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Nov 19, 2024 · 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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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 ideological influence.
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Nov 15, 2024 · Claims Taylor Swift cut 'red states' from tour stem from satire
False claims of 2020 US election fraud - Fact Check
Nov 5, 2020 · Below, AFP Fact Check examines other inaccurate vote fraud claims. Trump call with Georgia’s secretary of state. Trump made a series of unsubstantiated claims about US presidential election results from Georgia during an hour-long call with its secretary of state and other officials, rejecting the legitimacy of the vote a little more than two …
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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 ...
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Sep 19, 2018 · This photo shows coffins for dead migrants after a boat capsized off the coast of Italy in 2013
Covid-19 debunked rumours and hoaxes - Fact Check
Mar 31, 2020 · - Fit people are not immune to COVID-19 - No evidence flu vaccines make children more vulnerable to coronavirus infections - Canadian children are not separated from parents if they have to quarantine due to COVID-19 - Face masks use does not lead to Legionnaires’ disease - Misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccine spread by 'Plandemic' video. // New 'Plandemic' film promotes coronavirus ...
False claims recirculate on harmful DNA in Covid-19 vaccines
Oct 3, 2023 · Scientists have repeatedly refuted the claim that Covid-19 vaccines can alter a person's genome, but social media posts suggest DNA contamination in the injections could lead to harmful effects such as cancer. This is false; there is no evidence of significant amounts of genetic material in the shots -- and even if there were, experts say they could not alter cells.
Vaccine critics misrepresent US appeals court ruling over Covid-19 ...
Jun 11, 2024 · 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 …