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Dec 13, 2024 · AFP Fact Check is a department within Agence France-Presse (AFP), a multi-lingual, multicultural news agency whose mission is to provide accurate, balanced and impartial coverage of news wherever and whenever it happens in the world on a continuous basis.
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Dec 13, 2024 · Video shows music fans after concert, not celebration of CEO killing
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Dec 17, 2024 · Teary-eyed Trudeau video is years old, unrelated to Trump tariffs. Image. US politics
US cardiologist makes sweeping false claims about effects of …
Nov 8, 2023 · Experts estimate that vaccines against Covid-19 have saved millions of lives during the pandemic, yet false information about their safety continues to surface online. During a September 2023 event at the European Parliament, US cardiologist Peter McCullough claimed that mRNA vaccines have caused a "wave" of severe health effects and called for them to be banned. A video of the address has ...
Manipulated footage used in ads for unapproved diabetes remedy
5 days ago · Diabetes is a chronic disease triggered when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, the hormone that regulates blood glucose, or when the body cannot use it effectively. Over time, high glucose levels can lead to heart disease, stroke and kidney disease, among other ailments. Some 38.4 million Americans have diabetes -- more than 11 percent of the population, according to the Centers ...
Posts misrepresent progress of EV charging network under Biden
Dec 13, 2024 · A 2021 federal infrastructure bill allocated funds to build a network of electric vehicle charging points across the United States by 2030. But social media claims that the Biden administration spent $7.5 billion for just eight stations are false; after a slow rollout, 37 stations across 13 states are currently in operation, with hundreds …
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Dec 12, 2024 · Claims that Covid vaccines cause early-onset breast cancer are unsubstantiated
Misinformation circulates on failed US immigration reform …
Feb 8, 2024 · A bipartisan package that included stringent domestic border security measures failed in the US Senate in early February. Republican representatives in the House pushed claims it would have allowed 5,000 migrants to enter the country illegally every day, but the sponsoring lawmakers and an expert said that distorted the proposal -- which aimed to expand the executive branch's deportation ...
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AFP’s fact-checkers seek to investigate dubious claims circulating online which are viral, impactful and potentially harmful to the public. The claims we verify surface in a variety of ways, including on social media platforms, blogs and websites, messaging apps and other forums in the public ...