no percentage of containment in the Palisades Fire or the Eaton Fire, LA County Fire Chief Marrone said at a press conference. Live updates here ⬇️ www.reuters.com/world/us/pal...
The Finnish President's support video for Ukraine has been altered and misrepresented on social media as Finland publicly expressing support for the Biafra movement in Nigeria.
The President's Director of Communications told us it was "false and misleading."
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The President's Director of Communications told us it was "false and misleading."
www.reuters.com/fact-check/f...
Fact Check: Finnish leader’s Ukraine clip misrepresented as support for Nigerian separatists
Finnish President Alexander Stubb’s declaration of support in a video for Ukraine has been altered and misrepresented on social media as Finland publicly expressing support for the secessionist Biafra movement in Nigeria.
www.reuters.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Finnish President's support video for Ukraine has been altered and misrepresented on social media as Finland publicly expressing support for the Biafra movement in Nigeria.
The President's Director of Communications told us it was "false and misleading."
www.reuters.com/fact-check/f...
The President's Director of Communications told us it was "false and misleading."
www.reuters.com/fact-check/f...
The British government did not announce financial incentives for families who euthanise their elderly relatives, contrary to an article circulating among social media users that misrepresents a proposed assisted dying law and Britain’s pension tax rules.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/b...
www.reuters.com/fact-check/b...
Fact Check: Britain’s government did not announce ‘cash bonuses’ for euthanising the elderly
The British government has not announced financial incentives for families who euthanise their elderly relatives, contrary to an article that misrepresents a proposed assisted dying law and Britain’s pension tax rules.
www.reuters.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The British government did not announce financial incentives for families who euthanise their elderly relatives, contrary to an article circulating among social media users that misrepresents a proposed assisted dying law and Britain’s pension tax rules.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/b...
www.reuters.com/fact-check/b...
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❌ Three fake screenshots mimicking Trump's Truth Social have appeared on Bluesky (and other platforms), posing as posts on a rift between the president-elect and Elon Musk.
All three of these posts are fake.
All three of these posts are fake.
December 23, 2024 at 10:44 AM
❌ Three fake screenshots mimicking Trump's Truth Social have appeared on Bluesky (and other platforms), posing as posts on a rift between the president-elect and Elon Musk.
All three of these posts are fake.
All three of these posts are fake.
There is no public evidence of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump calling upon Nigeria to release jailed separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, and a deepfake detection tool along with two independent AI forensics experts evaluated the audio to be likely AI-generated.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/n...
www.reuters.com/fact-check/n...
Fact Check: No evidence Trump called for Nigerian separatist’s release; audio synthetic, experts say
An audio clip of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump calling upon Nigeria to release a jailed separatist leader has been shared online as if authentic, though a deepfake detection tool as well as two experts speaking to Reuters say the audio is likely AI-generated.
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:41 AM
There is no public evidence of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump calling upon Nigeria to release jailed separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, and a deepfake detection tool along with two independent AI forensics experts evaluated the audio to be likely AI-generated.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/n...
www.reuters.com/fact-check/n...
This photo did the rounds last week with users linking it to the short-lived martial law declaration in South Korea.
It shows a January 2024 military exercise at a junction between Hangang-daero and Toegye-ro in downtown Seoul.
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It shows a January 2024 military exercise at a junction between Hangang-daero and Toegye-ro in downtown Seoul.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/m...
Fact Check: Months-old Seoul military exercise image misrepresented as martial law response
A months-old image of a South Korean military exercise in Seoul has been misrepresented online as a scene after the country’s president declared martial law.
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:38 AM
This photo did the rounds last week with users linking it to the short-lived martial law declaration in South Korea.
It shows a January 2024 military exercise at a junction between Hangang-daero and Toegye-ro in downtown Seoul.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/m...
It shows a January 2024 military exercise at a junction between Hangang-daero and Toegye-ro in downtown Seoul.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/m...
