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False: No, WEF can't 'hack your dreams' to 'fact-check your subconscious' – bizarre claim misuses two-year-old US beer ad experiment IN SHORT : Is the hard work of fighting disinformation about to get easier with new World Economic Forum tech that can simply insert fact-checks into people's dreams? No, this scenario is a mangled conspiracy theory that reads far too much into a 2021 beer advert. "We can now imp (Source: Africa Check)

Scam: Is Kenyan flour miller UNGA Limited urgently hiring? No, viral job ads on Facebook are fake IN SHORT: Scammers often target those desperate for jobs with fake ads and use names of well-known companies. Kenyans, beware of this job scam. "UNGA LIMITED COMPANY is urgently looking for the following personel, packers, drivers, cashier's, ICT literate, salesman, supervisor, W (Source: Africa Check)

Twenty thousand nurs...: Twenty thousand nurses left the New Zealand health system due to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The claim 20,000 nurses left the New Zealand health system due to COVID-19 vaccine mandates is false. At the time the mandate ended, 440 nurses and midwives had been terminated, 67 had resigned and 83 had been stood down as a result of the vaccine requirements. The Nursing Council of New Zealand told AAP FactCheck the number of nurses holding Annual Practising Certificates increased over the pandemic period. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

False: A Current Affair featured a government-run course on how to invest your money The claim that A Current Affair featured a government-run course on how to invest your money is false. The Facebook video is a real ACA segment about financial literacy that’s been edited to promote a fake investment platform using an alternative voiceover. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

False: Senior lawyer appears for Sri Lankan comedian who allegedly mocked Buddhism Facebook users have repeatedly shared a false claim that Sri Lanka's former Bar Association president had represented a stand-up comedian who was arrested for controversial comments about Buddhism, the country's majority religion. The lawyer -- well known for defending freedom of speech during protests in Sri Lanka in 2022 -- told AFP he was not the comedian's legal representative. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

No Evidence: No evidence Donald Trump posted derogatory Pride message to Ron DeSantis (Editor’s note: Article contains offensive language in paragraph two) There is no evidence a screenshot of a Truth Social post by former United States President Donald Trump calling fellow Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis a homophobic slur is authentic. A screenshot (Source: Reuters)

False: The majority of AIDS patients died from medication developed when Dr. Anthony Fauci led the nation’s response to the emerging epidemic, not from the virus itself. Social media users are once again sharing the long debunked notion that Fauci, the face of the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, advocated decades earlier for a drug to combat the emerging AIDS epidemic that turned out to be more deadly than the virus itself. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

Altered Photo: Photo Of Donald Trump On A Golf Course Is Real Altered PhotoIs this photo an accurate depiction of former President Donald Trump on a golf course on June 6, 2023? No, that's not true: The image in this post has been digitally altered to make it appear as if Trump has aged noticeably and gained weight. The actual photo, initia (Source: Lead Stories)

Michigan, 1945: Fluoride Was 'First Used In The Drinking Water Of The Soviet Gulags' Michigan, 1945Did the Soviet Union pioneer water fluoridation? Did it use it on prisoners in the Gulag system to control them? No, that's not true: The United States was the first country in the world to implement this technology, and there is no indication that the Soviet Union  (Source: Lead Stories)

Altered Media: Photos of Hollywood actor Dwayne Johnson performing a Hindu ritual Images appearing to show Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson dressed as a Hindu holy man have been shared in multiple social media posts in India that falsely claim the former professional wrestler had converted to Hinduism. The images were originally posted by an Indian visual artist who told AFP he created them using the AI tool Midjourney. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

False: Argos is selling PlayStation 5 consoles for below £2. A Facebook post falsely claims that Argos is giving away PlayStation 5 consoles for under £2, but the retailer has confirmed that the offer is not genuine. The post says: "We are offering the P5 for sale at a price of £1.8, which includes models that were previously used in trade (Source: Full Fact)

All German Fact Checks

Größtenteils Richtig: Im Rahmen der Proteste gegen das Urteil gegen Lina E. habe die Nordwestbahn in einer internen Nachricht dazu aufgerufen, Fahrgäste aufgrund äußerlicher Merkmale der Bundespolizei zu melden – zum Beispiel, wenn sie ein „alternatives Auftreten“ hätten. Diese Beschreibung habe das Unternehmen von der Bundespolizei übernommen. Seit 1. Juni 2023 kursiert ein Screenshot aufTwitter, der eine interne Nachricht der Nordwestbahn zeigen soll. Der Tweet stammt von der Basisgruppe Antifaschismus, vieleNutzerinnenund Nutzer teilten ihn. In der Nachricht heißt es, „links“ orientierte Personen auf dem Weg nach Bre (Source: Correctiv)

Falsch: Raps löse bei Hunden schwere Verbrennungen der Haut aus. Es sind furchtbare Fotos, dieseit Ende April auf Facebook kursieren. Sie zeigen einen verletzten Hund mit geröteter, geschwollener Haut, besonders im Augenbereich. Laut dem Beitrag soll das zeigen, dass Raps „schwere Verbrennungen bei Hunden, Säugetieren und sogar Menschen auslös (Source: Correctiv)