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WEB4 days ago — Satire site behind claim Shaquille O'Neal banished Tim Walz from his Atlanta restaurant. US elections 2024. Published on 19/09/2024 at 13:09.
Decades-old image shows airshow collision, not 'US fighter ...
WEB2 days ago — An image of a mid-air accident at an airshow in the United Kingdom has been shared in social media videos that falsely claimed it showed a US fighter jet shot down over the Black Sea. While a US-made F-16 -- supplied to Ukraine by its Western allies -- crashed during a combat mission in August 2024, the image shows a Russian MiG-29 that …
Posts mislead on climate impact of human-caused CO2
WEB2 days ago — A 2016 study found a mathematical model confirmed a link between Earth's temperature increases and rising CO2 concentration in the atmosphere (archived here). Schmidt told AFP on September 23 that the X post misleads on "how much CO2 is human-caused" and is "wrong about it not mattering." "All of the climate trends in recent …
Deepfake of Justin Trudeau used for fake passive income ads
WEB2 days ago — The clip -- with more than 109,000 views -- appears to show Trudeau and Freeland promoting a passive income program that claims users could earn up to $8,000 to $10,000 weekly. Another post with the same video was posted a minute earlier by the same account and received some 22,000 views. Screenshot of a Facebook post taken …
Misleading claims about ballot invalidation spread online
WEB4 days ago — In Virginia, ballots may be invalidated by markings in some cases. Poll workers can only write on ballots when voters need assistance because they have a physical disability or cannot read or write. If the ballot is accidentally defaced, Virginia voters can get a new paper, and the election officer will mark the old ballot as "spoiled ...
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WEB5 days ago — Israeli-Palestinian conflict War in Ukraine Climate US politics Covid-19. US elections 2024. Published on 23/09/2024 at 11:40.
Video shows sardines beaching in the Philippines, not Indonesia
WEB2 days ago — A video showing a multitude of fish swarming a shore in the Philippines has been viewed thousands of times alongside a false claim it was filmed in Indonesia, with posts suggesting it signalled an imminent earthquake. The footage dates back to January 2024 when Philippine media quoted a local fishery official saying the movement of …
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