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Jarek Olechowski wrote that those supporting Donald Tusk had created a fake graphic bar resembling materials from Republic TV and were using it to attack the station and demand that the National Broadcasting Council revoke its license. He claimed that the graphic was marked as generated by artificial intelligence, yet it was still disseminated by politicians from the Civic Coalition and journalists supporting the government. He described Republic as the largest news television in Poland and the only major station completely independent of the authorities, and compared the actions described to the Russian machine aimed at freedom of speech and Polish democracy. #WolnośćSłowa #Demokracja #Media (translated)

The Stock Information published a Sunday review, stating that Donald Trump called for a change of president in Ukraine and mentioned that the USA could join attacks on the Houthis. The authors also wrote about the closure of the airport in the capital of Saudi Arabia due to the Houthi attack, Hurricane Simon heading towards Mexico as a Category 4 storm, and a tanker that was supposed to hit a mine in the Strait of Hormuz, catch fire, and sink. Among other information, they mentioned the presence of police in schools on Monday and data on checking 50,000 establishments and detaining 76 people. They reported that Ryanair shortened the baggage check-in time, and the cost of renting a supertanker rose to $760,000 a day from $50,000 a year earlier. They also wrote that Ukraine attacked Yandex data centers and fuel depots in Russia, and bot traffic on the internet dropped by 49%, citing Cloudflare data. The review also included statements that the deposit system impacts beverage producers, Claude AI falsely reported serious crimes, KGHM made it onto the list of 47 strategic EU projects, and Poland is set to receive the most from the new EU budget. The authors attributed the opinion to the government that Poland's security is based on the Steelworks in Stalowa Wola. Finally, they referred to International Girl's Day, joking that going to a club to meet a girl could be called “BarCelOna.” #Świat #Polska #Ukraina (translated)

Peťulína Markvartová described the election results as a "slap in the face" at the most opportune moment, as she believed the most important elections were three years away. She called for a return to the program and for a decisive approach towards the opposition, which she claimed they had 108 votes for. She demanded the immediate proposal to abolish fees for Czech Television and Czech Radio, as well as the FARA law, and called for firm voting without unnecessary debates. She also criticized previous concessions in the election of members of the Czech Television Council, which she believed were related to the false recording of Wolffner. She warned that if the government continued to hesitate and try to appear decent, it would disappoint its voters, and in three years, the government would be run by the Austrian party. She labeled the SPD and Motorists as written off. #volby #politika #opozice (translated)

Rafał Piech, the president of Siemianowice Śląskie, described the chaos caused by internet fake news about a bloody Friday, emphasizing that local government officials had to act quickly and independently because the government did not provide them with clear information or support in the face of panic among parents. #Bezpieczeństwo #Samorząd #Edukacja (translated)

MARCEL DETECTIVE wrote that one should not trust screenshots of conversations, as he assessed that 90% of them are fakes, unverified information, or attempts to sow panic. He recommended thoroughly checking recordings, pointing out that many of them are outdated, and encouraged reporting new evidence anywhere. #fakenews #aktualności #bezpieczeństwo (translated)

Magda assessed that Morawiecki, Nawrocki, and Kaczyński do not care about the safety of children and teachers. She wrote that they oppose the provisions implementing the DSA and call them censorship because — as she claimed — without fake news, hate, and attacks on Tusk, they will not be able to win the elections. She described the rest of the arguments as devoid of content. #Polityka #Bezpieczeństwo #Wybory2023 (translated)

