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Published on 15/04/2022

Video of object hitting Moon was created by digital artist

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US politics
Published on 30/03/2022

White House trees do not prove Joe Biden staged departure photo

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Covid-19
Published on 24/03/2022

Scientific paper does not prove Moderna 'created' coronavirus

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War in Ukraine
Published on 14/03/2022

This photo of a tank has been doctored to add a Ukrainian flag

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Published on 03/03/2022

These images show a model created by an Italian dentist in the 1900s

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Published on 01/03/2022

Quote on justice falsely attributed to Benjamin Franklin

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Climate
Published on 25/02/2022

Glaciers study misleadingly used to downplay sea level rise risk

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Published on 25/02/2022

This photo does not show Mongolian Queen Genepil

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Vaccines
Published on 23/02/2022

Image of Facebook login page requiring vaccination ID is fake

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Published on 22/02/2022

Image of cows laying eggs was digitally altered

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Published on 22/02/2022

This image shows a geological formation unrelated to the San Andreas Fault

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Vaccines
Published on 01/02/2022

Video makes misleading infertility claim about development of GM crops

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Published on 28/01/2022

This MRI scan of a mother with her child has been altered

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Published on 26/01/2022

Facebook posts targeting seniors misrepresent Medicare dental benefits

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Published on 18/01/2022

This video corresponds with footage of China launching a rocket -- not an 'artificial sun'

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Published on 14/01/2022

Japanese creator of fish-themed USB sticks says he developed them as a 'joke'

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Published on 13/01/2022

Posts misrepresent risks of root canal treatments

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Published on 11/01/2022

This photo shows a movie set for 2013 film 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'

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Covid-19
Published on 06/01/2022

Nuremberg Code does not say mandating masks a 'war crime'

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Afghanistan
Published on 13/12/2021

Afghan religious building shared in false posts about 'auction of Hindu women’, scholars say

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Vaccines
Published on 09/12/2021

Research summary misleadingly cited as evidence Covid-19 shots are dangerous

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Published on 09/12/2021

This video does not show a 'Tesla smartphone' and was not released by CEO Elon Musk

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Published on 07/12/2021

This photo shows Indonesian students who won science awards in US, not student inventor of 'weight-loss formula'

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Published on 06/12/2021

This Indonesian student won a prize for a device for fishermen she invented from recycled goods

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Published on 22/11/2021

No evidence 16th-century Korean naval hero wrote discriminatory quote

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Published on 19/11/2021

Misleading reports claim Sri Lanka's oil refinery was shut down for 'first time' since 1969

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Published on 09/11/2021

This is a doctored image of Mount Fuji in Japan

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Published on 04/11/2021

'No evidence' that Covid-19 booster shots 'increase risk of lymphoma and autoimmune diseases'

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