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ABC News Australia •
July 29, 2024 • 05:32 AM
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Michael Workman is a researcher and reporter with ABC NEWS Verify.

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Michael Workman is a researcher and reporter with ABC NEWS Verify.

One Nation candidate for the Victorian seat of Sydenham, Joh Bauch, was co-admin of a Facebook group linked to accounts churning out racist AI slop.

Victorian Party leader Warren Pickering said there was no place in One Nation for abhorrent views.

Topic: State and Territory Elections

Daryl "Dundee" Fladung was recruited to fight for Russia while playing video games at home in outback Queensland. Ten days after posting about joining the front line, he went missing.

Victoria Crime News is a news website that purports to use local journalists. But when ABC NEWS Verify contacted its owner, he admitted the articles on his site were not written by Australians.

Topic: Disinformation and Misinformation

ABC NEWS Verify has uncovered clues online as to the history of the man charged over the alleged attack on Helen Haines. His posting history reveals little evidence of malice towards the MP.

It presents itself as a quaint charity dedicated to the English language but ABC NEWS Verify has uncovered links between the Victorian branch of the English-Speaking Union and white nationalist groups.

ABC NEWS Verify examines and attempts to debunk some of the fake news that's spreading online following the flydubai flight.

Topic: Disinformation and Misinformation

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals exactly how a YouTube political commentator from overseas is using AI to pretend to be Australian and promote One Nation to thousands of people.

Topic: Disinformation and Misinformation

Police confirm they are investigating an incident at the Warragul Mosque earlier this week.

ABC NEWS Verify can reveal that neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has been training at a boxing gym in the outer-Melbourne suburb of Diamond Creek, a short drive from where he is living. The gym has been suspended by the sport's governing body.

ABC NEWS Verify can reveal that Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell has been uploading antisemitic and homophobic diatribes to Instagram from a property on the outskirts of Melbourne.

Thousands of kilometres away, but the terrible connection to Australia is evident. ABC NEWS Verify looks at the inspiration behind the San Diego Islamic Centre murders.

The leader of Neo-Nazi group National Socialist Network, Thomas Sewell, has appeared in an interview online alongside notorious US Neo-Nazi James Mason, who is listed as a terrorist entity by the Canadian government.

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation raises questions about popular independent fuel security dashboards that have emerged online, including one whose creators are linked to the Liberal Party.

An Australian academic has appeared in an Iranian propaganda video supporting a toll system imposed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on foreign merchant shipping.

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation uncovers a raft of foreign Facebook accounts targeting Australian users. And they're just the tip of the iceberg.

Topic: Disinformation and Misinformation

Is it real or is it AI? Misinformation seen by millions is spreading online in the wake of the war in the Middle East.

As the war in the Middle East escalates, ABC NEWS Verify has gathered verified video and satellite imagery in an early attempt to piece together some of the key events of the past 48 hours.

Competing narratives have emerged from NSW Police and protesters who were at Monday night's demonstration near Sydney's Town Hall. ABC NEWS Verify has gathered footage and spoken to witnesses in an early attempt to examine what happened in detail.

Brandan Koschel had posted blurred images of himself standing next to prominent Neo-Nazis on a social media account earlier this month.

Viking symbols and a Norwegian jacket have now become synonymous with Australia's Neo-Nazi groups, but what do they mean?

March for Australia organisers are planning a fresh round of mass demonstrations across the country on January 26, with members encouraging others to join the now disbanded White Australia Party.

Two groups in the sights of the government's new hate crackdown have moved to scrub their online profile.

ICE agents shot a woman in Minnesota. The president says it was self-defence while protesters claim it was murder. Here's what the vision shows.

AI-generated images of Bondi gunman Naveed Akram in the Philippines and a fabricated Facebook page are spreading online. And an image of police officers taken out of context is debunked by ABC NEWS Verify.

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