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False: "NASA just announced a 100-foot-wide fissure-crack just opened up Yellowstone volcano in 24 hours.” A 100-foot crack on a rock wall at Grand Teton National Park in 2018 has no connection to volcanic activity at nearby Yellowstone National Park, as a Facebook post falsely claims. (Source: PolitiFact)

False: En WhatsApp puedes leer todas las conversaciones de tu pareja, “solo tienes que marcar 785# el número de su celular # y listo”. No hay un código que puedas marcar para leer las conversaciones de WhatsApp de otras personas.WhatsApp usa una tecnología que no permite eso. El cifrado de extremo a extremo de WhatsApp asegura que solo usted y la persona con la que se está comunicando puedan leer y escuchar lo que es enviado. (Source: PolitiFact)

Altered: Image shows CNN tweet about Volodymyr Zelenskyy's 'mass migration' plans Fact check: Image shows fabricated CNN tweet about Ukrainian 'mass migration'Show Caption Hide Caption McCarthy responds to Russian reporter: Russia 'should pull out' of Ukraine Speaker Kevin McCarthy had harsh words for a Russian reporter questioning his support for Ukraine during a press conference in Israel. Connor Ling, USA TODAYThe claim: Image shows CNN tweet about Volodymyr Zelenskyy's 'mass migration' plansAn April 27 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows what appears to be a tweet from CNN about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "Ukrainian President Zelensky plans on using mass immigration to fix the country's demographics issues," reads the supposed tweet. Tweet is digitally fabricatedEmily Kuhn, a CNN spokesperson, told USA TODAY in an email that the image is fabricated and not something the outlet reported. Lubomyr Luciuk, a professor at the Royal Military College of Canada with similar expertise, labeled the claim disinformation in an email to USA TODAY. (Source: USA Today)