A chart is circulating on social media: in Cambodia, in Rwanda and among Jews during the Holocaust the population fell, in Gaza it grew, so there can be no genocide there. But the Genocide Convention does not ask about population size, the curve did not fall for the Yazidis, the Rohingya or the Ixil, and the chart's figures for Gaza are a pre-war projection. According to Palestinian statisticians, the population of Gaza has fallen. We explain what defines genocide and where the dispute over Gaza really stands.
10/30/2026
Where society is least resilient to disinformation according to the Media Literacy Index 2026, people hold the most favourable view of Russia according to Eurobarometer. Two thirds of Czechs support sanctions against Russia, but fewer than a third support weapons for Ukraine. In Slovakia, roughly half of people adopt the Kremlin's account of the war, yet only a fifth to a quarter want to leave the European Union and NATO.
9/28/2026
Hybrid campaigns, algorithm manipulation and influence operations show how democratic processes can be destabilised.
12/20/2024
