Emergency services have warned against this method as it is unreliable and said people should call them immediately instead.
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Logically→ The media are showing mannequins in French hospitals in place of COVID-19 patients.
An image from a university training video was miscaptioned with Prime Minister Jean Castex testing positive.
Logically→ A Brazilian reporter collapsed on live TV following his COVID-19 booster shot.
Rafael Silva was diagnosed with a congenital illness and there is no connection between his condition and the COVID-19 booster jab.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Teachers in South Dakota Compete in a ‘Dash for Cash’ Event?
A reporter’s account of a “Dash For Cash” promotion in South Dakota in December 2021 unintentionally turned into a glimpse at something more dystopian. Annie Todd of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader newspaper documented the contest, hoste
Logically→ A viral photo shows former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi eating seafood.
A photograph captured by veteran photographer D. Sridhar Naidu, of Indira Gandhi eating roasted corn is being shared claiming it was seafood.
Logically→ Nisha Dahiya, the Indian under-23 world championship wrestling bronze medalist, was shot dead by unknown assailants.
Nisha Dahiya, the wrestler champion, appeared on her Instagram to say she is alive and doing well. It was her namesake that was shot dead.
Logically→ A CNN video shows the Chinese police abducting an Uyghur girl in Xinjiang.
A video of Sichuan Armed Police attempting to protect the girl from a moving bicycle has been falsely shared as a CNN News story.
Truth or Fiction?→ Travis Scott and Astroworld: Occult Conspiracies Follow Festival Tragedy
The November 5 2021 “crowd crush” tragedy at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston, Texas prompted extensive discussion on social media — complete with major threads focusing on purported occult overtones surrounding the
Logically→ Zoflora, a disinfectant, causes infertility in men.
Zolflora meets all of the EU's safety standards and there are no reports of infertility as a result of using the product.
Logically→ Clowns are planning a “purge night” a day before Halloween 2021.
There are no reports of clowns planning a purge. The same rumor circulated more than five years ago, inspired by the film, The Purge.
Logically→ A video shows that Indian police were attacked by farmers who were protesting against farm laws in Punjab.
The video of farmers' demonstration in Delhi's Red Fort over the farm laws, in which police clashed with protestors misquoted as from Punjab state.
Logically→ Bill Gates calls for the withdrawal of all COVID-19 vaccines.
Bill Gates advocates vaccination. The claim originated from a satirical article on a conspiracy site and was amplified on social media.
Logically→ Taliban has banned feminine hygiene products in Afghanistan.
Doctored screenshots falsely claim that the Taliban banned feminine hygiene products in Afghanistan. No credible media reports have reported as such.
Logically→ Rajasthan government passed a new law to safeguard mosques and madrasas.
The Rajasthan government has not made such a decision. Rajasthan Police and OSD Lokesh Sharma clarified that the viral post was fake.
Logically→ Taliban flogging a woman in Afghanistan.
Articles have pointed out that the Taliban were flogging women as a punishment for disobeying their rules/laws or demanding their rights.
Logically→ ID Fresh Food Pvt Ltd mixes animal extracts to increase the volume of its batter.
There is no evidence that ID Fresh Food uses animal extracts in its products. The company has stated that the allegations are baseless.
Logically→ A video shows a group of tortoises running around unusually fast.
The video featuring fast tortoises running around in circles is digitally created.
Logically→ When you wake up with your eyelashes stuck together, it’s because male spiders have mistaken your eyelashes for female spiders.
Sleep crust (also known as eye gunk or eye goop) is a mixture of mucus, exfoliated skin cells, oils, and tears. It has nothing to do with spiders.
Truth or Fiction?→ Surprise ‘Blue’s Clues’ Message from Steve in 2021
On September 7 2021, “a message from Steve” of Blue’s Clues fame was shared to the public Facebook group “Nostalgic Nick,” partly captioned, “Finally we have some closure from Steve”: On Twitter, @NickJr share
Logically→ Pakistan army has attacked the Northern Alliance in Panjshir valley.
Old videos from various scenarios and footage from a military-based game are resurfaced, being linked to Panjshir. Panjshir's capture is unofficial.
Truth or Fiction?→ Facebook Hacked, Email Changed
An unknown and apparently large number of Facebook accounts appear to have been hacked in 2021 in a specific fashion — specifically, the account’s email address is changed (often to a Hotmail address), two-factor authentication (2FA) is ena
Logically→ A viral video shows Taliban militants auctioning women for $1.34.
