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stated on April 14, 2024 a Facebook post:
A photo shows a mine for “lithium for electric cars.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 23, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2024 Facebook posts:
The day after the total solar eclipse, 85-foot waves traveled from Antarctica to South Africa.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • April 16, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on March 31, 2024 an Instagram post:
“ULEZ protesters covering cameras with bat boxes. Authorities not allowed to remove under their own law.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • April 15, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on March 20, 2024 an Instagram post:
Tennessee bill that would ban the release of chemicals into the atmosphere is evidence chemtrails are real.
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • March 27, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on March 20, 2024 an Instagram post:
A study that found sunbathing can increase the risk of heart disease is a cover-up for the “side-effects of the vax.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 26, 2024
Brad Holyman-Sigal
Brad Holyman-Sigal
stated on February 26, 2024 a press release:
“Nearly a quarter million birds in New York City, and more than one billion across the country, die each year from collisions with buildings.”
Mostly True
By Jefrey Canova, Ciaran Conneely • March 24, 2024
Patrick Burke
Patrick Burke
stated on March 2, 2024 a press release:
The Great Lakes account for “over 20% of the world’s freshwater and over 80% of North America’s freshwater.”
True
By David Scibilia • March 20, 2024
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Facebook posts
stated on December 18, 2023 a Facebook post:
Texas petition to outlaw “aerosolized spraying” is evidence of chemtrails.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • March 5, 2024
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Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2024 una publicación en Facebook:
En NASA estaban “investigando el mar y dejaron de investigarlo y se fueron para el espacio”.
False
By Maria Briceño • February 21, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on January 1, 2024 a post:
Zombie deer virus is sweeping across 32 states after more than 100 million American wildlife animals were vaccinated by Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • January 11, 2024
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Facebook posts
stated on December 8, 2023 a video:
A river in Russia turned red in a biblical omen or divine “retribution.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 13, 2023
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Facebook posts
stated on October 26, 2023 en una publicación en Facebook:
Video muestra “momento cuando el huracán Otis llegó a Acapulco”.
False
By Maria Briceño • November 2, 2023
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Instagram posts
stated on September 20, 2023 an Instagram post:
New York City is spraying unsafe pesticides to combat West Nile virus.
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 29, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on September 27, 2023 a GOP presidential primary debate in California:
“Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 28, 2023
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TikTok posts
stated on September 12, 2023 a TikTok video:
Hawaii wildfire was intentionally set because there’s “120 million tons of lithium in Maui.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • September 14, 2023
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Instagram posts
stated on September 9, 2023 an Instagram post:
"Modified mosquitoes have officially made it to Ohio.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 12, 2023
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Instagram posts
stated on August 30, 2023 an Instagram post:
Bill Gates-funded research into genetically engineered cattle ticks is responsible for red-meat allergies from alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S.
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 1, 2023
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Facebook posts
stated on August 22, 2023 a Facebook post:
Speaker at World Economic Forum conference proposed adding COVID-19 vaccines to water supply.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • August 30, 2023
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Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2023 a Facebook post:
FEMA and Red Cross are “confiscating” donations meant for Hawaii wildfire victims.
False
By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on August 23, 2023 a GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee:
“The reality is more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jeff Cercone • August 24, 2023
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