diff --git a/src/Content/Post/Factory/PostMedia.php b/src/Content/Post/Factory/PostMedia.php
index fe71b21973..38c5f28ebf 100644
--- a/src/Content/Post/Factory/PostMedia.php
+++ b/src/Content/Post/Factory/PostMedia.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use Friendica\BaseFactory;
 use Friendica\Capabilities\ICanCreateFromTableRow;
 use Friendica\Content\Post\Entity;
 use Friendica\Network;
+use Friendica\Util\Network as UtilNetwork;
 use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Uri;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use stdClass;
@@ -48,24 +49,24 @@ class PostMedia extends BaseFactory implements ICanCreateFromTableRow
 	{
 		return new Entity\PostMedia(
 			$row['uri-id'],
-			$row['url'] ? new Uri($row['url']) : null,
+			UtilNetwork::isValidUri($row['url']) ? new Uri($row['url']) : '',
 			$row['type'],
 			$this->mimeTypeFactory->createFromContentType($row['mimetype']),
 			$row['media-uri-id'],
 			$row['width'],
 			$row['height'],
 			$row['size'],
-			$row['preview'] ? new Uri($row['preview']) : null,
+			UtilNetwork::isValidUri($row['preview']) ? new Uri($row['preview']) : null,
 			$row['preview-width'],
 			$row['preview-height'],
 			$row['description'],
 			$row['name'],
-			$row['author-url'] ? new Uri($row['author-url']) : null,
+			UtilNetwork::isValidUri($row['author-url']) ? new Uri($row['author-url']) : null,
 			$row['author-name'],
-			$row['author-image'] ? new Uri($row['author-image']) : null,
-			$row['publisher-url'] ? new Uri($row['publisher-url']) : null,
+			UtilNetwork::isValidUri($row['author-image']) ? new Uri($row['author-image']) : null,
+			UtilNetwork::isValidUri($row['publisher-url']) ? new Uri($row['publisher-url']) : null,
 			$row['publisher-name'],
-			$row['publisher-image'] ? new Uri($row['publisher-image']) : null,
+			UtilNetwork::isValidUri($row['publisher-image']) ? new Uri($row['publisher-image']) : null,
 			$row['blurhash'],
 			$row['id']
 		);
diff --git a/src/Util/Network.php b/src/Util/Network.php
index 495510189f..e18173c72c 100644
--- a/src/Util/Network.php
+++ b/src/Util/Network.php
@@ -658,4 +658,25 @@ class Network
 		$scheme = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME);
 		return !empty($scheme) && in_array($scheme, ['http', 'https']) && parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if a provided URI is valid
+	 *
+	 * @param string|null $uri
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public static function isValidUri(string $uri = null): bool
+	{
+		if (empty($uri)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		try {
+			new Uri($uri);
+		} catch (\Exception $e) {
+			Logger::debug('Invalid URI', ['code' => $e->getCode(), 'message' => $e->getMessage(), 'uri' => $uri]);
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
 }