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By Reuters Staff 5 Min Read Social media users have been sharing content online that claims Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gina Haspel was arrested, injured or found dead. These claims, likely stemming from QAnon conspiracy theorists, are false. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS Examples can …
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By Katie Paul, Elizabeth Culliford 4 Min Read PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Thursday said it would remove false claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, following a similar announcement by Alphabet Inc’s YouTube in October. FILE PHOTO: A …
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By Reuters Staff5 Min ReadA Facebook post making illogical links between an old newspaper front page and the Nov. 9 announcement about a COVID-19 vaccine has been used to falsely claim the pandemic is fake.Reuters Fact Check. REUTERSThe post (here) , from Nov. 10, includes a photo of a person …
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By Kate Kelland 3 Min Read Slideshow ( 2 images ) LONDON (Reuters) – Conspiracy theories and misinformation fuel mistrust in vaccines and could push levels that potential COVID-19 vaccines are taken in the United States and Britain below the rates needed to protect communities against the disease, …
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By Reuters Staff 10 Min Read A video falsely claiming that COVID-19 was planned to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office has been circulating online. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS The five-minute clip was posted to Facebook on Nov. 11 but was deleted a day later. Captioned “The Four Year …
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By Reuters Staff 4 Min Read LISBON (Reuters) – Some Europeans on Tuesday injected a dose of caution into the excitement which greeted news that Pfizer’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective in initial trials, expressing doubts about whether they would have the shot. Scientists …
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By Reuters Staff 6 Min Read Facebook users have been sharing a video that makes multiple false claims about COVID-19, for instance that Bill Gates planned the pandemic and 5G technology was involved in its spread. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS The 21-minute clip, titled “THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID-19”, …
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By Joseph Menn 4 Min Read (Reuters) – Russian government-backed social media accounts nurtured the QAnon conspiracy theory in its infancy, earlier than previously reported, according to interviews with current and former Twitter executives and archives of tweets from suspended accounts. FILE PHOTO: …
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By Susan Cornwell 5 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to condemn the pro-President Donald Trump online conspiracy theory known as “QAnon.” But multiple QAnon-friendly lawmakers may soon be taking seats in the House chamber. FILE PHOTO: A supporter …
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By Susan Cornwell 5 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to condemn the pro-President Donald Trump online conspiracy theory known as “QAnon.” But multiple QAnon-friendly lawmakers may soon be taking seats in the House chamber. FILE PHOTO: A supporter …
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