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Ice core graph used to make misleading global warming claims - Featured image

 “How can anyone see this chart and seriously still be brainwashed into believing that we are at the end of days? It’s very basic stuff, ” reads a message accompanying the graphic on Twitter that received 11 million views. It has also been shared on Facebook and in numerous posts in German.

20 January 2023
False posts link Covid-19 vaccine to pilot deaths - Featured image

“American Airlines Ceases Multiple Routes: ‘Our Pilots Are Dropping Dead From COVID Jabs,'” is the headline of a January 9, 2023 article on NewsPunch, a website formerly known as YourNewsWire, that has published misinformation and conspiracy theories in the past.

19 January 2023
Graph on polar bear population uses unreliable data - Featured Image

“Polar bear population increasing / But doesn’t fit climate narrative, so info cancelled,” says a January 4, 2023 Facebook post from Bjorn Lomborg, author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist.”

17 January 2023
Twitter feud did not aid in Andrew Tate's arrest - Featured image

“Andrew Tate has been ARRESTED for forcing at least 6 women into filming adult videos, after a PIZZA BOX in his video dissing Greta Thunberg gave away his location,” says a December 30, 2022 Facebook post.

6 January 2023
Posts falsely claim supplements can reverse memory loss - Featured image

“Learn how to protect yourself against Alzheimer’s and reverse other memory loss diseases — literally overnight – By doing nothing but this simple method that can be used by anyone!” says a blog post shared November 4, 2022 on Facebook. “This 100% natural solution, which reverses memory loss, has stunned doctors & got the attention of over 170,491 people to transform their lives.”

3 January 2023
Ice core graph used to make misleading global warming claims - Featured image

 “How can anyone see this chart and seriously still be brainwashed into believing that we are at the end of days? It’s very basic stuff, ” reads a message accompanying the graphic on Twitter that received 11 million views. It has also been shared on Facebook and in numerous posts in German.

20 January 2023
False posts link Covid-19 vaccine to pilot deaths - Featured image

“American Airlines Ceases Multiple Routes: ‘Our Pilots Are Dropping Dead From COVID Jabs,'” is the headline of a January 9, 2023 article on NewsPunch, a website formerly known as YourNewsWire, that has published misinformation and conspiracy theories in the past.

19 January 2023
Graph on polar bear population uses unreliable data - Featured Image

“Polar bear population increasing / But doesn’t fit climate narrative, so info cancelled,” says a January 4, 2023 Facebook post from Bjorn Lomborg, author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist.”

17 January 2023
Twitter feud did not aid in Andrew Tate's arrest - Featured image

“Andrew Tate has been ARRESTED for forcing at least 6 women into filming adult videos, after a PIZZA BOX in his video dissing Greta Thunberg gave away his location,” says a December 30, 2022 Facebook post.

6 January 2023
Posts falsely claim supplements can reverse memory loss - Featured image

“Learn how to protect yourself against Alzheimer’s and reverse other memory loss diseases — literally overnight – By doing nothing but this simple method that can be used by anyone!” says a blog post shared November 4, 2022 on Facebook. “This 100% natural solution, which reverses memory loss, has stunned doctors & got the attention of over 170,491 people to transform their lives.”

3 January 2023