International in August 2024
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Friday, August 30, 2024
- Fact Check: Irish Police Recruiting Video Was NOT Broadcast On Pakistani TV But Through Overseas Community Channels
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows F-16s Causing 'Monstrous Detonation On Putin's Cruise Ship Full Of Korean Shells'
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Moscow With Power Off In August 2024 Due To Western Sanctions -- Image Is From 2014
Thursday, August 29, 2024
- Fact Check: UK Police Did NOT Arrest 11-Year-Old For 'Mean Tweets' In August 2024; Suspects Were Taken Into Custody For Arson And 'Violent Disorder'
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows 'Al Jazeera' Report That UAE Froze France Fighter Jet Deal Over Arrest Of Telegram CEO
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
- Fact Check: Jamaican 'Certificate Of Birth' Naming Kamala Harris Is NOT Authentic -- Harris Was Born In California
- Fact Check: NO Evidence UK, France Issued 'Secret International Arrest Warrant' For Elon Musk As Of August 28, 2024
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Any 'WEF Document' Said '6 Billion Humans Will Die In 2025' -- Cited Report Not WEF, Not Reliable, Does Not Have That Number
- Fact Check: Kamala Harris Communist Party 'Membership Card' Is NOT Authentic -- Made With Online Prank Generator
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
- Fact Check: UK Man Was NOT Sentenced For 'Waving An English Flag'
- Fact Check: Telegram Did NOT Announce In August 2024 That Apple Might Delete App Without Notice
Monday, August 26, 2024
- Fact Check: Kamala Harris's Mother Did NOT Lie In Immigration Application
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barack Obama In A Cell At GITMO -- Clip Is From 2013 When Obama Visited Mandela's Jail Cell
Friday, August 23, 2024
- Fact Check: Mexico's President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum Did NOT Hold Menorah High During Speech -- Manipulated Photo
- Fact Check: English Police Did NOT Single Out Far-Right Southport Rioters By Publishing Their Addresses
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
- Fact Check: Monkeypox Virus NOT Known To Spread Through Airborne Transmission
- Fact Check: 2017 Study On Resveratrol Does NOT Support Its Use For Treating Mpox; It Was Never Tested On People, Animals
- Fact Check: Thomas Jolly 'Who Created The Olympics Opening Ceremony' Was NOT Struck By Lightning
Monday, August 19, 2024
Friday, August 16, 2024
- Fact Check: Optical Illusion Is NOT Stress Test From Japanese Neurologist -- Art From Ukrainian Graphic Designer
- Fact Check: Cancer Researcher 'Dr. Leo Ferreira' Was NOT Killed In Brazil Plane Crash -- It Was José Ferreira
- Fact Check: Toronto Star Did NOT Report About Canadian Politician Jagmeet Singh's Supposed 'Money-Making Scandal'
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Ukraine Using Chemical Weapons In Russia's Kursk Region -- It's From Iraq In 2015
Thursday, August 15, 2024
- Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Declare State Of Emergency Over 'Nanobots' Found In '96 Million Citizens' In August 2024
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Genuinely Show Pope Francis Wearing Rainbow Scarf
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Monday, August 12, 2024
Friday, August 9, 2024
- Fact Check: Public Records Do NOT Confirm Zelenskyy Bought Italian Villa From Sting For 75 Million Euros
- Fact Check: Clickbait Thumbnail Images Boost False YouTube Conspiracies About Trump Shooter
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UK Police Chasing One Of '100 Far-Right' Protesters In 2024
- Fact Check: Non-Citizens Shown In Norcross, Georgia, Video Shared by Musk Did NOT Register To Vote
Thursday, August 8, 2024
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Helicopter Spraying Over El Salvador To Harm Humans -- Dengue Fever Alert Prompted Mosquito Fumigation
- Fact Check: Daily Telegraph Did NOT Publish Article Claiming UK PM Starmer Is Considering 'Emergency Detainment Camps' On Falkland Islands
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
- Fact Check: Man in Meme Did NOT Rape 12-Year-Old But Was Part of Gang That Did -- He Was Convicted for Sexual Assault
- Fact Check: Turkish Olympian Yusuf Dikec Did NOT Spontaneously Get Interested In Sport Shooting During Divorce
- Fact Check: Mike Tyson Did NOT Say He's Willing To Box 'Olympic Dude'
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles Is Retiring Or 'Expecting A Baby' As 2024 Paris Games Wrap Up
Monday, August 5, 2024
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Female Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Used To Be Man
- Fact Check: WHO Did NOT Call For 'Military To Roundup mRNA Vaccine Refusers During Bird Flu Pandemic' In August 2024
- Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce That He Would 'Stop All Donations' To Olympics -- Fake Quote Is From AI-Produced Article
- Fact Check: Irish Boxer Kellie Harrington Did NOT Say She Refuses To Compete Against 'Biological Males' At The Paris 2024 Olympics
Friday, August 2, 2024
- Fact Check: 2023 Data Does NOT Prove Arctic Sea Ice Levels Trended 'To Highest Level For 21 Years'
- Fact Check: Yokasi Maogo Is NOT Name Of Any Olympic Swimmer From Japan -- Baseless Pun In Spanish
- Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Walk 'Into An Empty Plane For No Reason' After Prisoner Exchange With Russia -- He Thanked Crew Still On Board
- Fact Check: Samsung Did NOT Withdraw From $1 Billion Olympics Sponsorship -- Claim From Satire Site
- Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Italian Prime Minister Scowling Over 'Two Girls Kissing At The Olympics'
Thursday, August 1, 2024
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