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Claim: Billionaire Bill Gates owns or has purchased the company that makes Bragg apple cider vinegar. In late 2023, Snopes received numerous requests from readers asking what seemed like a rather innocuous question: “Did Bill Gates purchase the company which makes Braggs apple cider vinegar?” At …
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Claim: A photograph genuinely shows a “young Bill Gates” riding a bicycle in the 1970s. An image purportedly showing a “young Bill Gates” on a bicycle in the 1970s has circulated on social media since at least 2015. Yet posts that included the pic often provided little – or no – evidence to support …
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Claim: In December 2023, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Twitter/X account, @RealAlexJones, was reinstated by Elon Musk after having been banned for abusive behavior since 2018. On Dec. 10, 2023, a number of online users shared reports that Alex Jones’ X account had been reinstated by X owner Elon …
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Claim: An old Christmas picture of Michelle Obama with cropped hair and masculine features standing with her future husband, Barack Obama, is an authentic photograph of the future first lady. In October 2022, a Facebook user posted an old and doctored picture of former U.S. President Barack Obama …
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Claim: An image authentically showed Taylor Swift wearing a hat made of human skin. Context There was no evidence that the subject of the photograph was Taylor Swift, in real or digital form. It was unknown whether the image depicted a real person, was a digital creation, or was some combination of …
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Claim: Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks once said during a July 2020 interview, “If you can’t wear a mask and wash your hands and social distance, I don’t understand. I’ve got no respect for you man.” In September 2023, users on X shared an old video and claimed that it showed Oscar-winning actor Tom …
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Claim: Elon Musk called Bill Gates “evil” on social media platform X. On Nov. 8, 2023, SpaceXMania.com published an article claiming that Elon Musk had written “He’s evil” about Bill Gates on X. The article stated, “Elon Musk’s Accusation Ignites a Public Feud with Bill Gates, Revealing Deep …
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Claim: An image shared in late October 2023, showed a person who was killed during an Israeli attack on Gaza sitting and texting from inside a body bag, supposedly validating a conspiracy theory questioning the reality of the violence in Palestine. Context The in-question image was captured in …
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Claim: Data released by the Canadian government show that 74% of triple-vaccinated people now have a reduction in immune system performance known as Vaccine Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (VAIDS). In early October 2023, a story from the anti-vaccine outlet The Exposé went viral on social media …
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Claim: World Economic Forum Chairman Klaus Schwab called Elon Musk a “dangerous extremist fuse on the internet.” Context Schwab was not referring to Musk while he was speaking to young people about the launch of the “Davos Lab: Youth Recovery Plan” after the pandemic. His words were also …
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