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Leaf≠Antivenom: Eating A Green Leaf Will Help A Venomous Snake Bite Leaf≠AntivenomWill eating a leaf with chlorophyll provide relief to a person bitten by a venomous snake? No, that's not true: A board-certified emergency medicine toxicologist specializing in herpetology and envenomation (exposure to poison from a bite or sting) treatment told Le (Source: Lead Stories)
Not Government: The World Economic Forum (WEF) banned "natural conception," saying "all babies must be lab-grown by 2030." Not GovernmentDid the World Economic Forum (WEF) ban "natural conception," saying "all babies must be lab-grown by 2030"? No, that's not true: The WEF is an international organization that focuses on public-private cooperation and global economic issues. It does not have the auth (Source: Lead Stories)
Ai-Generated: Picture Shows Trump Dancing With A 13 Year Old Girl AI-GeneratedDoes a "photo" show Donald Trump "in his 50's," then a businessman, "dancing with a 13 year old girl"? No, that's not true: That is not a photo -- it is an image artificially created by algorithms.The story appeared in a tweet (archived here) published on June 14, 202 (Source: Lead Stories)
False: Video of Cristiano Ronaldo commenting on Indonesia vs Argentina match A video of Cristiano Ronaldo speaking in Portuguese at a press conference has been viewed more than 1.7 million times in posts that falsely claim it shows the football superstar warning reigning world champions Argentina not to underestimate minnows Indonesia ahead of their match in Jakarta in June 2023. The Indonesian subtitles added to the video are wholly inaccurate, and the clip in fact shows Ronaldo speaking to the press at the World Cup in Qatar in November 2022 -- six months before the Indonesia-Argentina match was officially announced. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
False: Videos show destruction caused by Typhoon Mawar in Japan in June 2023 As Typhoon Mawar brought heavy rain to Japan in early June 2023, a compilation of clips was repeatedly shared in South Korean social media posts falsely claiming it showed the damage caused by the storm. In fact, none of the clips show Typhoon Mawar's impact on Japan in 2023. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
Video Artifact: This beam of light caused the explosion, Directed energy weapons deployed Video ArtifactWas an explosion caused by a Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) caught on tape -- showing a beam of light coming down from the sky in the split-second before the enormous blast? No, that's not true: Although this footage of an explosion is real, the momentary appearance o (Source: Lead Stories)
False: Fake cabbage being sold to consumers Two videos have been viewed millions of times in the Philippines alongside a false claim they show "fake cabbages" being made for consumption. However, the clips are in fact demonstrations of how realistic display food items are created in Japan in a town known for first making the replicas. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
False: Biden violated US Flag Code during a White House Pride Month event Flag code applies to flags hanging from staffs, not White House balcony | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption Biden hosts Pride celebration with singer Betty Who at White House President Joe Biden hosted the largest-ever Pride celebration at the White House along with the singer Betty Who. Flag Code §7. Flag Code being referenced in the posts only applies to flags hanging from staffs. Flag Conference that led to the adoption of the flag code. Raughter also said the flag code is not relevant to the White House display. (Source: USA Today)
Propaganda Diary: a review of Russian disinformation in European media in May 2023 In May 2023, VoxCheck monitored 86 media outlets from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Germany, and identified 1,118 cases of disinformation about Ukraine. The highest number of disinformation cases were found in Slovakian media (277), Polish media (248), (Source: Vox Ukraine)
Partly False: Police have said that if you see a dog locked in a car in hot temperatures you should take a picture of the dog and the car, call police, wait five minutes and break the car window. By doing so, you will not be charged with criminal damage and will be providing police with evidence to take the dog o Claims that "police say" you can smash a window to rescue a dog from a hot car after taking a photograph and waiting five minutes have been shared almost 180,000 times on Facebook . The posts, which encourage others to copy and paste the content in order to share it more widely, (Source: Full Fact)
False: Amazon is selling iPhone 14s for £3. A Facebook post falsely claims that Amazon is selling iPhone 14s for £3 as part of a summer deal. The post shows a video of someone unpacking an iPhone 14 with Amazon logos added on top of the footage promoting the "special offer". Its caption explains that Amazon is "clearing ou (Source: Full Fact)
Missing Context: People should watch out for ice sinking in their drink, because that means it has been spiked with drugs. Social media posts warning people to watch out for ice sinking in their drink as a sign it may have been spiked have been shared tens of thousands of times . A number of posts seen by Full Fact use similar wording, which says: "With it being summer and more people are out drinkin (Source: Full Fact)
FactCheck: Abortion...: FactCheck: Abortion bill still many stages away from passing into law (Source: TheJournal.ie)
No Evidence: No evidence of Trump Truth Social post blaming personal aide following indictment There is no evidence that a screenshot purporting to show a social media post published by former U.S. President Donald Trump blaming a personal aide, Walt Nuata, following his indictment is real, despite a screenshot circulating online. The image circulated after U.S. prosecutor (Source: Reuters)
False: A Boston church burned during “a homosexual marriage” and there were no survivors. The First Congregational Church in Spencer, Massachusetts, burned down June 2 after it was struck by lightning. But the fire did not start during a same-sex wedding, nor were there any injuries reported. The city’s fire chief told PolitiFact that the building was empty and locked when the fire started. (Source: PolitiFact)
False: Country singer Miranda Lambert is giving away “free belly melt kits.” This post isn’t authentic. (Source: PolitiFact)
