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False: Chelsea Clinton said, “It’s time to force-jab every unvaccinated child in America.” Chelsea Clinton did not say that every unvaccinated child in the U.S. should be forcibly vaccinated without parental consent.Clinton spoke of the Clinton Health Access Initiative’s partnership with the World Health Organization and others in the "Big Catch-up," a global effort to restore childhood immunization progress lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.There are no forced vaccinations associated with the initiative, the WHO said. (Source: PolitiFact)

Miscaptioned: Fireworks video does not show Naples, predates Napoli’s Serie A win A video likely from Split, Croatia and dating to at least 2020 has been falsely linked to recent celebrations in the Italian city of Naples after local team Napoli secured their first Serie A football title in 33 years. "Scenes in Naples tonight after Napoli win their first leagu (Source: Reuters)

False: Message claims if a voter's name is not on the voter's list, then a person can cast their vote using 'Challenge Vote' FactBOOM found that the claim that a voter can cast their vote even if their name is not on the electoral roll by asking for a 'challenge vote', is false. We debunked a similar claim ahead of the general election in 2019. We read through the handbook issued by the ECI for polling (Source: BOOM Live)