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Logically→ Elon Musk is promoting transhumanism as part of Agenda 2030.
Elon Musk is a self-proclaimed advocate of transhumanism. However, there is no transhumanism in Agenda 2030.
Poynter→ Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter
Misinformation is spreading about the 18-year-old authorities identified as the shooter in a massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County, Texas, on May 24. This story is still developing […] The post Fact-checking misinformation about the
Full Fact→ No evidence Sigmund Freud said viral quote about depression
A quote about depression wrongly attributed to the founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud has been circulating online, with hundreds of shares on social media. According to a Facebook post, Mr Freud said: “Before you diagnose yourself with depre
Logically→ The war between Ukraine and Russia is fake as an image shows Ukrainian soldiers fighting with paintball guns.
A photo of Ukrainian forces taken during a training simulation has been used to push the narrative that the war is staged.
Logically→ This video shows a destroyed railway station in Lviv, Ukraine following Russian military attacks.
A 2013 video of the derailment of oil wagons from Russia has been falsely shared as a Russian attack on the Lviv railway station in Ukraine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dish Soap Will NOT Remove A Tick From Skin
Can a person remove a tick with just dish soap and a cotton swap? No, that's not true: This will not work unless the tick is engorged and already ready to let go, Barry OConnor, an expert in parasites at the University of Michigan, told L
Snopes→ Scars of War Seem to Be Everywhere in Ukraine After 3 Months
Curfews, checkpoints and fortifications are commonplace.
Snopes→ Oklahoma Governor Signs the Nation’S Strictest Abortion Ban
State lawmakers approved the ban enforced by civil lawsuits rather than criminal prosecution, similar to a Texas law that was passed last year.
Snopes→ Onlookers Urged Police to Charge into Texas School
Onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman's rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, a witness said.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Old Stock Photos Of Monkeypox Lesions Do NOT Mean Fraud By Press
Do many media outlets recycle old photos of monkeypox lesions when reporting on current or past outbreaks of monkeypox? Does this indicate that there have not been any new cases of monkeypox found and the reporting is not factual? No, tha
Snopes→ Biden Signs Policing Order on Anniversary of Floyd’s Death
The event shaped by one tragedy occurred a day after a second one, a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Mass Shootings DID Increase More Than 90% From 2017
Did mass shootings in the United States increase more than 90 percent from 2017? Yes, that's true: While there are various definitions for what is considered a mass shooting, the Gun Violence Archive recorded a 98.9 percent increase in ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rapper Dr. Creep Did NOT Predict The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic In A 2013 Song
Did a rapper named Dr. Creep predict the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, also known as COVID-19, in a song he created titled "Pandemic"? No, that's not true: The musician outright refuted this claim in a Facebook post near the beginning of the
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden said mass shootings tripled when the assault weapon ban ended. They did
"When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled."
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PolitiFact→ Tweets – ABC News didn’t use an altered photo of the Uvalde school shooter to make him look more Caucasian
ABC News altered the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter’s photo to appear more Caucasian.
PolitiFact→ Beto O'Rourke – A recent report put Texas last among states and DC in mental health care access
Texas is "50th in the nation in mental health care access."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Texas School Shooter Was ‘Illegal Immigrant’
Was Salvador Ramos, the shooter who killed children and faculty members at a Texas elementary school on May 24, 2022, an illegal immigrant? No, that's not true: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Ramos was a U.S. citizen and a state legislator s
PolitiFact→ Tweets – ICE is not carrying out immigration enforcement in Uvalde after school shooting
ICE is in Uvalde, Texas, “so undocumented parents have to consider arrest deportation before they go check to see if their kids are alive.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, these photos are not of the victims of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting
This image shows the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Truth or Fiction?→ Leading Cause of Death in Children Since 2020
On May 25 2022, ongoing discussions and discourse about the devastating Uvalde, Texas school shooting included a circulating statistic — that as of 2020, the leading cause of death in children was gun related: The leading cause of death among
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence that lab monkeys in PA crash were infected with monkeypox or spread it to humans
Suggests a January traffic accident involving lab monkeys was responsible for spreading monkeypox to humans.
PolitiFact→ Here’s how to avoid misinformation as you read about Uvalde and other mass shootings
Misinformation about the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is all over the internet. Here’s how to be smart about the news you consume.
FactCheck.org→ ‘WHO Has No Authority to Dictate U.S. Health Policy’
SciCheck Digest The World Health Organization can make recommendations after the declaration of a global emergency, but it has no control over any nation’s decisions. Yet conservatives in the U.S. falsely claim that amendments proposed by the Biden a
PolitiFact→ Steve Kerr – Polls consistently show high support for gun background checks
“90% of Americans, regardless of political party, want universal background checks.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy’s Daughter Did NOT Disown Her Father — It’s A Video Of Different Person
By Uliana Malashenko Is it true that the Ukrainian president's daughter, Oleksandra Zelenska, called her father, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a "Nazi" and a "murderer"? No, it's not true: The image of a crying woman that circulated on social medi
PolitiFact→ Matthew Dowd – No proof for claim in wake of Uvalde that 50% of Texas guns sales lack background checks
“50% of the guns sold in Texas, because of the loopholes, do not pass through a background check.”
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Doug Mastriano Say He Could Decertify Voting Machines?
Doug Mastriano. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Viral social media posts claim that the winner of the Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial primary, Doug Mastriano, signaled a willingness to overturn election results, saying he could decerti
Snopes→ Secret Service: Guns Banned at Trump’s NRA Speech in Texas
A tweet shared in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas read, "Guns are banned at the NRA convention in Texas this weekend when Trump speaks. Let that sink in."
Health Feedback→ Following COVID-19 vaccination, the spike protein is produced in small quantities in the body without causing harm and is cleared naturally within days
REVIEW The spike protein on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus binds to human cells and allows the virus to enter. The COVID-19 vaccines were developed to target the spike protein in order to induce immunity against SARS-CoV-2. The most common vaccin
Snopes→ Reality TV’s Josh Duggar Gets 12 Years in Child Porn Case
Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was sentenced to about 12 1/2 years in prison after he was convicted of receiving and possessing child pornography.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – El autor del tiroteo en una escuela en Texas no era un inmigrante que estaba en el país ilegalmente
El atacante en Uvalde, Texas estaba en Estados Unidos ilegalmente.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Rep. Paul Gosar’s Claim About the Texas School Shooter
(Photo by Allison Dinner/AFP/Getty Images.)Immediately after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two adults were killed, Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar began spreading misinformation about the Texas shoote
Snopes→ Governor: Texas Gunman Said He Was Going to Shoot Up School
The gunman who massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas had warned in online messages minutes before the attack that he had shot his grandmother and was going to shoot up a school.
Snopes→ Walmart Apologizes for Selling Juneteenth Ice Cream
The company had previously stocked some of its store's shelves with a product named Great Value Celebration Edition Juneteenth Ice Cream.
Snopes→ Will Congress Act on Guns After Sandy Hook, Buffalo, Uvalde?
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer swiftly set in motion a pair of firearms background-check bills in response to the school massacre in Texas.
PolitiFact→ National Republican Senatorial Committee – NRSC ad attacks 2 Beasley rulings, omits context
Cheri Beasley “vacated” a man’s death sentence and “threw out” the indictment in a child assault case.
Snopes→ Bad Actors Target Trans Women With False Uvalde Shooter Claims
"It's literally me," one falsely accused woman wrote online. "Stop fucking spreading this image please God."
PolitiFact→ Chris Murphy – Fact-checking Sen. Chris Murphy on the ages of mass shooters
“Most of these killers tend to be 18, 19 years old.”