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False: United Nations and World Health Organization sexual education guides say all children must have sexual partners. The claim sex education guides from the United Nation and World Health Organization say all children must have sexual partners is false. The claim is a result of a misrepresentation of passages within the documents, selective editing and outright fabrication. An expert told AAP FactCheck the guides are aimed at helping to guide schools, teachers and health educators and stress the need to teach sexuality education to children in an age-appropriate way. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)
Scam: Beware of Facebook account impersonating Kenyan digital credit provider and offering loans IN SHORT: Being asked to pay a fee in order to access a loan is a clear sign of a scam. That's the method used by a Facebook page impersonating Zenka Kenya, and its ads should be ignored. The Facebook account Zenka Loans is offering loans to Facebook users in Kenya. The account u (Source: Africa Check)
False: Don't believe remedy that 'cures the disease effectively' – there is still no one-size-fits-all cure for cancer IN SHORT: Cancer is a large group of diseases, with a variety of treatments tailored to the type of cancer and how far it has progressed. Claims that a herbal remedy offers a cure are irresponsible and should be ignored. "Cancer is a very common disease nowadays. It is manifested (Source: Africa Check)
Scam: Beware of another Facebook page in Kenya promising instant riches through joining the Illuminati IN SHORT: A Facebook page in Kenya claims to offer cash and other prizes, through joining "the Illuminati brotherhood". But it's just another scam, making use of a well-known type of fraud. The Facebook page Director Joice Bukachi Illuminati kenya 0710426532 promises to change th (Source: Africa Check)
Out In Open: New video evidence of Maricopa election officials illegally breaking into sealed election machines Out In OpenDoes a post show "new video evidence" of Maricopa County election officials breaking into sealed election machines? No, that's not true: The "new" video is a recording of a 2022 public live stream of the Maricopa County, Arizona, election headquarters where workers wer (Source: Lead Stories)
Misleading: Video shows Indonesian presidential hopeful Anies Baswedan's big rally in East Kalimantan in 2023 A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple Indonesian social media posts alongside a misleading claim that it shows a mass crowd joining presidential hopeful Anies Baswedan's event in East Kalimantan province. The video actually shows clips of two separate events: an event in East Kalimantan that Anies attended in February 2023 and an unrelated motorcycle club activity in Yogyakarta province in October 2022. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
False: Photo of a street in Indian-administered Kashmir ahead of G20 meeting. An image of a colourfully painted, brightly lit street has been shared on social media platforms alongside false claims the road is in Indian-administered Kashmir and was renovated ahead of a G20 tourism meeting there in May 2023. But the picture corresponds to Google Street View imagery of a street in a southern Bangladesh town, and the photographer who took it told AFP the image is unrelated to the G20 meeting. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
The constitution sta...: The constitution states that a property owner must be provided with their certificate of title in paper form. The claim that the constitution states a property owner must be provided with their certificate of title in paper form is false. There is no mention of land or property titles in the constitution, nor is there mention of format requirements. Laws in states and territories make clear the digitisation of documents is perfectly legal. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)
Public Health Fakes: drinking alcohol every day is good for your health. Issue #32 This week, we refute the reports of regional telegram channels that moderate alcohol consumption is allegedly good for health. “A glass of vodka every day should protect against cardiovascular diseases,” the authors of the channels write, referring even to scientific studies. We (Source: Vox Ukraine)
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)
False: The NHS Test and Trace app cost £37 billion. As the NHS Covid-19 app prepared to close at the end of April, a number of posts on Facebook claimed that £37 billion had been spent on it . One post on 27 April said: "NHS Covid app finally scrapped, £37 billion and it didn't even work." Another on 6 May said: "Can anyone explai (Source: Full Fact)
False: An injured dog has been found by someone posting in a County Durham Facebook group. A post on Facebook falsely claims that an injured dog has been found by someone posting in a buying and selling group for people in Dipton, County Durham, and urges social media users to share the post in order to find its owner. The post says: "My hubby and I found this sweet gi (Source: Full Fact)
False: Video shows cyclone-hit Yangon in May 2023 Social media posts in Myanmar have shared a video showing heavy winds and a flooded port alongside the false claim Cyclone Mocha destroyed many houses in the country's biggest city Yangon in May. However, the clips shared in the posts both predate Cyclone Mocha. AFP journalists in Yangon reported no widespread damage across the city while Myanmar's fire department only reported uprooted trees in the former capital. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