False: “The United Nations replaces all 193 country flags with LGBT flags.” The United Nations in New York didn’t replace its member country flags with pride flags, a spokesperson said. A photo used to support this claim was taken at Rockefeller Center in New York City in 2019. (Source: PolitiFact)
Pants-Fire: The military arrested the administrator of the Small Business Administration. This is fabricated. (Source: PolitiFact)
Video: Q&A on the En...: Video: Q&A on the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency The federal public health emergency for COVID-19 ended on May 11, bringing changes to health care and public benefits. In this video, FactCheck.org teamed up with Factchequeado to answer some questions about how this might affect you. The end of the public health emergency is not (Source: FactCheck.org)
Ad Misleads: Trump N...: Ad Misleads: Trump Not Charged as Spy The latest ad from the anti-Trump Lincoln Project promotes the same mistaken argument that Donald Trump himself has made — that the former president has been charged with spying or espionage. Trump was charged under a part of the Espionage Act concerning the willful retention of (Source: FactCheck.org)
False: "Silenciaron al Dr. Sebi" por decir que ciertos vegetales "son productos de laboratorio". Alfredo "Dr. Sebi" Bowman murió en el 2016 después de contagiarse de neumonía mientras estaba en prisión en Honduras. En el 2019 su familia desmintió la declaración de que fue asesinado. (Source: PolitiFact)
Miscaptioned: A viral video posted on June 14, 2023, showed Ukrainian Armed Forces training child soldiers. About this rating In mid-June 2023, social media users, includingFirst Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the U.N.Dmitriy Polyanskiy, shared a video that allegedly showed proof that child soldiers were recruited in Ukraine to fight against Russia. Although the video is (Source: Snopes)
False: Video shows a pro-Trump demonstration in Miami, Florida in 2023 Social media users claim a video shows Donald Trump supporters in Miami protesting the former US president's federal indictment for mishandling classified government documents. This is false; the video depicts a 2020 demonstration in Washington. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
Correct Attribution: On June 14, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden said a new railroad was planned to be built across the Indian Ocean. About this rating Biden's obvious verbal gaffe was met with derision on social media. On June 14, 2023, claims began to spread on social media platforms that U.S. President Joe Biden had said there were plans to build a railroad across the Indian Ocean. "BIDEN: "We have plans to (Source: Snopes)
False: Fabricated Trump post blames legal team for not hiding documents from DOJ Former U.S. President Donald Trump did not publish a Truth Social post blaming his “old legal team” for circumstances surrounding his June 2023 indictment that included charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents. The screenshot is fabricated and originated in a ser (Source: Reuters)
False: Photos show an 'alien' has been found in South Africa. A post [warning: graphic images] on Facebook falsely claims that several photos show an alien has been found in South Africa. But the photos actually show the corpse of a newborn baboon, as well as a photograph of a sculpture. The post says: "'Alіenѕ' with umbilical cords still a (Source: Full Fact)
False: Australia has announced plans for mass injections of mRNA vaccines into livestock. THE FACTS:While officials and experts have credited COVID-19 vaccines withsaving millions of livessince their debut in late 2020, false and misleading claims continue to circulate daily. Among them:erroneous assertionsthat the mRNA vaccines or others using that technology will be administered to humans through food. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)
False: Map shows 2020 electionresults in California Map in post does not accurately reflect 2020 California election results | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption Fox settles with Dominion for $787 million in defamation case Dominion Voting Systems initially filed a $1.6 billion lawsuit against the media company over false claims about the 2020 presidential election. Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunksOur rating: FalseThe map of California in the post does not accurately reflect the state's certified results from the 2020 presidential election. The map in the post appears to match the results of the 1984 presidential election. But the map does not accurately reflect the certified results of the 2020 election in the state, said Joe Kocurek, a spokesperson for the California secretary of state. That year, Reagan got the majority of votes in all but five California counties, according to certified election results provided by Kocurek. (Source: USA Today)
All German Fact Checks
Falscher Kontext: Ein Video zeige einen Elektroroller-Friedhof in Frankreich. Erneut kursiert ein Video, das unzählige gelb-schwarze Elektromopeds zeigt, die aufgereiht auf einem Gelände stehen. AufFacebookundTelegramheißt es, dieser „Friedhof“ sei in Frankreich. Weil das Entsorgen von Batterien teuer sei, sei es wohl einfacher, die Fahrzeuge auf „einer so (Source: Correctiv)
Unbelegt: Der Arzt Richard M. Fleming zeige unter einem Mikroskop, dass Blut verklumpe, wenn der „genetische“ Corona-Impfstoff von Johnson & Johnson dazu gemischt werde. Der ehemalige US-amerikanische Arzt Richard M. Fleming fragte am 27. April in einemTweet: „Was geschieht, wenn die genetischen Impfstoffe direkt dem menschlichen Blut zugesetzt werden?“ Dazu veröffentlichte er ein Video, das angeblich einen Versuch mit einer Blutprobe und dem Cov (Source: Correctiv)
Fehlender Kontext: Die „Tagesschau“ stelle durch die Farbgebung ihrer Wetterkarten Temperaturen von 26 Grad Celsius im Jahr 2023 heißer dar als noch 1997. Das Wetter wird wieder sommerlich und im NetzverbreitenNutzerinnen und Nutzer wie schon seit Jahren angeblich manipulierteWetterkarten. Seit 2019 verbreiten sich solche Vergleicheimmer wieder im Netz,Das Narrativ: Bei hohen Temperaturen seien Wetterkarten im Fernsehen heute inten (Source: Correctiv)
Frei Erfunden: Die internationale Luftwaffenübung Air Defender 2023 in Deutschland verursache mehr CO2, als das Land in Jahren ausstoßen könne. Seit dem 12. Juni 2023 findet über Deutschland mehrere Tage lang eine große Luftwaffenübung mit tausenden Teilnehmern aus 25 Ländern statt –laut der Bundeswehrist es die größte Übung dieser Art seit Bestehen der Nato. Das lässt auch einen hohen CO2-Ausstoß vermuten, denn Flugzeug (Source: Correctiv)