NewsFront controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Manipulated celebrity videos used in false film story
The outlet circulated manipulated videos purporting to show Chuck Norris and Dolph Lundgren endorsing a fictional or fabricated Zelensky biopic.
2022
International sanctions and platform enforcement
NewsFront, its publishing company, and associated individuals faced sanctions and further platform restrictions over alleged involvement in Russian propaganda and disinformation operations.
2020
COVID-19 disinformation allegations
Researchers and U.S. officials associated NewsFront with false coronavirus and vaccine narratives, including claims about U.S. responsibility for creating and exporting COVID-19.
2014
Seizure of Crimean investigative-journalism resources
NewsFront’s origin has been linked to an incident in which Konstantin Knyrik and masked men reportedly entered the headquarters of the Crimean Center for Investigative Journalism and took control of its resources during Russia’s occupation of Crimea.