There has been an online campaign to bombard the social media giant's app with one-star reviews - but that won't lead to the outcome some users hope for.

A widely circulated image credits the purported data to the country's medicines regulator.

The 1947 list of ethical standards is designed to protect human subjects in medical research - not recipients of approved vaccines.

An Instagram user claims to know why cases dropped in May after the country's second wave of the virus.

A social media post claims a study shows women retain the DNA from every man they have ever slept with.

Multiple memes casting doubt on the need for COVID-19 vaccinations paint a misleading picture about their effectiveness.

A young US woman is aiming to be the first person on Mars - but that's about where the facts stop in many widely shared posts.

A widely shared post features a bogus statement attributed to the renowned - but controversial - virologist Luc Montagnier.

A social media post claims to provide urgent doctor's advice to stay in bed for three and a half minutes before getting up.

Catholic Church leader Pope Francis has been an outspoken advocate for people getting immunised against COVID-19.

A video shows masks might not stop dust - but that doesn't mean they aren't effective at slowing the coronavirus.

Social media posts misunderstand - or misrepresent - product safety information to suggest the treatment is unsafe for humans.

A social media video also repeats debunked claims about people being infectious after receiving COVID-19 inoculations.

A Facebook video suggests the contact-tracing requirement breaks Australian privacy laws.

Conservation groups have tried dyes to stop poaching - but these social media pics are not proof of their efforts.

Emotive images have been circulating on social media after hundreds of children were reported killed or injured in Gaza.

Experts say it would be impossible to secretly deliver tracking devices via vaccines.

Scary footage implies the devices could be dangerous while plugged in, but experts say there's no cause for alarm.

A widely shared meme claims "skeletons of fish" found on Mount Everest's peak are proof the earth once experienced a great flood.

Suggestions that vaccine recipients could make others ill, affect their reproductive cycles or even kill their pets are biologically impossible, experts say.