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Fact Check: Palestinian official flag in 1939 did not show Star of David An image of a Zionist movement flag from the 1930s does not show the “official” Palestinian flag in 1939, according to historians, despite online posts sharing a photograph of the flag with the Jewish Star of David symbol that purportedly appeared in a French dictionary of the era.
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Fact Check: Video of man praying for Trump to replace Biden as US president is altered A video clip showing a man in military uniform praying for U.S. President Joe Biden to be replaced by his predecessor Donald Trump while sharing the stage with Biden at an event in Norfolk, Virginia, has been flipped horizontally and contains an altered audio track.
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Fact Check: Iceland has not banned COVID vaccines A headline shared online falsely claims that Iceland has banned COVID-19 vaccines and cites sudden deaths for which there is no evidence, according to the Icelandic national health authority.
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Fact Check: Video of teacher discussing pronouns is a skit A clip showing a teacher called Darren discussing pronouns is a skit, according to a disclaimer by the video’s creators at the end of the original video. A version without this clarification, however, is being shared online by social media users who are interpreting it as real.
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Fact Check: Clip of Ukrainian porn star saying she’d run for president is altered A video is circulating claiming to show a Ukranian adult film actress announcing her goal to run for president in her country, with a logo for British media outlet the Sun on the video. The video is altered from a 2020 YouTube livestream and Reuters found no evidence that The Sun published it.
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Fact Check: The moon is not a reflection of Earth The moon is not a reflection of Earth, despite a viral TikTok clip circulating online. The moon is a satellite that rotates around the Earth, pulled in by gravity.
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Fact Check: Fabricated X post shows Donald Trump Jr. reacting to Trump being booed A fabricated screenshot of a post on X, formerly Twitter, showing Donald Trump Jr. reacting to his father being booed at a college football match, has misled users online. The image originates from a satire account on X.
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Fact Check: Altered image of Greta Thunberg holding antisemitic book An image of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg holding an antisemitic book is altered. The original unaltered photograph shows Thunberg holding her book on climate change.
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Fact Check: Spoof lobotomy poster shared online as if from 20th century A satirical advertisement for lobotomy, a discredited surgical treatment for mental illness widely performed in the mid-20th century, was intended to sell enamel pins, its creator said, but it has fueled anti-science sentiment online circulating as if it shows an authentic historical flier promoting the procedure.
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Fact Check: Image shows Tel Aviv rally for release of Israeli hostages in Gaza An aerial shot from a Nov. 11, 2023, protest in Tel Aviv demanding the release of Israeli hostages held by militant Palestinian group Hamas was falsely shared as footage from a pro-Palestinian protest held in Israel amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
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Fact Check: The Telegraph video on Body Worlds using Ukrainian military corpses is fake A video using The Daily Telegraph’s branding, which reports a Body Worlds exhibition was cancelled in London when it was found to be using illegally acquired bodies of Ukrainian soldiers, is fake.
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Fact Check: Photo of Israeli soldier in front of graffitied building is altered A photograph of an Israeli soldier sitting on a chair in front of rubble and destruction has been altered to include Hebrew text on a building behind him.
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Fact Check: Image of officer smiling while pepper spraying Jan. 6 protester is altered An altered image of a police officer who is smiling while releasing pepper spray on a protester during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been shared in online posts that suggest the protest was a setup.
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Fact Check: Fabricated Marjorie Taylor Greene Thanksgiving post stems from satire A post by a parody account impersonating U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene apologizing to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for eating turkey on Thanksgiving is being taken seriously by some online.
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Fact Check: Fabricated article claims Pete Buttigieg was arrested for killing dogs An image saying that U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was arrested as a teenager in 1998 for killing several dogs was created by a social media account that has since been suspended. There is no evidence to support these claims.
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Fact Check: Claim Whoopi Goldberg ‘tossed’ from Bill Maher’s show stems from satire Whoopi Goldberg has not appeared on HBO political show “Real Time with Bill Maher” since 2005, despite online posts in November taking seriously a satirical article that claims Maher “tossed” Goldberg from his show.
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Fact Check: Wilders must form coalition to be Dutch PM It may take months for Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders to form a government, but online posts mistakenly claimed that the populist automatically became prime minister after his party's election win on Nov. 22.
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Fact Check: Video creator’s food art mislabeled as Bill Gates’ lab-grown meat A clip showing a “lab-grown drumstick” moving unnaturally was created by an artist who frequently shares videos of food in motion, despite posts online that suggest the clip shows synthetic meat made by Bill Gates.
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Fact Check: Video showing armory predates November 2023 attack on Al Shifa hospital A video showing a room stocked with firearms, army fatigues and other military equipment dates to at least August 2023 and is unrelated to the November attack by the Israeli army on Al Shifa hospital in Gaza. The footage was filmed in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army told Reuters.
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Fact Check: Video of French farmers' protest unrelated to Israel-Hamas war A video of a French farmer dumping manure outside a McDonald’s in eastern France to protest fast-food outlets that import foreign meat products has been falsely claimed online to be about Israel’s war with Hamas.
