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False: A video shows banned books in Florida A Florida educator claimed in a widely shared TikTok video that the US state seized banned books from her school library. This is false; Broward County and state officials say the titles shown in the clip were removed because they were outdated. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
Fake: Don't believe images of satanic figures reading to children – 'Baphomet Book Club' photos are AI-generated IN SHORT: Artificial intelligence may lead to exciting innovation, but it also has a dark side. It's been used to generate images of children taking part in "satanic education rituals" which are spreading on social media in South Africa. But these images don't show reality. In Ma (Source: Africa Check)
Scam: Kenyans, don't be conned by another imposter Facebook page offering 'Inua Jamii' loans IN SHORT: Kenya is seeing more and more fake Facebook pages claiming to offer Inua Jamii loans. Those behind these pages prey on the poor and these posts should be ignored. A Facebook page Inua jamii soft loans claims to offer "Inua Jamii" loans to Kenyans. The page uses the name (Source: Africa Check)
Correct: "I made sure that our police have financial independence." Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Incorrect: "Our public debt is in the region of KSh8.8 trillion, close to KSh9 trillion." Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Unproven: "The fiscal deficit, you know, the money we are borrowing, we have reduced it from KSh1.1 trillion last year to KSh630 billion this year. We have reduced almost KSh500 billion." Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Incorrect: "When Mwai Kibaki came into office, we were collecting about 220 billion [in revenue]." Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Exaggerated: "By the time [Mwai Kibaki] was leaving in 10 years, we were collecting almost a trillion." Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Correct: "For the first time I am the one who pushed for the change of standing orders so that ministers of my administration can go to parliament and ask questions." Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Correct: This government has employed 35,000 teachers. Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Incorrect: "Five million youth in our country Kenya are struggling by the roads and loitering by shops, jobless." Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Incorrect: Six million Kenyans live in slums. Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Incorrect: "700,000 Kenyans are paid from public coffers, money from taxes." Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Correct: "The current budget deficit is 5.7%." Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Incorrect: "Kenyan exports as a percentage of gross domestic product came down from 28% eight years ago to 10% this year." Only a few months into his presidency, Kenya's president William Ruto is already under pressure due to a struggling economy. To explain his proposed policies ahead of his government's first budget, Ruto made a number of claims. He was correct about police autonomy, the accountabi (Source: Africa Check)
Fake: No, Guardian columnist George Monbiot didn't say he's had Covid 23 times – fake headline and op-ed IN SHORT : An odd bit of Britain's anti-vax politics has spread around the world in a screenshot that seems to have journalist George Monbiot saying, among other things, that "billions of kids are dying from long Covid every day". But the screenshot doesn't show an op-ed from the (Source: Africa Check)
Annual net migration...: Annual net migration increased by 100,000 between June 2022 and December 2022. The Sun has amended a graph published in an article on its website on 25 May showing net migration figures which did not accurately reflect the latest data, after being contacted by Full Fact. The graph, titled "net migration hits record high", showed how annual net migration to (Source: Full Fact)
False: All fish in the English Channel belong to the EU. A post on Facebook claims that "all fish in the English Channel belong to the EU", and "all humans found in the English Channel belong to the UK". But this isn't true. The UK and EU both have their own fishing quotas, which means the UK is entitled to its own proportion of fishin (Source: Full Fact)
False: All humans in the Channel belong to the UK. A post on Facebook claims that "all fish in the English Channel belong to the EU", and "all humans found in the English Channel belong to the UK". But this isn't true. The UK and EU both have their own fishing quotas, which means the UK is entitled to its own proportion of fishin (Source: Full Fact)
Satire: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t tweet that ‘printing money is the only way out of inflation’ A tweet stemming from a parody account impersonating U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being taken seriously by users online. The May 28 tweet “printing money is the only way out of inflation” (here) appears to originate from an account describing itself as parody ( (Source: Reuters)
False: Alfredo ‘Dr. Sebi’ Bowman was killed for challenging Western medicine Healer's death was from pneumonia, not an attempt to silence him | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption Allergies: Home remedies for pollen season Fight allergies using natural home remedies like honey and apple cider vinegar. Sebi’ Bowman was killed for challenging Western medicineA May 19 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) begins with an image of Alfredo "Dr. Sebi" Bowman next to an image of burdock roots. "Dr. Sebi tried to show it to the world but they threw him in prison and he d!ed (sic)." Fact check: Post wrongly links Goldfish snacks to weed killerThe Facebook video specifically ties Alfredo Bowman's death to his endorsement of burdock root, the plant pictured in the video. USA TODAY has previously debunked a claim from Alfredo Bowman that drinking urine could help cure blindness. (Source: USA Today)
False: Palace confirms Queen’s Christmas message will have Arabic subtitles for Syrian refugees Will Queen Elizabeth II read her traditional Christmas message with Arabic subtitles for Syrian refugees this year? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a British satire website. There is no truth to the story and the screenshot that went with it was digitally created fr (Source: Lead Stories)
Not Harmful: Bottled water Is Harmful Not HarmfulIs bottled water harmful? No, that's not true: A 25-second video that attempts to show "a dirty secret that alkaline water companies don't want you to know" doesn't show anything beyond a liquid and other substances being dumped into a glass.The claim appeared in a Tik (Source: Lead Stories)
False: video of CSK fans inside the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on the day of the IPL 2023 finals A video clip of a huge crowd in yellow is doing rounds on social media with a claim that it shows CSK fans inside the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on the day of the IPL 2023 finals between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans.The video was shared with the text:#final #msd (Source: News Mobile)
All German Fact Checks
Größtenteils Falsch: Laut einem aktuellen Impfplan der Apothekerkammer Schleswig-Holstein sei der Impfschutz der Corona-Impfstoffe „derzeit noch nicht bekannt“. Das zeige, dass die Impfung nicht wirksam sei. Eine Frau filmt sich und einen Impfplan. Den habe sie letzten Dienstag per Post erhalten, sagt sie, von der Apothekerkammer Schleswig-Holstein. Darin seien mehrere Impfstoffe aufgeführt, auch die gegen Covid-19 – das sei neu im Programm. Auf dem Impfplan steht, der Impfschutz der (Source: Correctiv)