AAP FactCheck Articles

'Quote' that NSW Police will arrest shoe shoppers is a step too far

Social media users are getting their laces in a knot over a misquote attributed to the Assistant Commissioner.

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Video backfires with claimed German electric car fire

Social media posts miss the mark factually in an attempt to highlight problems with electric vehicles.

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Depopulation projections a dystopian fantasy

The unsubstantiated predictions of an obscure website have surfaced in blogs and social media posts.

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Reheated news clip obscures up-to-date advice on masks

A Nine News item from April 2020 has resurfaced on social media.

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Ginger treatment for lung conditions hasn't crystallised into evidence

The rhizome is commonly used as a folk remedy, but the health claims about ginger in one widely shared meme have little scientific basis.

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Yes, viruses can evolve to become more deadly

Social media posts make the bold claim there has never been a virus that mutated to become more lethal.

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Misleading edit of Gladys Berejiklian clip shrouds her stance on masks

A social media post has cut key context from the NSW premier's comments about the role face masks play in preventing COVID-19 transmission.

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Jurassic era CO2 claim belongs with the dinosaurs

A viral post suggests earth's carbon dioxide levels have fallen to an all-time low.

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Conspiracy theorist's 'depopulation' text does not appear in Great Reset book

A Facebook post falsely links a book passage to World Economic Founder Klaus Schwab.

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No evidence to support claim Tanzania's virus-sceptic president was murdered

Some social media users have claimed without evidence that John Magufuli - whose death was officially put down to a heart condition - was killed for his COVID-19 views.

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Vaccine spike protein link to male infertility is a failed conception

A social media post includes a series of scientifically unfounded claims about the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on men's reproductive health.

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No, Greg Hunt didn't say no one had died from COVID-19 in Australia

Video clips shared on social media have been selectively edited to omit key context.

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Vaccinated passengers haven't been grounded over blood clot fears

A Sky News Australia segment said airlines in Spain and Russia made the move, but its source is suspect.

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'Toxic' spike protein claims misinterpret vaccine study

New research is being cited as evidence that mRNA jabs can cause serious harm - but one of its authors says that's wrong.

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Veteran journalist verballed in quote about PM staff 'lawyering up'

Memes misattribute a scathing statement about Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to an ABC political correspondent.

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Fake 'North Pole sunset' image is just a bad moon rising

An eye-catching image of the sun setting below the moon is too perfect to be real.

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Flyer doesn't expose Jacinda Ardern on NZ's democratic future

A social media post makes unsupported claims about the PM's position on Maori self-determination.

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Photo said to show woman carrying quadruplets is hard to stomach

A viral post's caption seems plausible on first glance - but the true story is even more bizarre.

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Muddled-up data misleads on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy

Figures from a Lancet article have been misinterpreted to suggest drug companies are 'deceiving' the public about the vaccines.

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Time's up on Daniel Andrews fall date 'conspiracy'

A string of social media posts suggest the media somehow pre-empted news of the Victorian premier's accident.

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