A tweet from a fake Elon Musk account makes claims about the billionaire's relationship with US president-elect Donald Trump.

The findings of a study into the effect of COVID-19 vaccines on children are being misrepresented in posts shared on social media.

Social media users are recycling a discredited claim that Australia's Indigenous people wiped out a pygmy population that preceded them.

The anti-parasitic drug has shown some promise in lab-based studies, but experts say published clinical trials are needed to determine whether it works as a cancer treatment.

False claims that Tesla chief executive and X owner Elon Musk is acquiring CNN stem from an article on a self-described satirical website.

Experts say the development of better seeds and technological advances have vastly improved crop outputs, and that climate change overall has had little or a detrimental effect.

An AI-manipulated video of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is being used in an online scam aimed at ripping off unsuspecting victims.

Fake headlines about the reactions of US stars and companies to Donald Trump's presidential election win are being shared as genuine news on social media.

Social media users are falsely claiming the Anti-Defamation League is calling "Christianity" a terrorism and extremism group.

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson's publicist says there is "no truth" to claims on social media that he passed away in hospital.

Posts online share a false claim that Fort Denison's average annual sea level was lower in 2019 than 1914, but they use selective data which doesn't tell the full story.

Infant deaths during a trial of a medicine that protects against respiratory syncytial virus were caused by unrelated factors, including a car crash.

The early release from prison of the former Fijian prime minister has led to a wild claim spreading online about US interference.

Claims about the cancer-killing properties of the tropical fruit soursop fail to mention that no research involving humans has actually been carried out.

Experts say that face masks are effective in interrupting the transmission of a virus and reduce the risk of developing a respiratory infection, despite what disbelievers say.

Spain's recent catastrophic rain event has led to a flurry of false claims about weather manipulation.

A Facebook reel is misleading social media users about the medical condition of brain death

A video of a protest against the eviction of displaced Lebanese people from an abandoned building is being misrepresented as depicting an attempted Hezbollah invasion of Beirut homes.

A Red Cross letter from 1944 is being misrepresented to raise doubts about the Nazi extermination program.

Social media users are spreading false claims that putting on headphones and listening to a particular sound frequency will kill parasites.