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A Facebook post linked several unfounded claims to create one conspiracy theory about U.S. baby formula shortages. “(Pfizer) says do not breastfeed,” the May 17 post said. “Baby formula shortages everywhere. Gates promotes brand new artificial breast milk technology. All within less
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A new anti-vaccine documentary ridiculously claims that the coronavirus is not a virus, but a synthetic version of snake venom that evil forces are spreading through remdesivir, the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and drinking water to “make you a hybrid of Satan.” The
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Facing multiple defamation lawsuits, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is looking for relief by declaring bankruptcy. Three companies affiliated with Jones, including his infamous media outlet InfoWars, have filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern
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A viral Facebook post falsely says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and billionaire philanthropist George Soros are related by birth — one in a series of baseless claims about links between the two. “Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a cousin of George Soros, Pentagon official
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According to one narrative being shared on social media, Russia has a noble aim for its war against Ukraine: to end child trafficking there. “Putin vows to ‘crush’ child traffickers in Ukraine,” read what looked like a headline in a
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Ukraine’s biological research laboratories have been in the news in recent weeks as Russia, China and a number of media pundits falsely claimed that their existence was proof that the U.S. was partnering with Ukrainian scientists in a “secret” biological
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Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine has brought on an onslaught of attacks, injuries and deaths for more than a week. But according to one claim on Facebook, the war is fake. The Feb. 25 post showed a photo of the Joker from
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A longstanding conspiracy theory about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has resurfaced on social media. A widely shared Instagram post claims that a video from British public broadcaster BBC shows that the network was part of a 9/11 conspiracy. The post says, “An
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Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it on your email every Thursday. 3,190 fact checks were added to the CoronavirusFacts Alliance database in the first half of 2021,
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On Dec. 8, 2020, news organizations around the world published stories about the first patient in the United Kingdom to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine outside of trials: 90-year-old Margaret Keenan. Along with the stories came images showing Keenan with her
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