AAP FactCheck Articles

Climate claim BOMs in attempt to rewrite temperature history

A Facebook user has claimed that temperatures in Australia have actually cooled over the last century.

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Church gender claim is far from the gospel truth

Social posts falsely claim the Church of England has announced a major reworking of scripture.

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Fake shooting licence a reminder of brutal colonial history

An image circulating on social media purports to show a government document which allows people to shoot Indigenous Australians.

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No, Canadian kids can't access same-day assisted dying services

A Facebook video says Canadian kids as young as 12 can get a medical practitioner to legally end their lives.

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Art imitates art in viral video of life-like sentient body parts

Facebook users have been left horrified by a video showing a scientist demonstrating lab-made body parts which can think and move.

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Reheated pie attack video takes misguided jab at Qantas boss

Footage of Alan Joyce copping a pie in the face is being presented as a protest against the airline CEO's support of vaccine mandates.

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US emissions claim pollutes the facts

A claim from Turning Point Australia's Climate and Energy Forum overlooks some inconvenient facts.

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Perrottet wrong on fastest-growing economy claim

Premier Dominic Perrottet's much used claim about the state's economy hasn't been true since 2015-16.

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'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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