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“mobile phones can cause brain cancer”
“MPR sepakat untuk menjadikan Puan Maharani sebagai Wakil Presiden menggantikan Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Wakil Presiden Terpilih periode 2024-2029.”
TIMES Indonesia says: hoax
“North Carolina removed 747,00 voters from the voter rolls to try to “steal the election.”
PolitiFact says: A board spokesperson and multiple election experts said the removals reflect routine voter list maintenance, as prescribed by state and federal law.
“Pará decretou lockdown climático”
“Polícia Rodoviária faz apreensão no Paraná fora do comum e assustadora! Segundo informação, eram 7 caminhões e só pegaram 2. Tem algo grande por trás disso. Tudo indica que estão montando uma milícia particular no país, pode apostar.”
“Project 2025 would “cut” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and “kill federal-backed flood insurance.”
PolitiFact says: Experts told PolitiFact that Project 2025’s proposed changes to FEMA would reduce the agency’s support to local governments and hinder disaster response — and would face congressional and private sector opposition.
“Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick “wants to outlaw abortions.”
PolitiFact says: Republican Dave McCormicksaid during the 2024 campaign he does not support banning abortion nationally. During a 2022 U.S. Senate campaign, McCormick expressed stronger views on restricting abortions.
“The video shows people running for shelter after missile attack in Israel.”
“This video is from Israel. I am worried about our blind devotees who are recruited in the Israeli army, what will happen to them???”
“This video shows an American woman being harassed in Bangladesh for not wearing a Hijab.”
FACTLY says: The woman seen in the viral video is a Bangladeshi actress named Misthi Subas. This incident reportedly happened when Misthi was cutting a cake on the Dhaka University campus to celebrate the former Prime Minister of Ba…
“This video shows Lebanese people celebrating the death of Hassan Nasrallah.”
“U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg banned private drones from flying over areas affected by Hurricane Helene.”
PolitiFact says: A Transportation Department spokesperson said the Federal Aviation Administration is not banning drones from providing Hurricane Helene disaster relief and recovery assistance.
“Vice President Kamala Harris' "plan will raise families’ taxes by nearly $2,600 a year.”
FactCheck.org says: The ad cites an analysis of the expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. That's not Harris' plan.
“Video showing the aftermath of an Iranian attack on Israel in which Iran destroyed 30 Israeli F-35 fighter jets.”
FACTLY says: The video is unrelated to any Iranian attack, and actually shows the aftermath of an Israeli bombing in Rafah, Gaza, on 12 February 2024. Though the Iranian state television claimed that Iran attacked Nevatim Airbase, w…
“Video shows a man in Israel’s Tel Aviv hiding in a tunnel to escape from the Iranian missiles.”
FACTLY says: his video has no relation to Israel; it was shot in New York, USA. As per news reports, it shows a tunnel that was dug next to a Synagogue in Brooklyn. This illegal digging led to a fight between the police and the supp…
“W Polsce mogą być wprowadzone kary finansowe za nieobecności uczniów w szkole.”
“فيديو لاستهداف 1500 إسرائيلي في ميناء إيلات”
“兵庫県の斎藤前知事の支持率が39%?”
“సీరియల్ నంబర్ ప్యానెల్లో ‘స్టార్(*)’ గుర్తు ఉన్న రూ.500 నోట్లు నకిలీవి మరియు చెల్లవు.”
FACTLY says: సీరియల్ నంబర్ ప్యానెల్లో ‘స్టార్(*)’ గుర్తు ఉన్న రూ.500 నోట్లు చట్టబద్ధమైనవని, ఇతర కరెన్సీ నోట్లతో సమానంగా చెల్లుబాటు అవుతాయని రిజర్వ్ బ్యాంక్ ఆఫ్ ఇండియా స్పష్టం చేస్తూ 27 జూలై 2023న పత్రికా ప్రకటన విడుదల చేసింది. రూ. 500 డినామినేషన్లో ‘స్టార్’…