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Logically→ Fabricated CNN tweet shared to spread false claims about Zelenskyy and plans of ‘mass immigration’
Logically→ No, the U.N. report didn’t call for decriminalizing all sexual activity between adults and children
Logically→ No, the U.N. report didn’t call for decriminalizing all sexual activity between adults and children
Logically→ Inauthentic images falsely claim Google creates Doodles for all religious holidays but Easter
Logically→ New Zealand commentator Simon Doull did not make statement equating living in Pakistan to being in jail
Logically→ Video showing donation billboard in Milan featuring Zelenskyy ‘snorting’ money is fake
Logically→ A viral image claiming to show Julian Assange in a U.K. prison is AI-generated
Logically→ A recruitment poster urging American welfare recipients to join war in Ukraine is fake
Logically→ AI-generated image falsely shared as real face of the model for the Statue of Liberty
Poynter→ Poynter and Meta partner to provide Fact-Checking Fundamentals for Asia-Pacific journalists
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Apr. 4, 2023) — The International Fact-Checking Network at the nonprofit Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalistic excellence, has partnered with Meta to create a free […] The post Poynter and Meta partner to prov
Logically→ Morphed image shared to falsely claim Burj Khalifa was lit up with Ram’s image on Ram Navami
Logically→ Digital entrance gates at Walmarts in 15-minute cities won’t open for residents who have exceeded their meat, dairy, and egg consumption limit.
Logically→ A doctor was attacked in Spain for asking a Muslim woman patient to remove her hijab.
Logically→ Photos show a Satanic hotel in Plano, Texas, that will open on June 6.
Truth or Fiction?→ Elon Musk Apologizes After Mocking Disabled Twitter Worker
Twitter owner Elon Musk backtracked on March 7 2023 after engaging in public mockery of one of the platform’s employees trying to find out whether he still had a job. Musk had claimed that Haraldur “Halli” Thorleiffson was not doing a
Logically→ Aldi is offering free food boxes worth £35 to people on Facebook in March.
The Dispatch→ Apocalypse Now
A girl holds a placard during a protest against NATO expansion at Times Square on January 14, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress)Is catastrophism harder on liberal teens than conservative ones?The post Apocalypse Now appeared fi
Logically→ The video shows a black cloud over East Palestine, Ohio, after a train carrying chemical materials derailed in the area.
This video of the black cloud was first uploaded on TikTok in November 2022. It predates the train derailment in Ohio and is unrelated to it.
Logically→ Punjab government has ordered the monitoring of social media accounts of government employees.
An order issued by the Jammu & Kashmir administration was misrepresented as a Punjab government directive.
Logically→ The cloud that appeared over Turkey was prophetic as it resembled a map of the area affected by the recent 2023 earthquake.
The cloud that appeared in Turkey before the earthquake is a natural phenomenon that is unrelated.
The Dispatch→ The COPPA Cops
A Preteen boy concentrates on his smartphone while wearing ear buds. (Photo by: Kurt Wittman/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)American teens’ declining mental health prompts a bipartisan push to regulate kids’ use of social media.The post Th
Logically→ This is the first close-up image of the Chinese spy balloon flying over Montana.
The image shows the "Death Star", a fictional space station from the Star Wars film franchise.
The Dispatch→ The Impossible Task of ‘Fixing’ Twitter
A video explainer from The Dispatch.The post The Impossible Task of ‘Fixing’ Twitter appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ This photo shows a senior citizen holding bread and crying in front of a damaged building after the February 6, Turkey earthquake.
An image from the aftermath of the 1999 Turkey earthquake has been falsely linked to the 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
Logically→ The U.K. Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities (DLUHC) requested all hosts sheltering Ukrainian migrants to report adult males to the Ukrainian Embassy.
A fraudulent letter is circulated on social media asking hosts of Ukrainian refugees in the U.K. to inform the government about adult Ukrainian men.
Logically→ Karnataka Election Commission has announced the schedule for the 2023 state assembly elections.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Twitter Files’ Hearing Further Exposes How It ‘Bent and Broke’ Rules for the Trump Administration
A House Oversight Committee ostensibly geared toward showing “suppression” of information regarding the laptop of Hunter Biden — the son of United States President Joe Biden and a frequent target of far-right conspiracist fantasies
The Dispatch→ What’s So Wrong With Helping?
(Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)How a cult of victimhood tries to stamp out good deeds.The post What’s So Wrong With Helping? appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ Scientists have warned that egg consumption is causing thousands of people to ‘suddenly’ form blood clots.
The claim misrepresents a 2017 study conducted by Cleveland Clinic. The research did not find any direct link between egg consumption and blood clots.
Logically→ Congress announced sops only for Muslims ahead of the 2023 Karnataka assembly polls.
A photo of Congress leaders with the party manifesto for 2018 Telangana polls has been shared with a communal spin.
Logically→ Russian President Vladimir Putin destroyed an adrenochrome lab in Ukraine.
Putin or Russian forces did not destroy a Ukrainian adrenochrome lab. The claim originated from a story published by the parody website Real Raw News.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This is Peak Greed’: Activists Blast Meta for Reinstating Trump to Facebook
The reinstatement of right-wing former United States President Donald Trump to Facebook and Instagram was roundly criticized by activists warning that it could drive “democracy to the brink.” “Meta is moving backwards, returning us to
Logically→ An image from the recent economic crisis in Pakistan shows people standing in line waiting for food.
A 2010 image of Pakistan flood victims waiting for food and water in Sukkur has been falsely shared as the recent economic crisis in Pakistan.
Logically→ The photo shows a child named Tyler Miller, who has gone missing.
Posts purporting to show Tyler Miller, a boy who has gone missing, are fake. These are scam posts showing Maggie Banyard, a girl with leukemia.
Logically→ Video shows Buzz Aldrin admitting that the moon landing didn’t happen.
The complete video shows that Aldrin didn't deny the moon landing. He was reacting to an audience question about the scariest moment of the mission.
Logically→ Video shows the Yeti Airlines aircraft crashing and bursting into flames near a road in Pokhara, Nepal.
A 2013 video from Afghanistan has been falsely shared as the recent 2023 plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal.
Truth or Fiction?→ Brazil Insurrection Had Familiar Faces, Themes
A January 8 2023 attempted right-wing coup in Brazil’s capital Brasília followed the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (popularly known as “Lula”) over right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the South American nation’s pres
Logically→ An Image shows encroachments on railway lines in Haldwani, Uttarakhand.
The image used in the post is not from Haldwani. A 2013 photograph from Kolkata has been shared as homes along the railway line in Haldwani.
Logically→ Andrew Tate was arrested but only questioned as a witness.
A months-old interview of Andrew Tate with Tucker Carlson from August 2022, predating his arrest, is being shared to claim that he has been released.