Did the mayor of Zadar, Branko Dukić, ban a concert of popular Serbian pop-folk singer Aleksandra Prijović in the Croatian city? No, that's not true: After the news of his alleged ban on Prijović's concert in Zadar spread in the Croatian and Serbian media, Dukić promptly denied it in a public statement as false. The claim appeared in a video…
Does a video circulating on social media show how a microchip is removed from under the skin? No, that's not true: The video is an excerpt from a Netflix show called "Magic for Humans," in which magician and comedian Justin Willman convinces three people that the government has implanted a microchip under their skin, and agrees to "remove" it. The…
Does a video show Serbian singer Aleksandra Prijović singing a Serbian nationalistic song called "Veseli se srpski rode" at a concert in Zagreb, Croatia? No, that's not true: The video footage is from one of her recent concerts in Belgrade, Serbia, not Zagreb, and the audio from the video has been edited. There is no record of Prijović singing that…
Is Lady Gaga Serbian and is her real name Srboljupka Živadinović? No, that's not true: Lady Gaga's real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta and she is American. The singer was born in New York City to a Catholic family of Italian ancestry. The claim originated from a TikTok video (archived here) published by the account @malonasjealnasima on September 24,…
Did the pop star Madonna predict the Hamas-Israel conflict four years before it began? No, that's not true: Madonna's 2019 Eurovision Song Contest performance made an apparent call for peace by showing embracing dancers wearing Israeli and Palestinian flags. It's not the first time that her controversial mid-show act has been linked to conspiracy theories. The claim appeared in a…
Did American actor George Clooney make a video, in Serbian, advising on the value of choosing peace instead of engaging in unnecessary conflict? No, that's not true: The video was made using AI tools. The claim appeared in a video (archived here), on TikTok on September 19, 2023, with the following hashtags in the caption (translated by Lead Stories from…
Is human meat about to be served up instead of animal meat? No, that's not true: an English mockumentary has fooled some people into believing the TV production was real. What some call a "documentary" is actually a satirical mockumentary called "Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat" by UK broadcaster Channel 4. Gregg Wallace is a British TV chef who…
Has the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) draw revealed that four Balkan countries will compete against each other in the 2024 European Football Championship? No, that's not true. The draw rules prohibit two of the countries from playing against each other and Kosovo, Serbia, Albania, and Croatia are all in separate groups. The claim appeared in a video (archived…
Did a viral travel video show overwater villas and a lagoon in Split, Croatia? No, that's not true: analysis by Lead Stories proves that two of the locations in the video are thousands of kilometers away on a different continent. The claim originated from a video (archived here) where it was published by TikTok on June 11, 2023, with captions…
Did a trans woman wearing a dress made of condoms attend Zagreb Pride naked and harm children? No, that's not true: the person was wearing underwear, and Croatia's children's ombudsperson says children "were not directly threatened." The claim appeared in a video (archived here) published on TikTok on 06/14/2023 under the title, translated from the Croatian language by Lead Stories…
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