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Cocaine? No, Saliva: NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week
Plus, NewsGuard Academy: X’s New Location Feature Is a Gold Mine For Exposing Foreign Influence
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December 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Chinese Sources Push Territorial Claims With Mistranslations
NewsGuard discovered that Chinese sources miscaptioned 114 videos filmed by Japanese influencers, falsely claiming Japanese support for Beijing’s rights to disputed islands.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Google’s New AI Image Generator Is a Misinformation Superspreader
Google Gemini’s Nano Banana Pro generated images to advance all 30 false claims tested by NewsGuard in a red-teaming audit.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Nano Banana Pro produced convincing images for every false claim. And sometimes it even added details not included in NewsGuard’s prompts to make the images appear even more credible.
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Nano Banana Pro produced convincing images for every false claim. And sometimes it even added details not included in NewsGuard’s prompts to make the images appear even more credible.
NewsGuard tested 30 false claims that recently circulated online — five each related to public health topics, U.S. politics, European politics, the Middle East, global brands, and Russian influence operations.
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
NewsGuard tested 30 false claims that recently circulated online — five each related to public health topics, U.S. politics, European politics, the Middle East, global brands, and Russian influence operations.
“…a distorted version of a country, shaped less by reality than by narratives crafted for consumption abroad, where falsehoods, no matter how implausible locally, can be weaponized to serve agendas far beyond any borders.”
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When a False Claim About Italy Is Not Really About Italy
Commentary: No matter the national target, false narratives are often crafted for foreign eyes, NewsGuard’s Deputy Editor in Italy Giulia Pozzi argues.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“…a distorted version of a country, shaped less by reality than by narratives crafted for consumption abroad, where falsehoods, no matter how implausible locally, can be weaponized to serve agendas far beyond any borders.”
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In fact, Hyundai continues to boycott Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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No, Russia: Hyundai Is Still Boycotting You
Kremlin-aligned sources falsely claim that Hyundai is resuming operations in Russia, but the S. Korean automaker is still boycotting the country due to the Ukraine war.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In fact, Hyundai continues to boycott Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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Far-right influencer Candace Owens’ baseless accusation that Kirk’s suspected assassin trained with the French Foreign Legion generated 93.9 million views, easily making it NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week
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No, Candace Owens: Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Assassin Did Not Train with the French Army
Far-right influencer Owens’ baseless accusation that Kirk’s suspected assassin trained with the French Foreign Legion generated 93.9 million views, easily making it NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week
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November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Far-right influencer Candace Owens’ baseless accusation that Kirk’s suspected assassin trained with the French Foreign Legion generated 93.9 million views, easily making it NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week
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Authors of COVID Vaccine Study Refute Anti-Vaxxers’ Twisting of Their Research
NewsGuard contacted the authors of a study on Long COVID who objected that their research was being misinterpreted by vaccine skeptics to claim that vaccines cause ‘microclots.’
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November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The claim originated in a Nov. 17, 2025, article on TheFocalPoints.com, a website that NewsGuard has found has spread multiple myths about COVID vaccine safety.
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The claim originated in a Nov. 17, 2025, article on TheFocalPoints.com, a website that NewsGuard has found has spread multiple myths about COVID vaccine safety.
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Influential ‘U.S.’ X Accounts Spread False Claims from Abroad
NewsGuard finds that pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad have spread 31 significant false claims in the last 15 months
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November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Fun, Phony Videos Are More Dangerous Than They Seem
Commentary by Roberta Schmid, NewsGuard’s Managing Editor in Germany
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November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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