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“People posing as “officials” from the “Department of Home Affairs” are going door-to-door to confirm “that everyone has a valid ID” for the 2020 census.”
Social media posts Facebook. Claim dated 5 Dec 2019.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse

In short

This claim spread on social media around 5 December 2019. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 December 2019, 18 days later. Its rating was “False”.

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