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🏒 Meta has removed 39 Facebook pages that were pushing false claims about famous @NHL players following an AFP investigation.
The pages were farming engagement and driving traffic to articles on websites overrun with advertisements u.afp.com/SDEp
Really nice verification work from @chris_magan & @JeffHargarten
The Trump administration calls them the ‘worst of the worst.’ Here’s what we found. startribune.com/the-trump-ad…
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🇻🇪 Ouster of Venezuela's Maduro unleashes waves of misinformation online
Read more: u.afp.com/SXkE
ALT Venezuelans living in Panama celebrate after US forces captured Nicolas Maduro
With thanks to @CraigSilverman and Luke Arrigoni of @lotiapp for speaking to me for this story
⚾ Baseball fans are facing an onslaught of phony AI content on Facebook, pushed by a clickbait network in Southeast Asia capitalizing on interest in the lead-up to the sport's World Series, an AFP investigation has found.
➡️ u.afp.com/SsM9
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Many countries, including the United States, require that bread and grain products be fortified with folic acid to ensure that the population gets enough of the essential vitamin. Claims such foods should be avoided are misleading.
ALT "Overall, folic acid fortification has been an important public health program," said Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Awesome work by the @AFPFactCheck journalists in the Philippines, Thailand and Hong Kong. We are all so proud of you🥇
AFP won the prestigious Gold Standard award at #GlobalFact12, the world’s largest fact-checking summit hosted by @factchecknet, for a months-long investigation on a network spreading disinformation about the disputed South China Sea 🧵
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ALT Two people standing on a stage holding a certificate
Thanks to @MelodyButler for speaking with me for this article
Combination vaccines are recommended by health authorities worldwide to reduce the number of jabs given to children while still offering protection from preventable diseases.
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Very proud of this work from my @afpfactcheck team
🇨🇦 This meme was used to spread false Canadian foreign aid figures when I fact checked it back in 2018. Readers told us it was circulating again this month, so we wrote an updated story to let folks know it’s still wrong factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.co…
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Not only is there no good evidence that vaccines increase the risk of ear infections, it's pretty clear that vaccines have reduced childhood ear infections over time. My comments in this @AFPFactCheck article by @MarishaGSherry.
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Thanks to @PedsGeekMD for his help refuting this claim
Posts connecting chronic ear infections to vaccination are not backed by evidence. Such infections frequently result from a sore throat, cold, or other upper respiratory microbe u.afp.com/earinfections
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🇺🇸🗳️ A video purports to show a Haitian migrant holding driving licenses and claiming he used them to illegally vote for Kamala Harris in the US state of Georgia. Officials say the supposed licenses are fabricated and do not match voter registration lists u.afp.com/5rNy
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🇺🇸🗳️ The 2024 presidential election has seen a widespread effort on social media to undermine public trust in the vote. Here are some common false claims Americans should be aware of as they head to the polls and digest the results
The presidential election is incredibly close and officials are asking for patience to allow every vote to be counted. I looked at the election laws in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Arizona to explain why tabulation takes time and isn’t a sign of coordinated fraud
🇺🇸🗳️ False fraud claims target US swing states ahead of election u.afp.com/5KKh
ALT A roll of "I voted" stickers in Arizona's Maricopa County
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'Stolen satire' feeds US election misinformation
"Sharing weaponized misinformation in the form of lazy jokes has quickly come to define" the #2024Elections race.
With @NatyyWade @MarishaGSherry
@AFP @AFPFactCheck
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Very proud of how our team stepped up to refute the disinformation about the hurricanes👏👏👏 @jacob_manon, @billdmccarthy, @NatyyWade, @galgano_daniel, @alexiapartouche, @rleverafp and @dpfunke
Monster hurricanes slamming the United States in recent weeks have triggered a torrent of disinformation, with politicians and social media users reviving conspiracy theories about weather manipulation, and more. Here are the claims we debunked 🧵👇
ALT Hurricane Helene False weather manipulation claims spread after storm
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Fact-checking several false and misleading claims from the US vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz, with @arthurmacmillan and @MarishaGSherry for @AFP: barrons.com/amp/news/fact-ch…
Many thanks to @LeoRamirezAFP for his help with analysis of this video
🇺🇸 A clip from a campaign speech Kamala Harris gave in Atlanta, Georgia has been altered. It was slowed to run at approximately 80% of the original's speed, an AFP analysis showed u.afp.com/5aQz
Great work from @dpfunke showing how disinformation about the 2020 US election continues to negatively influence voter trust and impact safety for key poll workers
Election officials in the state of Arizona are giving public tours of a fortified ballot processing center to assuage fraud concerns ahead of the US presidential election.
My @AFP report from Phoenix, with photos by @pfal: u.afp.com/5LMQ
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ALT A gray metal box labeled "Maricopa County official ballot drop box" sits in front of a parking lot and office building
Check out these fact-checks from our US team 👇🏻
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has been the target of ample misinformation since US Vice President Kamala Harris named him her running mate in the 2024 election.
Here are some of the claims our team has fact-checked so far 🧵
ALT Minnesota Governor Tim Walz raises his hands next to US Vice President Kamala Harris on a blue stage flanked by American flags with a stadium crowd in the background