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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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Jan 30, 2025 · Posts falsely claim video shows hurricane relief under new Trump administration
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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.. As guaranteed by its founding statute, AFP speaks with an independent voice free from political, commercial or …
Post falsely claims Trump’s deportation order does not affect …
1 day ago · After his inauguration on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that could see millions of illegal immigrants expelled from US soil. A social media post -- using a chart -- claimed that Nigerians were not among those facing deportation. However, this is false. A document obtained by American media and corroborated by US Immigration …
Fake image of plane circulates after Washington tragedy
2 days ago · An image shared across social platforms purports to show first responders climbing atop the floating remains of the American Airlines passenger jet that collided with an Army Blackhawk helicopter over Washington on January 29, 2025. But the picture is a fake that appears to have been generated by artificial intelligence; the depicted aircraft does not resemble the …
RFK Jr Senate hearing resurrects Lyme disease bioweapon …
1 day ago · "RFK Jr. is correct about Lyme disease being created as a bioweapon in a lab on Plum Island, just off Connecticut's coast," says a January 29, 2025 X post from an account called "Shadow of Ezra," which AFP previously fact-checked. "Mysterious tick-borne diseases began spreading across the area in the late 60s, coinciding with the location of a U.S. government …
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Video falsely claims Trump announced visa-free entry for the Philippines
Misquoted Lancet report sparks misinformation on Covid vaccines, …
Jan 21, 2025 · Rampant misinformation linking autism to vaccination has circulated for decades. The latest iteration spreading online falsely shared a scientific paper as evidence Covid-19 jabs cause the lifelong condition. However, the report published in The Lancet medical journal did not mention vaccines and instead explored the prevalence and health burden of autism.
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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 ...
US author falsely claims polio vaccine 'doesn't work' - Fact Check
Mar 14, 2024 · "One of the reasons the polio vaccine doesn't work is because polio isn't caused by an infectious virus. It's caused by toxins," claims Children's Health Defense in a March 1, 2024 post on X.. AFP has repeatedly fact-checked vaccination claims from the advocacy group, which is headed by US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr.. The latest post links to an …