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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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Claim: In early October 2023, a new study was released proving that the higher a country’s vaccination rate is, the higher the excess death rate in that country will be. In early October 2023, a post went viral on X (formerly Twitter) that read “BREAKING: New study shows that the higher a country’s …
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Claim: Emails released in September 2023 through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show that the Biden Administration “hid deadly COVID vaccine risks from the public.” In late September 2023, several conspiracist media outlets and anti-vaccine social media accounts claimed that newly …
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Claim: A viral video authentically shows Bill Gates being hit in the face with a pie in 1998. For many years, claims have spread on social media platforms that Bill Gates was once hit in the face with a pie. Here, for example is a YouTube video posted to the platform on April 3, 2020. The video was …
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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.” On Sept. 19, 2023, users on X (formerly Twitter) virally shared an old video clip claiming it showed …
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Claim: An online article authentically reported that Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates was buying hundreds of burned-out lots destroyed in the August 2023 Maui wildfires for “pennies on the dollar.” On Sept. 6, 2023, The Dunning-Kruger Times website published an article that said Microsoft Co-Founder …
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Claim: The character of Mr. Burns on the animated television series “The Simpsons” is based on Jacob Rothschild of the British Rothschild banking family. For nearly a decade, claims have circulated online that “The Simpsons” television character Mr. Burns, Homer Simpson’s boss at the Springfield …
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