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Fake translation added to French president’s UN speech about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Featured image
By master Fact-Check Politics Technology

11 Jul: Fake translation added to French president’s UN speech about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

A TikTok account named “African Lives” shared the video of Macron delivering a speech in French with a purported translation into English.

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Scenes of animals running wild falsely connected to French riots - Featured image
By master Fact-Check Society

10 Jul: Scenes of animals running wild falsely connected to French riots

“Like France what’s going on? can anyone explain this?” says the caption on a July 3, 2023 TikTok viewed more than 3.8 million times.

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Videos of 2021 Titan submersible expedition falsely linked to its implosion in 2023 - Featured image
By master Fact-Check Science Society Technology

06 Jul: Videos of 2021 Titan submersible expedition falsely linked to its implosion in 2023

The video shows clear blue waters outside the bull’s-eye window of a submersible before panning across five crew members, including a woman. The camera then swings back to the ocean, revealing a sizeable rusted vessel.

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Elon Musk erroneously downplays farming's climate impact - Featured image
By master Environment Fact-Check Science Society

03 Jul: Elon Musk erroneously downplays farming’s climate impact

“What happens on Earth’s surface (eg farming) has no meaningful impact on climate change,” the owner of Tesla, Twitter and SpaceX said in a June 25, 2023 tweet with more than 6,000 shares.

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Image shows old Titanic painting, not wreckage of imploded sub - Featured image
By master Fact-Check Science

28 Jun: Image shows old Titanic painting, not wreckage of imploded sub

“This is where the debris has been found, just a few yards around the Titanic wreckage,” says text over a June 22, 2023 TikTok video viewed more than three million times. “The 5 billionaires are dead!”

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Image purporting to reveal US president wearing a diaper was digitally altered - Featured image
By master Fact-Check Science Society Technology

19 Jun: Image purporting to reveal US president wearing a diaper was digitally altered

The image was published on Twitter in Ghana on June 5, 2023, and has since been shared more than 300 times.

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Photos of animals caught in floods unrelated to Ukraine dam attack - Featured image
By master Fact-Check Politics Ukraine

13 Jun: Photos of animals caught in floods unrelated to Ukraine dam attack

“A large number of pets have been left stranded in floodwaters after the giant dam in Kherson area in Ukraine was attacked,” reads a Thai-language tweet posted on June 7.

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Video misrepresents US senator's comments on Russia-Ukraine war - Featured image
By master Fact-Check Politics Ukraine

07 Jun: Video misrepresents US senator’s comments on Russia-Ukraine war

Ian Miles Cheong, a far-right blogger, tweeted a video May 27, 2023 of a meeting between Zelensky and Graham, a Republican from the US state of South Carolina. In it, the senator says: “And the Russians are dying.”

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Debunked CO2, climate claim resurfaces online - Featured image
By master Environment Fact-Check

02 Jun: Debunked CO2, climate claim resurfaces online

The clip, shared May 26, 2023 on Instagram, stems from a May 2019 episode of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) show “Q&A.” In it, Alan Jones asks a fellow panelist what percentage of the atmosphere consists of CO2.

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Computer-generated image of ‘giant’ does not show last living Neanderthal man - Featured image
By master Fact-Check Science Society Technology

26 May: Computer-generated image of ‘giant’ does not show last living Neanderthal man

“The last Neanderthal giant,” reads the caption of a purported photo tweeted on April 30, 2023. 

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