An old video from a London street play to raise concerns about crimes against women has been falsely claimed as the Taliban auctioning Afghan women.
Logically→ A CNN reporter covered her head while reporting after the Taliban took control over Afghanistan.
Clarissa Ward clarified that she always wore a headscarf while reporting in Kabul, but she wore an abaya for the first time while reporting lately.
Logically→ An edited image of a man hanging on to the wing of an aircraft to escape Afghanistan is shared on social media.
A photoshopped video posted by a Viatememse graphic designer is wrongly linked to the recent Taliban crisis.
Logically→ An edited image of a man hanging on to the wing of an aircraft to escape Afghanistan is shared on social media.
A photoshopped video posted by a Viatememse graphic designer is wrongly linked to the recent Taliban crisis.
Logically→ A video purportedly shows the Taliban in control of the presidential palace in Kabul.
An old video of Syrian rebels capturing the city of Idlib in March 2015 is falsely claimed to be of the current situation in Afghanistan.
Logically→ An old incident from Kabul is shared as the Taliban killing a woman after they took over Afghanistan in August 2021.
The lynching of a 27-year-old woman Farkhunda Malikzada in 2015 in Central Kabul is falsely shared as the Taliban's recent action.
Logically→ An old incident from Kabul is shared as the Taliban killing a woman after they took over Afghanistan in August 2021.
The lynching of a 27-year-old woman Farkhunda Malikzada in 2015 in Central Kabul is falsely shared as the Taliban's recent action.
Logically→ An old incident from Kabul is shared as the Taliban killing a woman after they took over Afghanistan in August 2021.
The lynching of a 27-year-old woman Farkhunda Malikzada in 2015 in Central Kabul is falsely shared as the Taliban's recent action.
Logically→ The Afghan Embassy in India tweeted that the former president of Afghanistan’s chief of staff was sexually exploiting women.
An embassy official said the Twitter account had been hacked. The findings of the investigation into the 2019 sex scandal cannot be found.
Logically→ Snopes co-founder David Mikkelson has been suspended for plagiarizm.
Snopes co-founder David Mikkelson was suspended after a review found 54 plagiarized articles and other copyright violations.
Truth or Fiction?→ Simone Biles, Kerri Strug, and ‘the Twisties’
On July 27 2021, Simone Biles (and fellow gymnast Kerri Strug) were the subject of a spate of widely-shared Facebook posts, largely forming a groundswell of support for Biles in the face of nonstop Olympics news stories around her decision to drop out
Truth or Fiction?→ Anatomy of an Inauthentically Organized Campaign
In mid-2021, as the Delta variant rapidly spread among unvaccinated populations across the United States and public officials began publicly flirting with the prospect of still more measures to quell the spread of the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemi
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Victoria’s Secret Meltdown’ Video
“Get away from me” trended on Twitter on July 13 2021, after a woman named Ijeoma Ukenta filmed a bizarre encounter with a woman named Abigail Elphick in a New Jersey Victoria’s Secret store. Ukenta first shared a multi-part video of
Truth or Fiction?→ Wi Spa Weaponized Disinformation Campaign
In late June and early July 2021, far-right activists attempted to launch a new disinformation campaign in the wake of a viral video of a woman harassing staff at a traditional public bathhouse in an historic Los Angeles neighborhood The video, which w
Logically→ Indian officials demolished illegal constructions of Rohingyas in Jammu & Kashmir.
The officials carried out the demolition of illegal constructions by Kashmiri locals at the Dal lake area in Jammu and Kashmir.
Logically→ A medal to be given to Tokyo Olympics 2020 volunteers has the word ‘Swayamsevak’ inscribed in the Devanagari script.
The official Olympic website does not mention any Swayamsevak medal for volunteers. Volunteers have not received any such medal.
Snopes→ Is Twitter Getting Rid of Chronological Tweets?
"We're working on fixing it," a representative for Twitter tweeted.
Snopes→ No, Pimple Popping Videos Were Not Banned on YouTube
Pimple popping videos have become a sensation in recent years.
Snopes→ Why Was Dave Portnoy’s Twitter Account Briefly Suspended?
The founder of Barstool Sports has more than 2 million followers on the platform.