“Video claims Walgreens refrigerators are scanning shoppers’ hands and foreheads for “the mark of the beast,” and that “if you don’t have the mark later on, you won’t be able to buy.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 31 Dec 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Cooler Screens are designed to provide targeted advertising and promotions based on shoppers’ behaviors and other factors. They are not scanning people for a specific “mark.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 December 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 January 2022, 12 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
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