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“Below are images of the Arctic Sea Ice from May 13, 1989 and May 13, 2022, courtesy of the satellites monitored by the National Sea Ice Data Center. See a difference worth losing sleep? Neither do I,” says the postdated May 14.
The misleading claim was shared in a Facebookpost dated April 12, 2022.
“New Study: Arctic Was Much Warmer 6000 Years Ago… 90% Of Glaciers, Ice Caps Smaller Than Present Or Absent!” says the headline of an April 11, 2022 articleon Watts Up with That?, a website that features content describing the idea that humans are causing global warming as a lie, and saying climate science is being misrepresented and exaggeratedto cause panic.
Flight simulation fans frequently record their screens and share dramatic crashes or near-crashes on YouTube or other platforms. But viewers might not always know the context and could believe they are watching real events.
“The video shows the Ukrainian army preparing a prop for a staged shooting,” reads a simplified Chinese post on April 7 on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like platform.
The video was shared here on Weibo on April 13, 2022. It has been viewed more than 119,000 times.
The claim was shared here by an Australia-based Facebook user on March 28, 2022.
“I have never worn sunscreen and I never will. Because sunscreen causes cancer, not the sun,” says a March 30, 2022 Facebook post.
“There are rumours that Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr, commander of the United States Army Africa (what is the commander of the United States Army Africa doing in Ukraine?) was captured in Mariupol, where he was helping to command Azov forces,” reads a Thai Facebook post shared on April 7.