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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Conspiracy theories about FEMA’s Oct. 4 emergency alert test spread online

2023-09-25 CLAIM: An emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 will send a signal to cell phones nationwide in order to activate nanoparticles such as graphene oxide that have been introduced into people’s bodies. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media post recasts celebrity deaths as part of conspiracy

2023-09-21 Princess Diana, actor Heath Ledger and musician John Lennon were “killed for exposing the truth.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – This World Economic Forum video doesn’t prove any COVID-19 conspiracy. It employed an analogy.

2023-09-15 A World Economic Forum video reveals conspiracy behind COVID-19 spread. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Pesky conspiracy theory about GMO mosquitoes is back. Here’s why they aren’t in Ohio.

2023-09-12 "Modified mosquitoes have officially made it to Ohio.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires?

2023-09-12 Conspiracy theories attempt to link recent wildfires with plans for “smart cities,” but there’s no connection. Most smart city technology is small-scale and incremental — such as adding software and sensors — and doesn’t require destroying Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Video Does NOT Prove 9/11 WTC 7 Conspiracy — A Reporting Error On A Chaotic, Confusing Day Was Corrected ASAP

2023-09-11 Does a BBC report from September 11, 2001, saying World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7) fell more than 20 minutes before it actually did prove a conspiracy? No, that's not true: There's no evidence of a WTC 7 conspiracy. The discrepancy i Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Conspiracy Theorists Need Not Apply

2023-09-11 Vivek Ramaswamy’s comments about the 9/11 terror attacks show he’s not fit for public office. Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Is FEMA at Burning Man? Virus Outbreak Conspiracy Theory Spreads Online

2023-09-05 https://www.newsweek.com/burning-man-fema-ebola-conspiracy-theories-1824295 After the Burning Man festi Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Social media videos push baseless conspiracy theory that blue items were spared from Maui wildfires

2023-08-30 CLAIM: Only blue items survived the Maui wildfires and lasers do not impact that color, suggesting the island was actually hit by a directed energy weapon “attack.” Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Conspiracy theorist spreads false information about the return of COVID-19 mandates

2023-08-24 CLAIM: Transportation Security Administration managers were told on Aug. 15 that by mid-September they, along with airport employees, will again be required to wear face masks and by mid-October the policy will apply to travelers as well. Go to site post…»

Logically→ Yuval Noah Harari discussing potential dangers of AI misconstrued linked to conspiracy theory

2023-08-23 Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Conspiracy theory about the deaths of alternative medicine practitioners ignores evidence, misrepresents certain doctors

2023-08-23 REVIEW A TikTok video published in early July 2023 implied that doctors practicing alternative medicine were killed to prevent “Big Pharma” from losing money. In the reel, herbalist Katryna Benson, who has more than 14,000 followers on TikTok, p Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Conspiracy theories falsely tie Maui wildfires to ‘smart cities’ and tech conferences

2023-08-16 CLAIM: Maui hosted a conference about making the entire island into a “smart city” in January and will host another summit next month about using artificial intelligence to govern the island, proving recent wildfires were deliberately set to transf Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Trees and poles standing amid Maui fire wreckage aren’t unusual, contrary to conspiracy theories

2023-08-14 CLAIM: Scenes from the Maui wildfires show cars and buildings badly damaged near trees and poles that remain standing, suggesting a wildfire wasn’t the cause. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed in 1945, despite conspiracy theories

2023-08-14 “Hiroshima and Nagasaki were never nuked.” Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Old photos are being misrepresented online to fuel a conspiracy theory about the Maui wildfires

2023-08-12 AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ What is Disease X? How conspiracy theorists hijacked pandemic preparedness

2023-08-10 Social media posts are misconstruing efforts by scientists to prepare for the next potential global pandemic, referred to as “Disease X.” Here’s what this term means and what we know about the research. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Conspiracy theorists falsely claim ‘Disease X’ is the next ‘plandemic’

2023-08-07 “Disease X” is “the next plandemic.” Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ World Economic Forum didn’t call for the elimination of conspiracy theorists, despite online claims

2023-08-03 CLAIM: A top World Economic Forum official has said conspiracy theorists should be “eliminated.” Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Conspiracy theory falsely links Obama to personal chef’s paddleboarding death

