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Climate
Published on 17/07/2024

False claims linking Bill Gates to 'maggot milk' spread online

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Published on 12/07/2024

AI-generated image circulates in false posts about Egyptian pyramid construction

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Climate
Published on 09/07/2024

Historic dolphin stranding triggers baseless claims about wind farms

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Published on 09/07/2024

Clip of 'gold bars in Philippine sea' bears signs of AI

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 08/07/2024

Facebook users fall for AI-generated image of 'pink dolphin'

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 04/07/2024

AI-generated images of 'Paris painted purple' falsely shared ahead of Olympics

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Bill Gates
Published on 03/07/2024

Bird flu claims targeting Bill Gates feed conspiracy theories

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Published on 03/07/2024

Two-year-old images of giant squid beached in South Africa resurface as a recent event

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Climate
Published on 21/06/2024

Social media posts minimize climate change impact on heat dome

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Covid-19
Published on 20/06/2024

Recent study did not prove Covid-19 vaccines caused excess deaths

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Published on 18/06/2024

Photo of far side of the Moon taken by NASA orbiter in 2010, not China's Chang'e-6 probe

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Climate
Published on 14/06/2024

Archive photos of Brazil mountain do not disprove sea level rise

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US elections 2024
Published on 07/06/2024

Posts falsely claim Biden left D-Day event early, ignored veterans

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US politics
Published on 06/06/2024

Video of Joe Biden at D-Day ceremony is deceptively edited

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 04/06/2024

AI-generated Donald Trump image spreads after guilty verdict

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Published on 29/05/2024

Health experts say no evidence Manzano banana can cure viper bite

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Published on 28/05/2024

Mammography is not banned in Switzerland, suspended in Canada

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Published on 27/05/2024

Old US and European space agency photos falsely linked to China's Chang'e-6 Moon mission

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Published on 24/05/2024

Unproven electromagnetic cancer treatment spreads online

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 24/05/2024

AI-generated image falsely shared as genuine photo of 'Afghan girl with snow leopard she rescued'

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Climate
Published on 23/05/2024

Morocco study misused to discredit sea-level rise

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Published on 21/05/2024

Posts linking Disney, former Nazi to NASA founding are misleading

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Published on 21/05/2024

Image from German music video falsely shared as proof of 'fake Moon landing'

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Climate
Published on 17/05/2024

Canadian wildfires ignite HAARP conspiracy theories online

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 16/05/2024

Deepfake video targets Pakistan ex-first lady Bushra Bibi

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Published on 15/05/2024

Posts falsely blame HAARP research project for atmospheric auroras

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Published on 14/05/2024

Photo shows collapsed Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, not China's 'Eye of Heaven' telescope

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 10/05/2024

Audio from clip showing Nigeria’s president lamenting football team was digitally altered

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