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2024年12月20日 · AFP Fact Check is a department within Agence France-Presse (AFP), a multi-lingual, multicultural news agency whose mission is to provide accurate, balanced and impartial coverage of news wherever and whenever it happens in the world on a continuous basis.
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2024年12月20日 · Video shows plane crashed in Connecticut, not New Jersey drone. Image. Published on 20/12/2024
Social media users share photos with false claim they show first ...
2 天之前 · Saudi Arabia's Al-Jouf region recorded its first snowfall ever in early November 2024 but this was not the "first time in history" the Middle Eastern kingdom saw snow, contrary to posts repeatedly shared online. Multiple news reports throughout the years indicate occasional snowfall in other Saudi regions -- with scientists warning climate change is making it more likely. One image shared with ...
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5 天之前 · Teary-eyed Trudeau video is years old, unrelated to Trump tariffs. Image. US politics
Vaccine critics misrepresent US appeals court ruling over Covid-19 ...
2024年6月11日 · Vaccine skeptics are claiming a US federal appeals court ruled in June 2024 that Covid-19 shots are not actual vaccines, undermining years of public health guidance. This is false; the panel decided a lawsuit over a school district's immunization requirements should not have been dismissed, but legal experts say it did not endorse or even evaluate the plaintiffs' allegations about the ...
AI-generated video falsely shared as 'Israel attack by Middle East ...
2024年12月18日 · As the Israel-Hamas war risked tipping into regional conflict, AI-generated footage spread in social media posts falsely claiming it showed several Middle Eastern nations attacking Israel. The clips, which garnered hundreds of thousands of views online, were in fact made by an AI content creator, while experts told AFP they showed signs of manipulation.
Posts misrepresent progress of EV charging network under Biden
2024年12月13日 · A 2021 federal infrastructure bill allocated funds to build a network of electric vehicle charging points across the United States by 2030. But social media claims that the Biden administration spent $7.5 billion for just eight stations are false; after a slow rollout, 37 stations across 13 states are currently in operation, with hundreds …
Misinformation circulates on failed US immigration reform …
2024年2月8日 · A bipartisan package that included stringent domestic border security measures failed in the US Senate in early February. Republican representatives in the House pushed claims it would have allowed 5,000 migrants to enter the country illegally every day, but the sponsoring lawmakers and an expert said that distorted the proposal -- which aimed to expand the executive branch's deportation ...
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AFP’s fact-checkers seek to investigate dubious claims circulating online which are viral, impactful and potentially harmful to the public. The claims we verify surface in a variety of ways, including on social media platforms, blogs and websites, messaging apps and other forums in the public ...