False: A woman, pictured as a child, is searching for her birth parents on Facebook. Several posts in local Facebook groups claiming to be from young women looking for their birth parents are fake. Although the posts use the same photograph of a young child, the details given are different: one claims to have been born in Plymouth and the other in Avonmouth, Bris (Source: Full Fact)
Missing Context: There is no evidence that the Covid-19 vaccines saved a single life. Many posts on Facebook claim : "There is no evidence that the shots saved a single life… Yet plenty of evidence they ended many!!!" Some posts include captions or comments that link the claim directly to the Covid-19 vaccines. We have also frequently seen the term "shot" being us (Source: Full Fact)
False: Nanotechnology in vaccines, when hit with a 5G signal, will cause muscle spasms and death. Please note that some of the links in this article are to video clips that are potentially distressing. A Facebook video shows footage of people collapsing with a voiceover implying these are deaths caused by Covid-19 vaccines and 5G. The narrator says "I believe that the nanotec (Source: Full Fact)
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: 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)
False: Sun is 93 million miles from Earth measured by parallax, not 3,000 miles The average distance between the Earth and Sun measured using trigonometry is 93 million miles, not 3,000 miles as claimed in a viral post online. The author of the post claims that measuring with a method known as triangulation, the distance between the Sun and Earth amounts to (Source: Reuters)
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: Hollywood actor and former professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson is embracing Hindu culture by praying in a temple. A set of three images showing Hollywood actor and former professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson, popularly known as 'The Rock', dressed as a Hindu priest carrying a prayer plate in his hands is going viral on social media.The claim states that Johnson is embracing the Hindu culture (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)
False: 'Go Back Modi' was graffitied in Ajmer, Rajasthan during PM Modi's visit on 31 May. (Archives of more claims on social media can be seen here, here, and here.)Twitter users shared this photo with the hashtag 'modi_Go_back', which had been used around 1.7 lakh times at the time of writing this article. (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)
False: Picture shows hoardings put up in Rajasthan against PM Narendra Modi ahead of his visit to the state. (Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on WhatsApp at 9643651818 , or e-mail it to us at webqoof@thequint.com and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories here .) (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)
False: Arvind Kejriwal has said that he will resign as the Delhi chief minister to show support for the protesting wrestlers. Several posts claiming that Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has announced that he will resign from the chief ministerial position to support the ongoing wrestlers' protest are false.BOOM found that the claim was amplified by a paro (Source: BOOM Live)
Missing Context: UK teacher who misgendered pupil banned for numerous reasons A British man has been banned from teaching for numerous breaches of the Teachers’ Standards code, a Department for Education (DfE) panel report shows, contrary to claims that Joshua Sutcliffe was banned only for using the wrong pronoun when addressing a transgender male pupil. O (Source: Reuters)
No Evidence: No evidence migration caused exaggerated 2013 Swedish rape statistics Exaggerated rape statistics for Sweden in 2013 that have been used to suggest that migrants have driven an increase in assaults are false. Although Swedish crime data show an increase in such offences between 1990 and 2011, there is no evidence migration was a cause, an expert sa (Source: Reuters)
Pants-Fire: "F.ight BREAKS as C.omer SHUTS UP Biden's lawyer with B0MBSHELL." A Facebook video did not show a fight break out during a congressional hearing. The video is a clip from a Feb. 8 U.S. House Oversight and Accountability committee hearing, where former Twitter executives testified about their roles in limiting tweets about a New York Post story on Hunter Biden’s laptop. (Source: PolitiFact)
False: Actor playing Stanley Kubrick discusses staging moon landing Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick did not admit to helping the U.S. government and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) stage the Apollo moon landings between 1969 and 1972. A quote from an actor playing the director in a recording of a purposely fabricated interview (Source: Reuters)
True: Disney+ greenlit a TV show about a teenage girl who gets pregnant after a one-night stand with the devil. About this rating In April 2023, claims began to spread that Disney+ had greenlit a show about a girl who becomes pregnant after having a one-night stand with the devil. The first social media post we found about the claim was posted to the Facebook page Donald Trump For Presiden (Source: Snopes)
Miscaptioned: A photograph showing three, white bats depicts actual living creatures. About this rating On May 31, 2023, a Twitter meme account posted a picture of three adorable, white bats with the caption: "These are white bats and they look like pomeranians with wings." While they may or may not look like Pomeranians with wings, the photographs depict a collec (Source: Snopes)
