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Climate skeptics cherry-pick California snowfall data

Published on 12/04/2024 at 22:57

Heavy snow continues to pummel California, prompting some to deny the effect of global warming on US winters by isolating local weather data. But the numbers are cherry-picked from a ski resort that experts say is not representative of the entire state, which has seen a general downward trend in snowpack over the past several decades.

Post falsely claims Fulani extremists destroyed power plant in southeast Nigeria

Published on 15/04/2024 at 12:39

False posts about 'anti-graft arrests on live TV' surface after 2024 China political meet

Published on 15/04/2024 at 10:48

Israel-Hamas war

Old video misrepresented as Iran drone attack footage

Published on 17/04/2024 at 18:19

Accounts on X are claiming a video shows people ducking for cover from drones as Iran launched its first-ever direct assault on Israel. But the footage, like numerous other visuals posted online, is unrelated to the April 2024 attack and Israel's war in the Gaza Strip; it dates to at least July 2023.

Old clip showing rocket barrage at night misattributed to Iranian attack on Israel

Published on 17/04/2024 at 14:23

Post falsely links old unrelated photos to Iran's missile attack on Israel

Published on 17/04/2024 at 11:54

WAR IN UKRAINE

Zelensky prison photo comes from fictional TV series

Published on 10/04/2024 at 21:11

A widespread post on X claims to show a mug shot of Volodymyr Zelensky in a Russian prison that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson broadcasted online. This is false; the image comes from a fictional television series the Ukrainian president starred in during his time as an actor.

Disinformation targets Ukraine community volunteer awards

Published on 09/04/2024 at 21:34

Video of Biden botching Ukraine history is a deepfake

Published on 22/03/2024 at 21:00

COVID-19

Covid vaccines falsely linked to study on rising cancer cases

Updated on 17/04/2024 at 04:17

A Chinese scientist who co-wrote a study on cancer has rubbished social media posts that falsely linked the research to Covid-19 vaccines. The paper, published in a leading medical journal, found cancer cases increased in under-50s in the three decades before the pandemic and subsequent roll-out of Covid jabs, meaning the shots could not be to blame for the phenomenon. The World Health Organization's cancer agency said there was no evidence that any vaccines caused cancer.

South Korean Covid vaccine 'side effects' statistics misrepresented

Published on 28/03/2024 at 10:29

US maternal mortality spike unrelated to Covid shots

Published on 25/03/2024 at 17:16

Climate skeptics cherry-pick California snowfall data

Post falsely claims Fulani extremists destroyed power plant in southeast Nigeria