“Photo of a US soldier who received a new ear on his arm”
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post shows Stelarc, an Australian artist and a professor at Curtin University in Perth, who intentionally grew an extra third ear on his arm to enable a wireless connection to the internet, making his ear a remote listening device for people in other places. The US soldier to whom army doctors reconstructed an ear on her left arm is a woman named Shamika Burrage. The photo and the story shared in the post are unrelated
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 December 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 December 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CmDwYPPSlBJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=e9a71d94-3309-4d76-89…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.