2023-08-03 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/08/02/obama-chef-tafari-campbell-died-in-paddleboarding-accident-fact-check/70507813007/ Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Fact-checking conspiracy theories about death of Obamas’ personal chef

2023-08-02 Tafari Campbell, a White House sous chef later hired as a personal chef by Barack and Michelle Obama, died while paddleboarding in a pond near the Obamas’ Martha’s Vineyard home. Police say his death wasn’t suspicious, but social media was soon a Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Barack Obama’s taped fingers evidence he’s connected to his chef’s death? That’s a conspiracy theory

2023-07-31 Photos of Barack Obama golfing with bandaged fingers are proof of his involvement in Tafari Campbell’s death. Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Nuclear weapons are real, contrary to conspiracy theory about archival test footage

2023-07-29 AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Top WEF Official’ Did NOT Say That ‘Dangerous Conspiracy Theorists Must Be Eliminated’

2023-07-27 Did a top World Economic Forum official call for the "elimination" of conspiracy theorists? No, that's not true: The man described as a "top WEF official" in the article making the claim doesn't work for them and doesn't have any authorit Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Neil deGrasse Tyson did not expose NASA conspiracy about moon landing

2023-07-17 Video shows Neil deGrasse Tyson describing how NASA faked the moon landing. Go to site post…»

Logically→ Fabricated headline about far-right conspiracy theories attributed to The Guardian

2023-07-11 Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ The Kennedy Conspiracy

2023-06-29 Why is RFK Jr. running for president? Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Titanic Conspiracy Theory Takes Off After Sub Tragedy—’Hit Job’

2023-06-23 https://www.newsweek.com/titanic-conspiracy-theory-takes-off-after-titan-sub-tragedy-1808616 Aconspirac Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video does not show Donald Trump floating a Biden body double conspiracy theory

2023-06-22 Video shows former President Donald Trump saying an impostor is pretending to be President Joe Biden. Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Video Distorts Early Coronavirus Research To Promote Baseless Bioweapon Conspiracy Theory

2023-06-16 https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/video-distorts-early-coronavirus-research-to-promote-baseless-bioweapon-conspiracy-theory/ Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Video Distorts Early Coronavirus Research To Promote Baseless Bioweapon Conspiracy Theory

2023-06-15 SciCheck Digest Human coronaviruses first identified in the 1960s cause common colds. But a viral video misrepresents early research on common coronaviruses and cites unrelated patents to falsely suggest U.S. scientists created the viruses that cau Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Trump was indicted, despite social media conspiracy theory that suggests it’s all show

2023-06-13 Trump "hasn't been 'indicted.' It's all part of the Operation.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Investigators say 30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate likely caused by leak, not by a grand conspiracy

2023-06-01 30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate on a California-bound train suggest an orchestrated conspiracy. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Rainbow disconnection: Roseanne Barr didn’t share conspiracy theory about arcs in the sky

2023-05-31 Roseanne Barr made a video of a rainbow in a sprinkler questioning 'what the heck is in our water supply.' Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ The Bahnsen Conspiracy

2023-05-31 From economic markets to the coming kingdom. Continue reading The Bahnsen Conspiracy » Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Designation ‘L17-A’ Found On Streetlight In South Australia Does NOT Reveal Conspiracy To Alter Human DNA

2023-05-25 Does a number code printed on a streetlight match that of a ribosomal protein and does this show that mRNA from the COVID-19 vaccines can be activated using optogenetic technology if a vaccinated person is exposed to the light from the st Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, the Great Replacement isn’t real and data from California does not support the conspiracy theory

2023-05-18 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Another altered photo of Michelle Obama shared as part of unfounded conspiracy theory

2023-05-08 Photo shows former first lady Michelle Obama as a man. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove CNN Promoted Baseless ‘Empire Of The City’ Conspiracy

2023-05-01 Did CNN produce or air a documentary popularizing a baseless conspiracy theory about three cities controlling the world? No, that's not true: A video clip on social media recycled a fragment from a film that, in turn, reused 1997 footage Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fires and accidents at food plants are common, not a conspiracy

2023-04-26 “1,900 food production companies have been destroyed” as part of conspiracy. Go to site post…»

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