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#COP28
Last year fossil fuel companies spent over 4 mill USD on greenwashing ads on Facebook before and during COP27 in Egypt last year, gaining 246 million impressions. Read our CEOs post on spread of false news on climate.
#Elections
Reuters
False: Geert Wilders has been elected as the new prime minister of Netherlands
Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders won the most seats in the Nov. 22 election but must first form a coalition, which could take months, to be prime minister.
#Israel-Hamas Conflict
Full Fact
Partly False: A photo features Israeli children drawing on shells that will be used on Gaza.
The photograph is from 2006 and shows Israeli children writing on shells bound for Lebanon.
#Health
Full Fact
True: Among countries in western Europe, the UK was one of the worst off when it came to excess deaths during the pandemic period.
On measures used by Our World in Data and the Office for National Statistics, most western European countries experienced fewer excess deaths relative to their population than the UK.
Snopes
Half True: As stated in an internet meme, drinking red wine carries health benefits such as increasing heart health, improving sleep, burning fat, and fighting sickness.
The meme is partially accurate but omits mention of corresponding health disadvantages of drinking red wine.
#Nordics
Tjekdet
Ikke Dokumenteret: Langt de fleste kontanter, der er i omløb, bliver brugt på lovlige formål
Det er vanskeligt at undersøge penge, der er brugt til ulovlige formål. Hvis man udelukkende kigger på de 21,6 milliarder kroner i tusindkronesedler, der skal indkaldes, er det op mod halvdelen, der kan indgå i den kriminelle økonomi.
#Other
Full Fact
Missing Context: The best barrier for stopping illegal immigration is to stop all benefits to "illegal immigrants".
People in the UK without a legal right to be here are not entitled to claim any benefits. Asylum seekers, including those who arrive in the UK on small boats for example, also can’t claim welfare benefits, but do receive some financial support from the government as well as help with housing if they need it.
Snopes
Mostly True: NASA is installing internet on the moon.
NASA is indeed bringing a celestial internet of sorts to the moon, but it is not the same internet we know on Earth. The technology employs a “protocol suite” of new networking technologies for transmitting information between astronauts in space and those on Earth.
#WTF?! What The Fact of the week
PolitiFact
False: The International Space Station is in a pool, not in space.
The International Space Station is 250 miles from Earth. Images in this post show astronauts training underwater in a large swimming pool to simulate space conditions before a mission.
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