It’s unclear exactly how the rumors began, but seem to have originated from a gay news website which published a YouTube video in March titled “Ireland’s gay Eurovision entry may rile Russians.”

In the ‘news’ video, the presenter claims Ireland’s entry “could result in a broadcast ban in Russia” thanks to “Russia’s strict anti-gay propaganda laws” —  but no evidence of any threat from Russia to ban the broadcast of the performance is provided.

Despite a lack of evidence or details beyond mere speculation, that video was then tweeted by the Irish artist Ryan O’Shaughnessy who is the co-writer and performer of the Eurovision song in question. Soon, the false information was all over Irish media, being picked up by a handful of popular Irish news websites as well as some more obscure outlets.