“No babies were born in Italy for three months in 2023.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Oct 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Data from the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) shows that Italy recorded thousands of new births each month in 2023, averaging over 31,000 births monthly, with no month reporting zero births.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 October 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 26 September 2024, 335 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0cwpFnZt9bgo6qy4YRZAWAXWVmWGXVuSe9…
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