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On May 17, 2024, reports of a drone strike targeting the Taliban in Logar province surfaced on social media, leading to widespread speculation and conflicting accounts about the incident. Despite official denials of an attack by Taliban authorities, the claim continued to be spread, both by legitimate accounts and by bots.

A detailed investigation into the death of a female protestor in Mandalay on 03 March 2021.

As a Hazara woman in Afghanistan, the challenges facing Shabana are two-fold.

When news breaks, misinformation can spread like wildfire. Stefanie Le, a senior CIR investigator based in Washington DC, discusses the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump, the online misinformation that surrounded it, and how to use open source methods to try to make sense of it all.

CNF base on the India-Myanmar border targeted, allegedly impacting Indian sovereign territory.

An investigation into the killing of civilians in Myinmu

CIR is delighted to announce the launch of a new fact-checking unit by Afghan media outlet, Etilaatroz. The unit, named ‘Sanjah’ – a Dari/Farsi word meaning to measure, check or verify – has been supported by CIR’s Afghan Witness (AW) project.

The Etilaatroz team have been working steadily with AW to learn fact-checking methodologies and develop open source skills.

In August 2024, the Taliban arrested two social media activists, Khetabullah Bangakh and Abdul Rahman Gulab, for spreading anti-Taliban content. Both were featured in confession videos pledging support to the Taliban.