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False: The European Parliament has declared that COVID-19 is a fraud at a recent conference. The claim that the European Parliament has declared COVID-19 a fraud is false. A video from a conference held in a parliamentary building is used to support the claim. The event was hosted by a group of MEPs and featured speakers with a history of spreading COVID misinformation. A European Parliament representative told AAP FactCheck it was not an official event and the European Union’s legislative body does not support its views. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

Miscaptioned: WNBA Championship parade video miscaptioned as 2023 NBA Championship parade A video showing aerial views of the WNBA Championship victory parade in Chicago in 2021 has been mislabeled in online posts mocking sparse turnout for the 2023 NBA Championship victory parade for the Denver Nuggets. “Nobody showed up to the Denver Nuggets championship parade,” re (Source: Reuters)