AAP FactCheck Articles
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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Moderna vaccine claim gets a jab of truth
Anti-vaccine groups claim the jab was "quietly removed" from Australia just before Christmas.
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Claim of Grinch-like Christmas plot is a real turkey
Cherish your memories of Christmas 2022 because it could be the last of its kind, a video falsely claims.
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Cold, hard nonsense floated about polar ice
A climate change sceptic claims global sea levels won't change if all the ice in Antarctica were to melt.
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Fines and penalties claim fractures under facts
A social media video falsely claims that only a court can lawfully issue fines and penalties.
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Tricksters tug at heartstrings in community group scams
Facebook posts disguised as pleas for help are taking advantage of the good will of social media users.
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Depopulation conspiracy fuelled by misquoted speech
A speech by legendary primatologist Jane Goodall has been used to suggest the World Economic Forum is plotting something sinister.
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Sovereign citizen a deluded victim of legal fantasy
A Facebook post claims a crime is not considered a crime without a victim.
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Social media ID claim is a pointless exercise
A Facebook post claims Australia will implement an identification system for social media users which allows police access to messages.
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Vaccine side-effect data is a tale of two systems
A Facebook video has questioned the difference in numbers reported by two national bodies measuring adverse reactions to the COVID vaccines.
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Scammers manipulate TV news in bid to trick public
An onslaught of social media scams are using manipulated news clips to lure Facebook users.
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Ardern money printing claim inflates the facts
A post misleads with a claim the New Zealand prime minister has printed more money than any politician in history.
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Fake jet set pic is deadset pro-Putin propaganda
A Facebook user has posted a doctored photo to support a claim that the Ukrainian president's wife is living a life of luxury during the war with Russian invaders.
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