AAP FactCheck Articles
No, 'bombshell' vaccine study was not redacted
A redacted report from the US Centers for Disease Control is not a smoking gun linking myocarditis to COVID vaccines.
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AI image feeds fears of demonic Maccas meal
Anxious social media users sharing an AI-generated image are convinced McDonald's has released a "demonic" Happy Meal for children.
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Rothschild conspiracy is 'utter nonsense'
Social media claims seek - without evidence - to portray a global conspiracy that ties the creation of Israel to the Rothschild banking family.
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No, $15b reconstruction fund has not been scrapped
A Facebook video claims Labor's flagship National Reconstruction Fund has been scrapped, less than a year after it was created.
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No, Japan hasn't banned COVID-19 vaccines
Social media posts claim Japan has banned COVID-19 shots because of soaring sudden deaths, but there's no evidence to support either assertion.
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Photo fakery behind 'not a dude' images
Photos of female swimmers supposedly making a statement on transgender athletes are winning praise on social media despite the images having an obvious problem.
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Huge vaccine safety study creates misinformation spike
Social media has been flooded with false claims about the supposed dangers of COVID-19 vaccines following a massive global study.
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Tiresome tyre claim fails to get traction
A study comparing tyre wear and exhaust emissions in petrol-powered cars has been misrepresented with claims it showed higher emissions for electric vehicles.
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Audio of NZ PM's speeches manipulated
Video and images of New Zealand's prime minister are being deceitfully used to make it appear as if he is endorsing a digital trading platform.
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Assassination quote falsely attributed to ex-Israeli PM
Social media users are falsely claiming Israel's first prime minister said terror, assassination and intimidation must be used to rid the country of its Arab population.
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Journalist's health battle misused as anti-vaccine propaganda
A journalist's essay about her diagnosis of a rare kind of cancer is being sickly distorted by anti-vaccine activists.
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Climate funding claim way off the money
A self-styled "income acceleration coach" claims climate activists are being handed tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer money.
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Doctor misdiagnoses legality of assisted dying
Victoria legalised voluntary assisted dying in 2017, but a suspended doctor reckons a legal oversight means the practice is still a jailable offence.
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Grisly 'cannibalism' video recooked amid civil unrest
A video showing footage of someone supposedly eating human flesh has been falsely linked to the current political unrest in Haiti.
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Claimed Gazan propaganda is actually Moroccan movie
A video clip showing a patient suddenly climbing off a hospital gurney has gone viral, with claims it's behind-the-scenes footage of Palestinian propaganda shot in Gaza.
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Claim bank will remove all ATMs holds no currency
A viral image claims the Commonwealth Bank will phase out all ATMs in Australia starting with Queensland in 2025, but the bank says it has no such plans.
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Camera illusion sparks 'phoney' war injury claim
A tiny fingernail mark and a photographer's hair parting have been used to debunk a damaging claim relating to the war in the Middle East.
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Senator's vaccine report calculations don't add up
A report detailing adverse events reported after COVID-19 vaccinations has been the subject of unsupported claims in a Senate Estimates hearing.
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Black salve 'cancer cure' makes the skin crawl
Social media users are pushing false claims an alternative medicine can cure cancers, when all the evidence points to its corrosive effects on the skin.
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Home-grown food 'ban' claim has lost the garden plot
The latest conspiracy theory about the World Economic Forum claims the organisation is trying to outlaw home-grown fruits and vegetables.
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