A widely-shared Facebook post showing Hollywood star Angelina Jolie comforting a young boy in Africa suggests a hidden agenda.

Conspiracy theories involving 5G have been circulating during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the latest example claiming "new" mobile towers were installed during the lockdown.

A video claiming a link between Britain's new 20 pound banknote, 5G and the COVID-19 pandemic is being shared on Facebook.

A Facebook video claiming to show 5G equipment labelled "COV.19" is being shared on Facebook as conspiracy theorists and 5G opponents target telecom masts in the UK and other parts of Europe.

A Facebook post blames China as the source of eight deadly viral outbreaks around the world since 1957.

A Facebook post claims that US toolmaker Black & Decker is leaving China and building a $90 million plant in Texas.

A popular Facebook post tells a frightening tale about a woman who was supposedly followed by a fake unmarked police vehicle but escaped danger by remembering a warning from her parents.

A widely shared social media post claims that the COVID-19 pandemic does not exist and that the coronavirus crisis is instead a cover-up to allow the deployment of 5G telecommunications towers.

With the number of COVIDsafe app users now over five million, a Facebook post is claiming "hidden" rules could allow workplaces and supermarkets to bar people who haven't downloaded the program.

A Facebook post claims criminals are marking homes, targeting them for dog theft.

As flu season arrives in Australia and health authorities encourage people to get a flu shot, a post claims Woolworths supermarkets have implemented a mandatory flu vaccination program for staff.

As the COVID-19 global death toll rises, a Facebook post claims former Fijian prime minister Laisenia Qarase died from the coronavirus.

While Australians celebrated Anzac Day on their driveways this year a Facebook post purporting to tell the history of the military bugle call the Last Post resurfaced.

A screenshot claiming to show a location warning message from Australia's new COVIDSafe app is circulating on Facebook followng the federal government's launch of the coronavirus tracking tool.

A post flitting around Facebook claims to show a picture of the world's smallest bird, the bee hummingbird or zunzuncito of Cuba.

A social media post has compared the coronavirus statistics of Ireland and New Zealand in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A post on Facebook claims a Nobel Prize-winning Japanese scientist has said the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the potentially deadly COVID-19 disease was "manufactured" by China.

Amid fears about the spread of COVID-19, a Facebook post purports to show how people can "differentiate between Chinese and Indian products".

At a time when Australians are questioning the country's reliance on overseas products, a Facebook post is purporting to show an "Aussie product aisle" at a Woolworths store in Queensland.

A Facebook post by a New Zealand user claims that telecommunications companies are setting up camouflaged cell towers to spy on local communities.