Some accounts falsely linked the attack to Islamist terrorism, while others identified the wrong man, with the error repeated by a TV networkFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe police operation in Bondi Junction was still under way on Saturday as false claims about the attacker’s motivations and identity began to circulate online.Police said on Sunday they had no indication that the stabbing spree...
Meta, the owner of Facebook, accepted money for ads displaying the death hoaxes. People who clicked the ads were taken to predatory scam pages.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is under fire for propagating false claims about a “mass grave” in Gaza, which she highlighted in a discussion on social media. She referenced a post by leftist Nick Kristof, questioning the lack of media coverage on the supposed discovery at a Gaza hospital. “How are news outlets dedicating wall-to-wall coverage […]
Scientific American Claims It Is "Misinformation" That There Are Just Two Sexes Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Scientific American has published a piece claiming that “misinformation,” such as the notion that there are only two sexes, is “being used against transgender people” and in order to target “gender-affirming medical care.” The article states that there are three types of “misinformation,” and they are “oversimplifying scientific knowledge, fabricating and...
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Facebook now brings 'Comment with AI' feature using its generative model. The 'Write with AI' offers AI-generated comments depending on the emotion the user wants to impart to the OP.
Watch: Biden Falsely Claims That WWII Uncle Eaten By Cannibals, Twice Joe Biden has always been a prolific liar and plagiarist, but on Wednesday he took things to another level. While attempting to disparage former President Donald Trump for 'skipping out' on a 2018 visit to a military cemetery outside Paris (when in fact the Navy made a 'bad-weather' call), Biden claimed that his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. "Bozey" Finnegan Jr., was shot down in World War II and eaten by cannibals. ...
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In a message posted to the conspiracy theory-laden site that he founded, Jim Hoft announced that The Gateway Pundit has declared bankruptcy. “TGP Communications, the parent company of The Gateway Pundit, recently made the decision to seek protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the Southern District of Florida as a result of the progressive liberal lawfare attacks against our media outlet," Jim Hoft wrote in the post. In December of 2021 Georgia election workers Ruby...
An adviser to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said in February that the government would implement parts of a white paper that recommended the scrapping and merging of some state-owned entities. Weeks later, social media posts alleged that the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and three others were among those to be scrapped. But the claim is false. None of the government agencies mentioned in the claims is slated for closure. Moreover, a committee...
Ex-Democrat, reported contender for Trump running mate, sued Clinton for Russia remark but dropped caseTulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman, has repeated a discredited claim about Hillary Clinton that previously saw Gabbard lodge then drop a $50m defamation suit in a new book published as she seeks to be named Donald Trump’s running mate for US president.Accusing Democrats of making up “a conspiracy theory that [Trump] was ‘colluding’ with the Russians to win the election” in 2016,...
Public opinion polls in Moldova demonstrate consistent majority support for