The ORLEN Press Office reported that Poland was among the cheapest EU countries in terms of fuel prices: diesel was said to cost 2.7 PLN less than in Germany and 1.5 PLN less than the EU average. However, it noted that fuels were significantly more expensive than a year earlier. According to the office, the global fuel crisis, record-low reserves in Europe, the shutdown of additional refining installations, and supply disruptions are driving prices up on the markets. The office claimed that fuel companies and governments can mitigate the effects of the crisis but cannot completely eliminate them. It also accused the authors of false information of spreading AI-generated graphics suggesting fuel shortages and false reports about exports to Ukraine. In response to calls for reducing margins, ORLEN pointed out that over 1/3 of the fuels sold in Poland come from abroad, and prices depend on the global market. As a way to lower prices, the office mentioned reducing VAT and excise duties, referring to this as CPN. It also explained that, in its opinion, current fuel prices resulted not only from oil prices but also from the limited availability of refineries. Over the year, oil prices were expected to rise by 56%, and global diesel prices by 100%. Regarding supplies to Ukraine, the office stated that fuels were sold there at a higher profit than in Poland, and recipients paid in advance. It added that trains did not leave the terminal before recording payment, and the export prices compared by critics did not take into account local taxes. It also accused them of comparing last year's pre-war prices with current ones and attempting to undermine confidence in the state. #Polska #paliwa #kryzys (translated)

Leaks have appeared that Książulo, in collaboration with Żabka, has released her pizza. Internet users suggest that it is all a fake, as the influencer promised not to take on typical "food" collaborations anymore. https://t.co/o5Vn4BMgll #pizza #spożywcze #influencer (translated)

Sometimes a real person and sometimes some fake account asks, "Why support Ukraine?" Above you have the simplest, most obvious, and most visible answer. To finish off, exhaust, and weaken the Russian armed forces. End of story. #Ukraina #Wsparcie #Pokój (translated)

Ogromne uznanie dla Aleksandry Owcy za fantastyczną i zdecydowanie najlepszą kampanię tych wyborów. Spędziłem w Krakowie ostatni tydzień i jestem pełen podziwu dla naszej kandydatki oraz stojącej za nią krakowskiej ekipy. Doskonała robota. 🔥🔥🔥 Wiem, że pewnie wielu z was patrząc na ostatnie sondaże miało nadzieję na nieco lepszy wynik, ale też od początku wiedzieliśmy że to będą trudne dla @partiarazem wybory. Nie z powodu jakiś fejkowych sondaży Marcina Dumy, ale dlatego, że kampania i głosowanie przypadały na czas gdy w Krakowie nie ma studentów, a bezpartyjny lider sondaży Łukasz Gibała zgarniający w Krakowie większość głosów protestu najsilniejszy jest w tych samych grupach wiekowych co my. Pomimo to udało nam się osiągnąć czwarty wynik w Krakowie wyraźnie wyprzedzając kandydatkę Nowej Lewicy. Najważniejsze jest jednak to, że Razem raz jeszcze udowodniło, że jest w stanie znacząco poprawić swój wynik w kampanii wyborczej. Tak było w kampanii prezydenckiej @ZandbergRAZEM, tak było teraz i tak samo będzie w wyborach parlamentarnych, w których nie będzie Łukasza Gibały zgarniającego 40% głosów. Patrząc na wybory krakowskie jestem spokojny, że nasza partia licznie zamelduje się w przyszłym Sejmie. Dziękujemy @owca_aleksandra. Będzie dobrze :) #wybory #Kraków #partiarazem

