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THE FACTS: A video circulating online is misrepresenting research around crop growth and carbon emissions in an attempt to discredit efforts to tackle climate change.
THE FACTS: With COVID-19 hospitalizations steadily inching up in the U.S. since early July, some on social media are falsely claiming that federal employees were told that mask requirements and other pandemic-era restrictions will start returning this fall.
THE FACTS: Social media users are claiming a top FEMA official has been arrested and charged with treason following the agency’s response to the devastating wildfires.
THE FACTS: As the 2024 presidential race gets underway and Trump faces criminal charges for his actions following the 2020 election, some online are still airing false and misleading claims about the last contest.
THE FACTS: The stadium was not flooded, Steve Brener, a spokesperson for the Dodgers, told The Associated Press. The team also posted a picture online of the parking lot looking dry on Monday.
THE FACTS: While Hawaii grieves losses sustained during the deadly Maui wildfires that started on Aug. 8, some on social media are sharing a post falsely claiming that the Marine Corps destroyed a FEMA convoy escaping the town of Lahaina for a nearby national park.
THE FACTS: The rate of inflation has significantly dropped over the past year. In July, consumer prices were up 3.2% from a year earlier, far below last year’s peak of 9.1%.
THE FACTS: While rescue teams are still searching for people missing following the deadly Maui wildfires that started on Aug. 8, social media posts are misrepresenting comments Green made during his recent visit to Lahaina.
Social media users are discouraging residents from accepting disaster aid in Maui, falsely claiming the Federal Emergency Management Agency could seize their property if they do.
THE FACTS: As misinformation swirls around the Maui wildfires, a popular video spreading on social media is falsely claiming the state had recently changed the law to allow new development only in the event of a natural disaster.
Video of light flashing through sky above a beach was taken in Florida, not Maui, contrary to claims
THE FACTS: Conspiracy theories around the devastating wildfires in Maui are continuing to circulate alongside various old, unrelated video clips, that some falsely claim are evidence a “directed energy weapon” was responsible for the destruction.
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Georgia officials didn’t “forget” to redact the names of the grand jurors who indicted former President Donald Trump; that’s standard in the state.
THE FACTS: Social media users are sharing the edited image, suggesting that it is evidence extraterrestrials have already paid Earth a visit.
THE FACTS: In the wake of Trump and 18 of his allies being indicted in Georgia on Monday over their efforts to overturn the former president’s 2020 election loss, years-old false claims about ballot counting in the state are recirculating on social media.
THE FACTS: A grand jury in Georgia on Monday indicted Trump as well as 18 others for their alleged efforts to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss in the state.
THE FACTS: As authorities continue to probe what sparked the wildfires in Maui this month, social media users are suggesting government officials have long been planning to raze the island in order to realize their vision for a so-called “smart” city.
THE FACTS: A stream of old, unrelated photos and videos have spread online in recent days with false claims that they show footage from the wildfires on the Hawaiian island — along with baseless suggestions that they depict “directed energy weapons” initiating the fires.
THE FACTS: Social media users have been misrepresenting videos and images unrelated to the wildfires in an effort to push baseless conspiracy theories that they were part of a nefarious government plot.
THE FACTS: Social media users this week are sharing a post falsely claiming that Bourla has been arrested by the Marine Corps, an operation during which his two bodyguards were killed.
THE FACTS: As residents are looking at a long road to recovery from the wildfire that demolished a historic Maui town and killed more than 90 people, social media users are sharing an unrelated video falsely claiming it was taken during the blaze.