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LIVE: Pro-EU activists rally outside Georgian parliament for a sixth night
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LIVE: Pro-EU activists rally outside Georgian parliament for a sixth night
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Zhuravel, 20, was already serving three and a half years for burning a copy of the Koran in southwestern Russia when he was convicted of new offences linked to contact with Ukrainian intelligence.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/r...
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Fact Check: Russian man sentenced to 14 years in jail for treason, not for burning Koran
A Russian man was jailed for 14 years in November for state treason, not for burning a copy of the Koran, contrary to online claims.
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Zhuravel, 20, was already serving three and a half years for burning a copy of the Koran in southwestern Russia when he was convicted of new offences linked to contact with Ukrainian intelligence.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/r...
www.reuters.com/fact-check/r...
Some Nigerian social media users falsely shared an X post as if an official communication by Donald Trump to former President Goodluck Benjamin, but it wasn't Trump's official account nor did it have any connection to the President-elect's campaign team.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/x...
www.reuters.com/fact-check/x...
Fact Check: X post promising restoration of Nigeria's electoral integrity not from Trump account
An X post promising the former president of Nigeria to “restore electoral integrity” in his country and thanking him for congratulating Donald Trump on his election victory this month has been falsely suggested online to be a post from the U.S. president-elect himself.
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Some Nigerian social media users falsely shared an X post as if an official communication by Donald Trump to former President Goodluck Benjamin, but it wasn't Trump's official account nor did it have any connection to the President-elect's campaign team.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/x...
www.reuters.com/fact-check/x...
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The White House said that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter in part because of concern his political opponents would continue to persecute the younger Biden in the future, as a growing chorus of Democrats and Republicans criticized his decision reut.rs/3ZkXTdE
White House defends Biden's Hunter pardon as criticism mounts
The White House said that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter because of concern his political opponents would continue to persecute the younger Biden in the future.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:57 AM
The White House said that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter in part because of concern his political opponents would continue to persecute the younger Biden in the future, as a growing chorus of Democrats and Republicans criticized his decision reut.rs/3ZkXTdE
A fantastic evening at the Rory Peck Trust Awards, witnessing truly inspiring freelance journalism from Gaza to Sudan, Myanmar to Russia, and Ethiopia to the West Bank.
November 29, 2024 at 3:17 PM
A fantastic evening at the Rory Peck Trust Awards, witnessing truly inspiring freelance journalism from Gaza to Sudan, Myanmar to Russia, and Ethiopia to the West Bank.
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🔊 ICYMI: 'The government says it's trying to protect children... opponents argue that it's actually risking cutting children off from the Internet.' Reuters World News podcast explains Australia's ban of social media for under 16s reut.rs/4g2GPjk
November 28, 2024 at 2:27 PM
🔊 ICYMI: 'The government says it's trying to protect children... opponents argue that it's actually risking cutting children off from the Internet.' Reuters World News podcast explains Australia's ban of social media for under 16s reut.rs/4g2GPjk
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The ceasefire deal for Lebanon will provide the conditions needed for a return to calm in the country, and France and the US will both work to ensure the ceasefire is fully implemented, US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron said reut.rs/3Z8Ya3j
Israel-Lebanon live: Israel and Hezbollah reached ceasefire deal, Biden says
The US has informed the Lebanese government that a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel will take effect at 4 a.m. tomorrow.
reut.rs
November 26, 2024 at 8:59 PM
The ceasefire deal for Lebanon will provide the conditions needed for a return to calm in the country, and France and the US will both work to ensure the ceasefire is fully implemented, US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron said reut.rs/3Z8Ya3j
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Smallpox has been eradicated worldwide since 1980 and is not held in check by vaccines, contrary to posts suggesting the deadly virus may circulate again if vaccines become optional.
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Fact Check: Smallpox is eradicated, not held in check by vaccines
Smallpox has been eradicated worldwide since 1980 and is not held in check by vaccines, contrary to posts suggesting the deadly virus may circulate again if vaccines become optional.
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Smallpox has been eradicated worldwide since 1980 and is not held in check by vaccines, contrary to posts suggesting the deadly virus may circulate again if vaccines become optional.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/s...
www.reuters.com/fact-check/s...