Fake NV – how a cloned newsroom turned an AI video into a $140 million corruption scandal For two days in September, a website that looked almost indistinguishable from one of Ukraine’s best-known news organisations carried an extraordinary corruption story. It claimed that Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau had raided former defence procurement chief Arsen Zhumadilov and discovered more than $140 million in cash packed inside refrigerator boxes. One box supposedly carried the words “For the Servant of the People” – an apparent reference to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s political party. The raid never happened. The photographs and video presented as evidence were fabricated, and the news organisation reporting the story was not the New Voice of Ukraine but a cloned version of it. The episode is a compact example of an increasingly effective disinformation technique. Rather than inventing a new propaganda outlet and trying to build its credibility from scratch, an operator can simply steal the identity of an established newsroom and place fabricated material inside an otherwise convincing copy of its editorial environment. A newsroom copied almost in full The counterfeit site appeared at nvukraine.com, while the authentic New Voice of Ukraine operates at nv.ua and english.nv.ua. Registration records examined by fact-checkers show that the false domain was created on 21 September 2026, two days before the fabricated article appeared. According to NV’s own investigation, the imitation went much further than copying a logo: the operators reproduced the site’s visual design, sections, branding, contact information and genuine editorial material. A snapshot of legitimate NV content from 23 September appears to have been copied onto the counterfeit site, into which the operators inserted a single false article. That article claimed that NABU had searched premises connected to Zhumadilov, who had headed Ukraine’s Defence Procurement Agency until August, and seized $140 million in cash. The story was published in several languages, including Ukrainian and English, suggesting that the operation was intended not only for Ukraine’s domestic information space but also for foreign audiences following the war and Western support for Kyiv. AI supplied the supposed evidence The false article was supported by a video purportedly showing the money discovered during the raid. NABU said no such search or procedural action had taken place and identified the footage as fabricated using artificial intelligence. Independent fact-checker Lead Stories found no credible Ukrainian or international reporting confirming either the raid or the alleged seizure, while searches of NABU’s own published material produced no evidence supporting the claim. The operation therefore combined two separate forms of synthetic credibility. The AI-generated footage supplied what looked like visual proof, while the cloned NV website supplied institutional proof: an apparently reputable Ukrainian newsroom supposedly confirming that the event had happened. Neither element needed to withstand close scrutiny for long. Together, they only needed to appear credible enough to be copied, quoted and redistributed before the deception was exposed. From a fake Ukrainian source into the Russian information ecosystem On 24 September, the story began moving through large pro-Russian Telegram channels. Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communications traced early amplification to Golos Mordora, with roughly 149,000 subscribers, and Militarist, with around 277,000. Within less than an hour, other channels including VOBLA, Rossiya Seychas and Ostashko! Vazhnoye were circulating versions of the same claim. It subsequently appeared on X and on Russian-language websites including e-news.su and pressa24.ru. Babel calculated that posts carrying the fabrication had accumulated approximately 370,000 views by the morning of 25 September. The story also moved beyond the Russian-language ecosystem. English-language versions appeared in online communities including Lemmy and Hexbear, while accounts on X shared direct links to the counterfeit NV article. NV later reported that larger Russian media and propaganda outlets, including RIA Novosti, Life, Vesti, Ukraina.ru and Mail.ru, had reproduced or discussed the claim. Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and a Kremlin representative involved in contacts with the United States, also shared it on 25 September. This amplification is significant, but it should not be confused with proof of authorship. Publicly available evidence shows how the false story entered and spread through a Russian and pro-Russian information ecosystem. It does not establish which organisation registered the cloned domain, generated the video or directed the operation from the outset. Why copy NV? The operation relied on source laundering. A claim originating directly from a Russian Telegram channel that Ukraine’s defence procurement system had concealed $140 million would immediately carry an obvious political context. A claim apparently uncovered by an established Ukrainian newsroom looks very different. Once the fabricated NV article existed, subsequent accounts could cite what appeared to be an independent Ukrainian source rather than present the allegation as their own. Each repost moved the story another step away from its manufactured origin. The use of an English-language version strengthened that mechanism for audiences outside Ukraine. The underlying narrative was also carefully chosen. Corruption in Ukrainian defence procurement is a genuine subject of public scrutiny and investigative reporting, so the fabricated story did not require audiences to accept an entirely unfamiliar premise. It inserted a false event into a real area of political concern. That mixture of authentic context and fabricated evidence can be more persuasive than a completely invented story because much of the surrounding information feels recognisable. What can – and cannot – be attributed Ukrainian authorities and NV describe the episode as a Russian information operation, and its distribution can be documented extensively across pro-Russian and Russian media channels. The available public evidence, however, does not identify the organisation that created the counterfeit website, nor does it link the operation forensically to a named Russian intelligence service, military unit or state contractor. The most precise description is therefore a Russian-aligned disinformation operation whose fabricated material was systematically amplified through the Russian information ecosystem. That distinction matters. Distribution can be observed directly; command-and-control is harder to establish and should not be inferred without evidence. The newsroom itself becomes the deepfake The most important feature of the operation was not the $140 million figure or even the AI-generated video. It was the counterfeit newsroom surrounding them. The operators copied a real publication, populated it largely with genuine material and inserted a single false story, allowing the fabrication to borrow the accumulated credibility of journalists who had nothing to do with it. This points to a broader evolution in synthetic media. AI can fabricate an image, a voice or a video, but an influence operation can now fabricate something larger: the source that supposedly verified the evidence. In the Fake NV operation, the article, the video and the website reinforced one another, creating not simply a false story but a manufactured chain of credibility. Sources The New Voice of Ukraine — investigation into the cloned website https://english.nv.ua/nation/nv-discovers-fake-copy-of-website-with-planted-story-cites-russian-links-50644601.html The New Voice of Ukraine — Russian amplification of the $140 million fabrication https://english.nv.ua/russia-spreads-fake-140-million-ukraine-corruption-story-during-dmitriev-u-s-talks-50644647.html Lead Stories — independent fact-check https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2026/09/fact-check-fake-story-claims-140-million-found-at-home-of-ukraines-zhumadilov-marked-servant-of-the-people-nv-website-originated-it.html Babel — AI video and distribution analysis https://babel.ua/en/news/130469-a-video-is-sharing-online-about-140-million-found-in-the-possession-of-the-ex-head-of-the-defense-procurement-agency-this-is-an-ai-video-distributed-by-a-clone-of-ukrainian-media Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security — initial debunk https://spravdi.org/en/ai-fake-about-140-million-amid-us-talks-how-russians-impose-the-image-of-corrupt-ukraine-on-the-west/ Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security — NABU confirmation https://spravdi.org/u-merezhi-poshyryuyut-shi-fejk-pro-nibyto-obshuky-nabu-v-eksgolovy-agencziyi-oboronnyh-zakupivel/ Detector Media — distribution and NABU response https://detector.media/infospace/article/252806/2026-09-25-u-merezhi-pidrobyly-sayt-nv-dlya-poshyrennya-feyku-pro-obshuky-v-eksochilnyka-agentsii-oboronnykh-zakupivel/ Keywords #DISINFORMED #Episode10 #FakeNV #NewVoiceOfUkraine #Ukraine #Russia #RussianDisinformation #RussianInfluence #Disinformation #InformationWarfare #InfluenceOperations #ForeignInterference #FIMI #MediaImpersonation #ClonedMedia #FakeMedia #FakeNews #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AIGeneratedContent #SyntheticMedia #AIVideo #SourceLaundering #NarrativeLaundering #CorruptionNarrative #UkraineCorruption #DefenceProcurement #NABU #ArsenZhumadilov #Telegram #SocialMediaManipulation #DigitalInfluence #Propaganda #OSINT #MediaManipulation #WRLD

