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Logically→ Fake news report shared to level human trafficking charges against Indian politician Mahasena Rajesh
Logically→ Fake news report shared to level human trafficking charges against Indian politician Mahasena Rajesh
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Tales of ‘unearthed and documented’ giant human skeletons don't have a leg to stand on
Giant human skeletons as large as 36 feet have been “unearthed and documented” in historical records.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Did you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Good news: You’re still a human
“People who took the jab are technically ‘non human species.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Humans Are NOT ‘Biologically’ Incapable Of Digesting Meat
Is the human body "designed" for a plant-based diet and incapable of ingesting and breaking down meat? No, that's not true: Two nutrition experts confirmed that to Lead Stories. The claim in a social media post is largely based on the inc
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video no muestra una fábrica de carne humana en América, son escenas de una película de terror
Este video muestra una “fábrica de carne” humana “en America”.
Full Fact→ ‘Human meat’ is not being sold in the UK
Clips from Channel 4’s Miracle Meat hoax documentary have been shared widely online, with some people seeming to believe that human meat is really on sale in the UK.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – WHO pandemic preparedness treaty will not remove human rights protections, restrict freedoms
The WHO is developing a pandemic treaty that will remove current human rights protections, enforce surveillance and censorship and eliminate freedom of speech.
Logically→ No, WHO’s pandemic treaty will not remove the existing human rights protection laws
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: pH Of Soda Is NOT Toxic, Does Not Alter pH Of Human Body
Does the pH of soda (pH 2) make it seriously toxic, "a pH killer," and does it take 32 eight-ounce glasses of alkaline water to reverse the toxic effects of one soda? No, that's not true: A food science professor told Lead Stories that ma
Logically→ No, this video does not show a table tennis match between a robot and a human
Logically→ Claims that human activities have little effect on climate change are false
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Eating Cayenne Pepper Repairs DNA Directly Or Kills Cancer In Humans
Does eating cayenne pepper kill cancer cells and regenerate damaged DNA? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that eating cayenne pepper will repair DNA or kill cancer cells in humans, according to a dietitian at the Virginia Commonw
Logically→ Video spreads false claims about human body cell regeneration rates
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Does NOT Show ‘Vast Majority Of Humanity’ Vaccinated For COVID-19 By ‘Shedding’ Of Vaccine From Vaccinated To Unvaccinated
Does a study by University of Colorado medical researchers show that the "vast majority of humanity has gotten the COVID-19 vaccine via "shedding," meaning the vaccine spread from person to person? No, that's not true: The study's lead au
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, lab-grown chicken is not made using human cells
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Good Harvest’ Does NOT Produce ‘Human Steak’ — That Company Doesn’t Exist And There’s No Human Steak Factory
Is there a "Good Harvest" company that produces "human steak" for human consumption? No, that's not true: Good Harvest and its "human steak" is an invention of the creators of a spoof documentary. The mockumentary is meant as a satirical
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Lab Grown’ Chicken Approved By Regulators Is NOT ‘Grown From Human Cells’
Is "lab grown" chicken that was approved by U.S. regulators "grown from human cells"? No, that's not true: Neither of the companies that received regulatory approval to sell cell-cultivated meat in the U.S. use human cells in their produc
Logically→ Clips from satirical program shared to claim human meat is being sold in the U.K.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video of a robot and human playing table tennis was created with AI visual-effects software
CLAIM: A video shows a real robot beating a human at table tennis. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. A video of two humans playing table tennis at the recent European Championships was digitally altered to replace one competitor with a computer-generated robot.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bill Nye did not imply that humans can’t go to space. This quote is out of context.
When Bill Nye said “the Earth is a closed system,” he suggested space exploration is impossible.
Logically→ Usædvanlige Schumann-resonanser blev ikke forårsaget af rumvæsner
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Beyoncé is not accused of human trafficking; 2020 lawsuit dismissed as ‘frivolous’
Beyoncé “is a defendant in a major human trafficking case.”
The Dispatch→ Are AI Experts Worried About Its Threat to Humanity?
Why some are concerned about the seemingly outlandish.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Human remains, aircraft debris recovered from 9/11 crash sites
No human remains or aircraft debris were found at the Pentagon or in Pennsylvania after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Logically→ No, vaccinating chickens against the IB virus is not a plan to mass vaccinate humans
Logically→ No, vaccinating chickens against the IB virus is not a plan to mass vaccinate humans
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Washington Post Did NOT Report Bill Gates Was ‘Being Held’ On Charges Of ‘War Crimes Against Humanity’
Did The Washington Post report that Bill Gates was "being held under armed watch at Guantanamo Bay" after having been "charged with war crimes against humanity"? No, that's not true: A search through the newspaper's digital database retur
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Humans may, and do, visit Antarctica, despite social media claim
“No human is allowed to travel to Antarctica.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There IS Scientific Consensus That Climate Change Is Happening And Caused Primarily By Human Activities
Is there no scientific consensus that climate change is happening? No, that's not true: A scientific survey of more than 88,000 climate-related studies found that more than 99 percent of research agrees that climate change is real and pri
PolitiFact→ RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research
The blood-brain barrier acts as a filter that keeps pathogens and toxins from entering a person’s brain. Experts told PolitiFact that there is no clear evidence that radio frequency energy from Wi-Fi harms the blood-brain barrier.
Logically→ No, WEF did not say that humans will all wear a uniform by 2030
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: United Nations Did NOT Declare Pedophilia Is A ‘Human Right’
Did the United Nations declare that pedophilia is a "human right"? No, that's not true: The person making the claim referenced a UN report that never says that pedophilia is a "human right" or that it should be legal or allowed. The repor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Say Fashion Will Be Abolished By 2030 And ‘Humans Will Wear A Uniform’
Did the World Economic Forum announce in early July 2023 that it will ban fashion, making people exclusively wear uniforms by 2030? No, that's not true: The claim came into being as an exaggerated extrapolation of a 2019 report that wasn'
AllSides→ Carbon emissions from Canadian wildfires don’t compare to those of human race
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/06/24/post-exaggerates-carbon-emissions-from-canadian-wildfires-fact-check/70339350007/
Logically→ No, burgers and sausages do not contain human meat from missing children
Logically→ Strange Schumann resonances were not caused by aliens
PolitiFact→ Steve Milloy – Particulate matter is not ‘junk science.’ Decades of research show it affects human health
Particulate matter, found in wildfire smoke, has “no effect” on human health and is “total junk science.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Wildfires’ carbon dioxide output exceeds century’s worth of human activity? No
Recent wildfires put more carbon in the atmosphere than "the human race has put out in the last 100 years."