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Aligns Laws: California is considering a bill that will send children as young as 12 years old to group homes without the parent or guardian permission allows minors gender affirming care ab665 Aligns LawsIs California considering a bill that will send children "as young as 12" to be sent "to group homes without the parents permission," potentially allowing minors to receive gender-affirming medical or surgical care? No, that's not true: AB665 is a proposed bill to alig (Source: Lead Stories)
False: Demanding ransom is accepted in Buddhism. A politician in Sri Lanka who was convicted of extorting money from a businessman has been misquoted as saying that extortion "is not a violation of Buddhist principles" in a fabricated news graphic circulating on Facebook. The original news graphic quotes Prasanna Ranatunga speaking on an unrelated issue. An academic told AFP the posts feature a Buddhist verse about offering beverages, not about extortion. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
Misleading: Genuine images of Mayon volcano's eruption in 2023 Images that appear to show the Philippines' Mount Mayon spraying a tall fountain of lava in the air has been shared tens of thousands of times online as the volatile volcano spewed ash and rocks in June 2023. The images have been generated using an artificial intelligence tool and do not reflect Mayon's activity as of June 22, a researcher for the agency that monitors the archipelago's volcanoes told AFP. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
Flase: Video shows Biparjoy cyclone footage from India A video of a town devastated by flooding has been viewed hundreds of times alongside social media posts that falsely claim it shows the destruction caused by Cyclone Biparjoy after it hit coastal areas of Pakistan and India in June 2023. The video has circulated alongside reports of massive flooding after heavy rains in September 2021. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
False: Video of crowd booing suspended Nigerian central bank chief Posts have been shared on social media along with a video purportedly showing the suspended head of Nigeria’s central bank being booed outside court. But this is false: the clip shows politician Lamidi Apapa being jeered by Labour Party supporters who accuse him of trying to take control of the party and sabotaging presidential candidate Peter Obi’s legal challenge to nullify the outcome of February’s general election. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
False: Video of Ugandan ADF rebels celebrating school massacre A video of smiling armed men walking uphill as they are cheered on by an unidentified videographer has been viewed thousands of times in online posts claiming it shows rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) returning after carrying out a massacre at a Ugandan school. Ugandan authorities have blamed ADF for the attack on June 16, 2023. However, the video has been online since June 2022, a year before the school attack in which at least 42 were killed, including 37 students. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
False: These visuals shows landmines planted in Manipur by Kuki militants. Several pictures are going viral on the internet with users claiming that they show landmines planted in Manipur's Heikol by 'Kuki militants'.What have users said?: While some users shared the image to claim that a landmine blast happened in Manipur, others targeted the Kuki comm (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)
Mostly False: Eating blueberries treat UTIs Are berries capable of treating UTIs?No, not really. There is no scientific evidence to support the use of berries in the treatment of urinary tract infections, despite the fact that they have a high antioxidant content. Given that bacteria are frequently the cause of urinary tra (Source: Thip Media)
False: PM Modi's photo on the front page of The New York Times. Vishvas News fact-checked the viral post about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claimed coverage on the front page of the New York Times and found the purported screenshot to be fake and the claim to be false. The New York Times also confirmed that it has not published any such art (Source: Vishvasnews)
False: Boris Johnson will receive a £115,000-a-year pension for life. A number of claims about what Boris Johnson might be entitled to financially as a former Prime Minister have been circulating on social media. The claims have emerged in the wake of his resignation as an MP on 9 June and the subsequent publication of the Privileges Committee repo (Source: Full Fact)
Personal allowance t...: Personal allowance threshold changes mean someone working full time on the minimum wage has seen a "£1,000 reduction in their tax". "We have provided record increases to the personal allowance, meaning that a person working full time on the minimum wage has seen a £1,000 reduction in their tax." Oliver Dowden MP, 7 June 2023 . "We have reduced the income tax and national insurance paid by someone on the avera (Source: Full Fact)
The government has r...: The government has reduced the income tax and national insurance paid by someone on the average wage by about £1,100 a year. "We have provided record increases to the personal allowance, meaning that a person working full time on the minimum wage has seen a £1,000 reduction in their tax." Oliver Dowden MP, 7 June 2023 . "We have reduced the income tax and national insurance paid by someone on the avera (Source: Full Fact)
One in 10 pagers cur...: One in 10 pagers currently being used across the world are owned by the NHS. Only one company in the world still manufactures pagers, with the NHS estimated to own 1 in 10 pagers still in use. Labour press release, 13 June 2023 . The NHS is using 79,000 pagers, an estimated one in ten of the total globally. The Times, 14 June 2023 . Last week the Labour p (Source: Full Fact)
Debunked: Guardian a...: Debunked: Guardian article doesn't say, as fake pic implies, hot June weather proves climate change (Source: TheJournal.ie)
Debunked: No evidenc...: Debunked: No evidence for claims by anti-immigrant activist of attempted abduction in Kerry (Source: TheJournal.ie)
Public Health Fakes: Kennedy Jr. confirms the development of bioweapons in Ukraine. Issue #37 At the beginning of June, the Russian media spread the comments of Robert Kennedy Jr. regarding biolaboratories in Ukraine. The American politician allegedly confirmed the development of bioweapons in Ukrainian laboratories under the leadership of the United States. However, they (Source: Vox Ukraine)
False: A photo and a voter document prove Michelle Obama is a man Twitter users and websites claim a voter document from the US state of Illinois and a photo of Michelle Obama prove the former first lady is actually a man. This is false; the image is altered, and the Illinois State Board of Elections said it did not produce the purported voter record shared online. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
Miscaptioned: Donald Trump and Walt Nauta photo predates court ban on communication A photo of former U.S. President Donald Trump signing autographs with his aide and co-defendant Walt Nauta standing beside him predates a court order barring Trump from communicating with potential witnesses, including Nauta, about the federal case against Trump for mishandling c (Source: Reuters)
False: An image shows a CNN news story that reported the OceanGate submersible on its way to the Titanic wreckage site was found empty. As rescuersrace against the clockto find the Titan, the lost submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, social media users on Wednesday shared a fabricated CNN report that falsely claimed the vessel has been found with no one inside. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)
False: Video shows China launched an artificial sun A video has been viewed millions of times after it circulated on various social media platforms alongside a false claim that it shows the launch of China's artificial sun. The clip actually shows the launch of NASA's Artemis I rocket in November 2022 at the Kennedy Space Center in the US state of Florida. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
All German Fact Checks
Unbelegt: Die nächsten Lockdowns stünden an, diesmal unter dem Vorwand des Hitzeschutzes. Als in einer Pressekonferenz, unter anderem mit Bundesgesundheitsminister Karl Lauterbach, die Rede von Notstand, von einer „Katastrophe im Gesundheitswesen“” und einer möglichen Überlastung des Gesundheitssystems die Rede war, erinnerte das Manche an die Corona-Pandemie. Der näc (Source: Correctiv)