“The more confusion and mistrust they can inject right after a breaking news event, the harder it becomes for people to know what’s true and who to trust,” Sadeghi said. “If people doubt law enforcement, journalists or democratic institutions, it weakens those institutions’ ability to act and communicate in a crisis.”
According to NewsGuard, pro-Kremlin groups on messaging app Telegram falsely claimed that Kirk had been added to the Myrotvorets list, a Ukrainian database of pro-Russia voices, before his death. The false claim was recited by a Russian-linked propaganda outlet and repeated by Google’s AI-generated news summary.
The Russian influence operation known as Storm-1679 also shared a video on social media spoofing Ukrainian government-run platform United24, falsely suggesting that Ukrainians widely celebrated Kirk’s killing, according to NewsGuard.
Iran-linked groups also amplified false narratives related to Kirk’s killing, accusing Israel of orchestrating the shooting in retaliation for his opposition to the U.S. military strike on Iran in June. State news agency IRNA also shared conspiracy theories related to Kirk’s criticism of Israel.
In addition, NewsGuard identified incidents of foreign disinformation on social platform X, where pro-China accounts falsely claimed that the suspected shooter donated to President Donald Trump’s campaign in 2020.
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