Flip i Flap propagandy. + Mazurek puszcza fejka pomimo dowodów bo uwierzył na słowo tym których lubi. + Stanowski puszcza skrajnie stronniczy materiał bo osobiście nie lubi danej urzędniczki A robią to dlatego, że ich widzowie to najbardziej naiwne osoby w galaktyce. https://t.co/k6rQy5k851 #propaganda #fakeNews #media

Ależ to jest świetna wiadomość. To może być gamechanger w walce z przede wszystkim rosyjską propagandą, ale też dezinformacją na temat szczepień, OZE i innych teorii spiskowych. Czas reakcji na fejk jest kluczowy, tak ja współpraca z NASK w wycinaniu botów. Oby jak najszybciej. https://t.co/BHP4E8rtcG #dezinformacja #propaganda #szczepienia

Mecenas Dupła wyprodukował fejkowe oświadczenie sugerujące, że Jędrzejewski wycofał się z oskarżeń wobec Kacprzyka, a mniej lub bardziej propeowskie konta na tym protalu, niby tak przejęte aferą, od razu z wielką ulgą tego fejka powieliły. Zaraz Kacprzyka na sztandary wezmą 🙃 #fejk #afera #media

Pan @jakubwiech nie obronił doktoratu Człowiek płynący z narracją głównego nurtu w kwestii zmian klimatycznych, obostrzeń covidowych i szczepień Kto się z nim nie zgadzał ten był po stronie dezinformacji, emocji, memów i interesów. On był po stronie "wielkiej nauki" i a Jego adwersarze to szkodliwe społecznie szury, antyszczepy i denialiści siejący fejkniusy i sofizmaty #zmian Klimatycznych #nauka #dezinformacja