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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