Large storm cloud over a desert roadhoaxeye.com This image of a large storm cloud over a desert road was generated by AI.
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Top science publisher withdraws flawed climate studywww.france24.com Top science publisher Springer Nature said it has withdrawn a study that presented misleading conclusions on climate change impacts after an investigation prompted by an AFP inquiry.
Man Who Shot Store Owner for Flying Pride Flag Was a Far-Right Conspiracistwww.vice.com He posted anti-gay and antisemitic conspiracy theories, and followed and reposted Jordan Peterson and Matt Walsh.
Attorneys for survivors of Buffalo shooting and family of victim file lawsuits against shooter's par...www.cnn.com Attorneys representing survivors and a family member of one of the victims who died in the racist mass shooting in a Buffalo grocery store last year have filed two lawsuits against social media compan...
Photos don’t show evidence of government ‘laser weapons’ starting wildfires - Full Factfullfact.org The pictures actually show lens flares, long exposure effects and light pillars, not government-funded laser beams.
Why Twitter’s Community Notes feature mostly fails to combat misinformation - Poynterwww.poynter.org An attempt to solve ‘the problem of biased fact-checkers’ has left most Notes unseen by public, fact-checking conference is told.
Elon Musk’s Twitter rewards far-right conspiracy theorist with ad revenue, even after posting chil...www.mediamatters.org
Influencer Ellie Grey makes unsupported claims about cancer cures - Full Factfullfact.org The influencer claimed there are hundreds of alternative cures for cancer, listing several. None of these have been shown to work.
False claim that forecaster changed weather maps for 'brainwashing' operation | Fact checkeu.usatoday.com Two maps show different colors to represent temperatures because they are from different Dutch weather websites, not a "brainwashing" attempt.
The dangerous myth of 'white genocide' in South Africawww.splcenter.org Narratives about a fictitious campaign to exterminate Afrikaners have the power to produce real violence.
Pfizer documents misrepresented to spread the false claim that the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine cont...healthfeedback.org COVID-19 vaccines were rigorously tested in clinical trials before they were permitted to be used in the general public. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t contain graphene oxide nor is gr...
Jenin: Open Source Insights on Israel's July Raids - bellingcatwww.bellingcat.com Bellingcat analysed two events from Israel's July raids in Jenin, piecing together what open sources could tell us.
Pyramid in Antarctica?hoaxeye.com Mountain peaks like this may look like pyramids. It's just a nunatak
Monkey Chicken?hoaxeye.com Chicken monkey doesn't exist
Animals that are too cute to be true: how to detect AI-generated imagesobservers.france24.com Whether it is a baby sloth hanging onto someone’s thumb, a tiny colourful peacock or baby penguins taking a selfie, these insanely cute images of animals have been shared thousands of times on socia...
The British Miracle Meat: the story behind one of the best TV hoaxes in historywww.theguardian.com Terrestrial television may sometimes seem old-fashioned – but this only enhances its ability to tease and surprise its audience. This week, Channel 4 brought back satire with a bang
LeBron James in Barbie premierehoaxeye.com According to some sources, about 30% of people who saw it believe it to be real.
Extremist Content Online: Twitter Allows Antisemitic Video To Generate Nearly One Million Viewswww.counterextremism.com The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP located...
The Shattlehoaxeye.com This mobile drone toilet called Shattle is not real or practical
Sailor moonhoaxeye.com This sailor moon picture is often described as perfectly aligned photograph. But it isn't real. I'll explain why.