Paleoclimate graph misused to deny global warming | Fact Check
2 days ago · Scientists project that 2024 will be the hottest year on record, with an unprecedented rate of warming undeniably tied to human-induced carbon emissions. Climate change skeptics continue to use social media to question these findings -- by sharing a graph depicting natural cyclical variations tied to ice age periods -- but experts said the chart fails to refute the …
Altered videos falsely claim Joe Biden is retiring to Zanzibar
1 day ago · US President Joe Biden will leave office in January 2025. Days before the November 2024 US presidential election, a video of Biden purportedly announcing plans to relocate to Zanzibar upon retirement was published on TikTok and has since been viewed thousands of times. Another video of President-elect Donald Trump followed, shared by the same TikTok …
Women's march photo manipulated to target abortion rights ...
1 day ago · An image spreading across social media platforms appears to show a woman posing beside her child while holding a sign that says, "I want my daughter to have the right to abortion that I didn't have." But the photo has been doctored, analysis shows; the original, captured during a 2023 women's march in Mexico, carried a different message written in Spanish. The …
No evidence Italian government is moving migrants into ...
5 days ago · Pope Francis has supported lending aid to migrants fleeing violence and persecution, and called turning them away a "grave sin" in August 2024. However, claims that the Italian government retaliated against the pontiff's comments by "dumping" migrants on the borders of Vatican City are false; photos cited as evidence for the claim are several years old.
Trump's election speech video altered to claim visa ban on ...
5 days ago · In 2020, Nigeria was among five countries targeted by a travel ban policy under the US administration of Donald Trump. According to the directive, Nigerian immigrants were no longer eligible for visas allowing them to live permanently in the US. Following Trump’s presidential re-election in November 2024, a TikTok video claiming that he would issue new …
US doctor makes unsupported claims on RSV vaccines
5 days ago · US health officials have approved vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an infection that can be deadly for some patients, after concluding they were effective in preventing severe illness with few serious adverse effects. However, a doctor who was suspended for spreading medical misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic is making unsubstantiated …
Video shows Mozambican police officer stoned to death, not a ...
6 days ago · Deadly protests erupted in Mozambique in November 2024 following the announcement of disputed election results that saw the ruling Frelimo party returned to power. During the unrest, a graphic video surfaced online showing a man being stoned to death, with some social media users claiming the victim was a South African truck driver killed in …