AAP FactCheck Articles

'Ritual abuse' report is actually from video game

A frequent spreader of misinformation has claimed to have unearthed a shocking report detailing the abuse of a three-year-old girl.

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'Bombshell' 5G COVID studies tank upon closer inspection

A social media post cites a retracted editorial to falsely claim that 5G radiation causes COVID in humans.

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Doctored WEF audio in need of a check-up

A video circulating online supposedly shows a global leader openly discussing experimental gene therapy.

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Usual suspect cooks up COVID vaccine scare story

An article from a frequent spreader of misinformation claims the vaccines are leading to a rare medical phenomenon.

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Viral taxation claim is cheap nonsense

Multiple posts falsely claim the Australian Taxation Office has been "illegally" collecting taxes since its formation.

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Bivalent booster bluster misinterprets study findings

The authors of two studies into bivalent vaccines have hit back at social media posts that twist their findings.

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Pelé's death linked to vaccine in 'ridiculous' COVID claim

A list of athletes who supposedly died from cardiac arrest since the COVID vaccine rollout began is being widely shared on social media, despite many of the deaths being demonstrably unrelated.

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Anti-Semitic video distorts JFK speech

A video has sought to misrepresent a famous speech nearly 62 years on.

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Selective editing distorts expert's climate change views

A video shows a leading expert on atmospheric gases claiming global warming isn't so bad. But all is not as it seems...

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Scam posts carry Carrie 'quotes' to boost crypto scheme

The same quotes have also been attributed to numerous other famous faces including Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman.

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Scientists roast climate denier on cooling claim

A viral post purporting to show a trend of global cooling uses cherry-picked data, and ignores longer-term climate trends.

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Experts unmask alleged PPE link to mystery skin disease

A Facebook video claims wearing face masks can lead people to develop a strange skin condition.

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Gas stove study tweet cooked up as heart health scare

A tweet about a study linking gas burners to child asthma has been bizarrely changed to say they cause heart issues.

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Fishy use of data to claim oceans are cooling

A Facebook post uses selective short-term data to allege rising carbon dioxide levels are not affecting temperatures.

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Climate 'facts' post is a meltdown of misinformation

A widely shared social media post reels off a string of false climate change claims as "facts".

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Snowball's chance in hell the sun is causing climate change

A Facebook post claims changes in the sun's activity are causing climate change and that greenhouse gas emissions have nothing to do with it.

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Faulty data at the heart of myocarditis claim

An Instagram post says figures showing a massive spike in heart problems in a UK town is linked to COVID-19 vaccines.

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Fake photo attempts to link Vic premier with dead gangsters

A heavily altered image is being shared on social media to claim Daniel Andrews hung out with Melbourne underworld figures in the 1990s.

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Victorian health chief conspiracy doctors the truth

A Facebook meme has attempted to cast doubt on Brett Sutton's credentials.

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Authors give cool reception to misrepresented warming study

Social media users misrepresent a scientific study in an attempt to disentangle human-led emissions from global warming.

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