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By Christine Murray, Thomson Reuters Foundation 4 Min Read Oct 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – U.S. lawmakers and candidates must denounce the QAnon conspiracy theory movement as it spreads disinformation about child sex trafficking ahead of the November election, dozens of anti-slavery and …
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By Reuters Staff 7 Min Read Articles shared on social media have falsely claimed world leaders are planning to use the economic downturn caused by the new coronavirus to push for a global vaccination strategy, and to turn countries into totalitarian states. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS The article, …
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By Dominic Kirui, Thomson Reuters Foundation6 Min ReadLAKE BARINGO, Kenya, Oct 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – F or 50 years, Ester Yokoi has been drinking water from Kenya’s Lake Baringo, and for 50 years it has been poisoning her.Yokoi is one of several thousand villagers to develop a …
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By Reuters Staff 13 Min Read Correction, Oct. 17, 2020: Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS An earlier version of this check included an editing note. This has been removed and a date and a link have been added in reference to a speech made by Dr Anthony Fauci. _________________ An article shared online …
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By Elizabeth Culliford, Paresh Dave 3 Min Read (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Wednesday it would remove videos from YouTube containing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, expanding its current rules against falsehoods and conspiracy theories about the pandemic. FILE PHOTO: A …
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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read The Citigroup Inc (Citi) logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/Files (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc C.N said on Tuesday that it terminated a manager in its technology department following …
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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building dome is seen in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to condemn the online pro-Trump conspiracy theory known as “QAnon,” but 17 Republicans …
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By Foo Yun Chee 2 Min Read An advertising board shows a 5G logo at the International Airport in Zaventem, Belgium May 4, 2020. Picture taken May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders need to tackle urgently disinformation on 5G technology, which is central to the …
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By Reuters Staff 5 Min Read Users on social media are sharing a picture that appears to show the front page of a newspaper carrying a report that Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has been arrested. This claim is false, the image has …
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By Reuters Staff 5 Min Read A photo with over 1,400 shares on Facebook as of Sept. 9, 2020, shows a poster with a conspiracy theory about the COVID-19 pandemic. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS The post (here) on a Facebook page named UK Lockdown Truth shows an unidentified woman carrying a poster that …
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