Barely-True: “Miami-Dade County has banned” Amanda Gorman’s poem “from elementary schools.” In March, a parent of students at the Bob Graham Education Center, a school in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, filed a complaint about "The Hill We Climb," a poem written by Amanda Gorman and read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration.After a review, the school moved the book to the middle school section of the K-8 school’s library.The school said the book was not banned, and that all students can still access it if they are at the appropriate reading level. That might limit access for some younger students. (Source: PolitiFact)
Half-True: A chart on Arctic sea ice provides evidence that Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.” Al Gore misstated climate research in 2009 when he said there was a "75% chance" the ice at the North Pole would be gone during the summer months by 2013.A chart showing the ice in the Arctic Sea growing during the winter and declining during the summer was used out of context in a Facebook post. Arctic Sea ice has been declining by an average of 12.6% every 10 years since 1980. (Source: PolitiFact)
Legit: An email message from noreply@epiqpay.com directs recipients to the website zoommeetingsclassaction.com as part of a real class-action lawsuit. About this rating This email was part of a genuine settlement and not a scam. It notified Zoom users who had filed claims before March 5, 2022, that they would soon be able to choose a payment method to receive payment. Further, any email messages from rewards@tremendous.com abou (Source: Snopes)
False: Manufacturer instructions say children should stay home for up to eight weeks after getting live-virus vaccines Recently vaccinated children can go to public places | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption Here's how one experimental flu shot aims to target 20 viruses Researchers say their experimental flu vaccine could target 20 viruses with one shot. “If your child just received any of these listed vaccine (sic) below, they should be kept away from public places –school – for up to 8 weeks, per manufacturer’s instructions,” the post reads. However, none of the vaccines used in the U.S. carry a recommendation to stay away from school or other public places. However, none of those documents instruct users to stay away from public places for any amount of time. The instructions for the other vaccines listed in the post also don't tell recipients to avoid public places for eight weeks. (Source: USA Today)
False: FBI Director Christopher Wray 'faces jail time' after being questioned by Sen. Ron Johnson Video shows Wisconsin senator questioning FBI director, but no mention of jail | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption FBI's Wray raises security concerns about TikTok FBI Director Chris Wray is raising national security concerns about TikTok (Dec. 2) APThe claim: FBI Director Christopher Wray 'faces jail time' after being questioned by Sen. Ron JohnsonA May 25 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson questioning FBI Director Christopher Wray during a Senate committee hearing. "Watch Wray SMACKED DOWN After Ron Johnson EXPERTLY Trap (sic) Him With 'Hunter Set-up'… Faces JAIL Time," reads the video's caption. It shows Johnson, a Republican, questioning Wray during a Senate committee hearing. There is no mention of "jail time" for Wray or anyone else. In the video, Johnson asks Wray several questions about an FBI briefing he was given in August 2020, during which he was warned he could be a target for Russian disinformation. (Source: USA Today)
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)
Unbelegt: Beiträge in Sozialen Netzwerken suggerieren, Anja Habeck vom Heizungsbauer Viessmann sei mit Bundeswirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck verwandt oder verschwägert. Seit Wochen sind die Verwandtschafts- und Bekanntschaftsverhältnisse im Wirtschaftsministerium medial Thema. Eine Debatte mit Folgen: Mitte Mai entließ der Grüne Minister Robert Habeck seinen Staatssekretär Patrick Graichen. Der hatte versucht, seinem Trauzeugen einenPostenzu ver (Source: Correctiv)
Größtenteils Falsch: Ein Experiment mit einem Eiswürfel in einem Wasserbecher zeige: Es sei unlogisch, dass durch das Abschmelzen des Eises in der Antarktis der Meeresspiegel steige, und sogar möglich, dass der Meeresspiegel dadurch sinke – denn umgekehrt platze eine Flasche Wasser, wenn sie einfriert, weil sich das Wasser ausdehne. Ein großer Brocken Eis schwimmt in einem Messbecher. Was wird passieren, wenn das Eis abschmilzt? Schnitt. Der Eisblock ist zu einem großen Teil geschmolzen, am Wasserstand hat sich nichts verändert. Stattdessen wird die Frage in den Raum gestellt: Müsste der Wasserspiegel nicht (Source: Correctiv)
Frei Erfunden: Jutta Dönges, Finanzvorständin des verstaatlichten Energieversorgers Uniper, sei die Ehefrau von Patrick Graichen. Am 17. Mai entließ Bundeswirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck seinen Staatssekretär im Wirtschaftsministerium, Patrick Graichen. Graichen war in die Kritik geraten,wiederholtenge Freunde und Familienmitglieder bei der Vergabe von wichtigen Posten und Fördermitteln bevorzugt zu haben (Source: Correctiv)
Teilweise Falsch: Die Ukraine bekomme 2,7 Milliarden, das Ahrtal nichts. AufFacebookundTwitterkursiert ein Foto von Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz. Darauf ist der Text zu lesen: „Ukraine kriegt 2,7 Milliarden, das Ahrlthal [sic] nichts. Das ist so!!!“ Tausende Nutzerinnen und Nutzer teilten die Beiträge. Immer wieder wird die finanzielle Unterstützung für (Source: Correctiv)
Unbelegt: Der Oberbefehlshaber der ukrainischen Armee, Walerij Saluschnyj, sei tot oder schwer verletzt. Walerij Saluschnyj, General und Oberbefehlshaber der ukrainischen Streitkräfte, ist eine zentrale Figur für sein Land im Krieg gegen Russland. Medienberichte schreiben ihm einewichtige Rollefür diemilitärischen Erfolgeder Ukraine zu. In den vergangenen Tagen häufen sich inSoziale (Source: Correctiv)