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  • Fact Check: FDA Did NOT Ban COVID-19 Vaccines

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    Did the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban COVID-19 vaccines in April 2023? No, that's not true: On April 18, 2023, the agency amended its previous emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to remove authorization for monovalent vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, and, instead, authorized bivalent vaccines for all doses given to those 6 months old and older. In a…

    • Apr 21, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: FDA Did NOT Ban COVID-19 Vaccines Amended EUA
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Endorse A Remedy Called Shilajit -- Video Altered With Cloned Voice

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    Did Elon Musk endorse a remedy called shilajit? No, that's not true: This video clip of Musk speaking at the Ted2022 Conference has been dubbed with a sound-alike clone copy of Musk's voice to make it appear he was touting shilajit, when in fact he was speaking about purchasing Twitter and other topics at the conference. He did not discuss…

    • Mar 13, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Endorse A Remedy Called Shilajit -- Video Altered With Cloned Voice Cloned Voice
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet Bill Gates 'Doesn't Know How To Code'

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    Did tech entrepreneur Elon Musk "expose" the professional incompetency of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in a series of tweets on March 2, 2023? No, that's not true: An archived version of Musk's Twitter account does not contain any entries about this. The story appeared in an article (archived here) published on Weveryday.com on March 3, 2023. It opened: Elon Musk…

    • Mar 10, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet Bill Gates 'Doesn't Know How To Code' Did Not Happen
  • Fact Check: TikTok Video Is NOT Real Bill Gates TV Interview - It's Deepfake Of Australian Show

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    Did Sarah Ferguson, the host of the Australian daily current affairs news program "7.30," pose several testy and loaded questions to Bill Gates when she interviewed him, resulting in Gates finally declaring, "OK that's enough. This interview is over. Thank you"? No, that's not true: It's a deepfake video circulating on social media. Ferguson did have Gates as a guest…

    • Mar 9, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: TikTok Video Is NOT Real Bill Gates TV Interview - It's Deepfake Of Australian Show Deepfake Video
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Ban Greta Thunberg From Twitter -- It's Satirical Story

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    Did Elon Musk ban activist Greta Thunberg from Twitter? No, that's not true: Thunberg's Twitter account is still active. The claim appears in a publication with a disclaimer that its satirical articles are "not meant to be taken seriously" and "We make no claim that the information presented in these articles is true or accurate." The claim appeared in a…

    • Mar 9, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Ban Greta Thunberg From Twitter -- It's Satirical Story No Such Ban
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Is NOT Offering To Pay Homeowners To Install Solar Panels -- Site Harvesting Personal Info

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    Did Elon Musk offer to pay 100 homeowners to test the "newest technology of solar panels"? No, that's not true: This offer that's too good to be true is a ruse to collect personal information and is not associated with Musk or Tesla in any way. Schemes such as this, involving false solar panel installation promotions in order to generate…

    • Mar 3, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Is NOT Offering To Pay Homeowners To Install Solar Panels -- Site Harvesting Personal Info No Solar, No $
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Is NOT Buying Facebook

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    Is Elon Musk buying Facebook? No, that's not true: The article saying so has a clear disclaimer at the end that reads, "Recall that this is satire and not actual news." The claim originated in an article (archived here) published by Topad.News24.Info website on February 25, 2023, under the title "Breaking: Elon Musk confirms he's buying Facebook." It opened: We…

    • Mar 1, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Is NOT Buying Facebook Totally Parody
  • Fact Check: Twitter Did NOT Institute Policy Banning Flag Of Ukraine

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    Did Twitter make a rule that users may not display the flag of Ukraine on their profile because it is considered a political statement against Russia? No, that's not true: A post from Walter Report contained a fabricated image which appeared to be a screenshot of a notification from Twitter. A day later, Walter Report published a notice that this…

    • Feb 27, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Twitter Did NOT Institute Policy Banning Flag Of Ukraine Retracted
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Elon Musk Talking About Andrew Tate -- It's A Deepfake

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    Does a social media video show entrepreneur Elon Musk discussing imprisoned internet influencer Andrew Tate? No, that's not true: This appears to be a "deepfake" video of Musk, now the CEO of Twitter. The video uses publicly available footage from a TED Talk with Musk in April 2022. A transcript of Musk's remarks proves that he did not talk about…

    • Feb 10, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Elon Musk Talking About Andrew Tate -- It's A Deepfake Never Said
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Threaten To Block DirecTV's Satellites -- It's Satire

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    Did Elon Musk threaten in a series of tweets to block DirecTV's satellite dishes after the TV provider banned NewsMax from their channel lineup? No, that's not true: The story is labeled satire on the website that published it. SpaceXMania, the website where the article originated, wrote in its disclaimer that every story labeled Satire is "fiction." There is no…

    • Feb 6, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Threaten To Block DirecTV's Satellites -- It's Satire Satirical News
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