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2022
# debunked
Debunked: A claim that the UN accused Ukrainian forces of using 'human shields' is missing context
The use of human shields breaches international human rights law.
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Aug 12th 2022, 3:39 PM
# debunked
Debunked: No, The Journal did not report that monkeypox lives on toilets for 120 years
The article has been photoshopped and the claim is fake.
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Aug 9th 2022, 8:46 AM
# debunked
Debunked: Is it potentially dangerous to give dogs ice during high temperatures?
A viral post shared thousands of times during the heatwave warned against giving K9s ice, but is it true?
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Jul 28th 2022, 7:45 AM
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# factfind
FactFind: How have other countries regulated Airbnb and what happened when they did?
Cities have successfully passed laws restricting Airbnb but it hasn’t always led to more houses and lower rents
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Jul 20th 2022, 8:00 PM
# factcheck
Debunked: TikTok videos touting unproven and potentially dangerous 'herbal abortion' methods
The videos have circulated since the US Supreme Court overturned the Roe v Wade rulin.
Clips circulating on TikTok recently have suggested how women can terminate their own pregnancies, Brianna Parkins writes.
Many videos have cited the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade last month.
Medical experts have warned against using such methods because they are possibly dangerous and there is no evidence to support them.
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Jul 11th 2022, 12:05 AM
# factcheck
Debunked: The pain from a kick in the testicles is not the same as giving birth to 160 children at once
It might be painful but there is no evidence to support the claim.
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Jul 1st 2022, 12:00 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Did Kellogg's announce a transgender cereal mascot?
Is the Rice Krispie mascot “Pop” is now a trans woman?
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May 31st 2022, 7:00 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Were refugees and asylum seekers segregated by race in a Dublin processing centre?
An activist Twitter account claims an “apartheid system” gives Ukrainians preferential treatment over asylum seekers from other countries.
Arrivals to a Dublin centre were given different coloured wristbands depending on their race according to an activist group.
Wristbands determined access to beds with Ukrainian arrivals given beds while other asylum seekers slept on the floor, the group alleged.
The group, Abolish Direct Provision Campaign, called on Minister Roderic O'Gorman to resign.
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May 31st 2022, 12:05 AM
# the good information project
The war on misinformation: What counts as a win?
Will we ever be free of bad information or do we simply learn coping strategies to keep up the fight?
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May 1st 2022, 7:00 PM
# pyschology
Can people be 'inoculated' against false news?
‘Prebunking’ involves innoculating people with weaker doses of misinformation in a safe space in order to strenghten their ability to spot it in the wild.
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May 1st 2022, 8:00 AM
# OSINT
Quiz: Can you identify this satellite image?
Can you identify these Irish facilities from satellite images? Put your verification skills to the test
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Apr 28th 2022, 8:05 PM
# TGIP misinformation
'I go to bed tired but I go to bed satisfied': Verifying war through a screen
How the New York Times and a self confessed ‘nerd’ volunteer use openly-sourced information to investigate war and cut across disinformation.
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Apr 28th 2022, 8:00 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Is this a photo of Dynamo Kyiv players armed in military gear?
Social media posts claim ‘football practice is off the schedule’ as one of Ukraine’s most successful teams kits out in army combats to join the mililtary.
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Apr 14th 2022, 10:00 PM
# over to you
Open Thread: How have you been affected by false information?
We want to hear about how disinformation and misinformation have popped up in your life. What effect has dodgy information had on you and your loved ones?
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Apr 7th 2022, 8:00 PM
# the good information project
Are we winning the fight against misinformation?
Is it even winnable at all? Or is false information just a fact of life now?
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Apr 6th 2022, 8:00 AM
# oscars 2022
Debunked: These are not celebrity reactions to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars
These are reactions from another scandal-making moment at the 2017 Oscars where the wrong winner was announced.
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Mar 28th 2022, 6:31 PM
# Analysis
How Russia is using fake fact-checks to spread disinformation about Ukraine
One of the tools used against false news online is being weaponised to spread the very thing it was designed to fight against.
Russian website are increasingly using the fact-check and debunk format to sow doubt about what's happening in Ukraine, Brianna Parkins writes.
Social media feeds have recently featured red stamps declaring things as 'fake' that are actually real.
Experts suggest that traditional fact-check formats will have to adapt to combat the problem.
The Journal FactCheck joins Irish alliance to detect and respond to disinformation
Disinformation, Ukraine and the war of words on social media
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Mar 28th 2022, 12:05 AM
# debunked
Debunked: No, this is not an 8-year-old Ukrainian girl confronting a Russian soldier.
These are old photos of Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian activist.
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Mar 9th 2022, 10:34 AM
# Death
Man pronounced dead after collapsing at popular Sligo hiking spot
The 72 year old man could not be revived despite the efforts of a mountain rescue team.
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Mar 6th 2022, 5:01 PM
# debunked
Debunked: No, these are not photos of the President and First Lady of Ukraine fighting on the front line
The photos widely shared on Facebook and Twitter are old and out of context.
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Mar 4th 2022, 9:00 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Is this footage of the famed Ghost of Kyiv?
Reports of the ‘ace’ fighter pilot protecting the skies of Kyiv gave hope to Ukrainian resistance but is footage on social media real?
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Mar 2nd 2022, 7:00 PM
# meryl streep
Debunk: No, this isn't a photo of Meryl Streep after a director said she was 'too ugly' for a role
The actress did miss out on the part, but this photo isn’t as claimed
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Mar 2nd 2022, 3:49 PM
# Misinformation
Disinformation, Ukraine and the war of words on social media
In the first 14 hours of the invasion fact-checkers had already found 34 pieces of disinformation about the conflict.
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Feb 24th 2022, 8:00 PM
# direct provision
National Gallery 'regrets' removal of portraits but says Direct Provision operator will still run cafe
Artists claim Direct Provision operators ‘have no place in our National Gallery.’
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Feb 21st 2022, 8:25 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: A claim that Covid -19 vaccines don’t stop transmission of the virus is misleading
A now suspended account on Twitter made the claim, but does it have any truth to it?
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Feb 18th 2022, 5:43 PM
# National Gallery
Gallery workers express 'deep distress' on awarding of cafe contract to Direct Provision firm
Aramark, a Direct Provision centre operator, was awarded the catering contract for the National Gallery.
Aramark, an American corporation, took over running the gallery's cafe on 14 February, Brianna Parkins writes.
Staff asked the gallery's board members earlier this month to reconsider Aramark's suitability for catering contract.
Company currently operates three Direct Provision centres for the State in Cork, Clare and Westmeath.
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Feb 17th 2022, 12:05 AM
# fine gael ministers
FactCheck: Was a Fine Gael junior minister right to say one in four SHDs are subject to judicial review?
Peter Burke made the claim on RTÉ radio.
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Feb 12th 2022, 12:10 AM
# debunked
Debunked: No, this photo of a ship in the Antarctic does not prove that the Earth is flat
An image on social media purports to show proof of a flat Earth.
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Feb 3rd 2022, 3:45 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Did a study say anyone who's had a cold is sufficiently protected against Covid-19?
We test claims from Irish website The Liberal that a study implies ‘vaccines were never required to begin with’.
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Jan 21st 2022, 1:00 PM
# debunked
Debunked: No, this politician didn't fake his Covid vaccine booster
Social media claims this photo shows the cap was on the needle, meaning the injection didn’t happen.
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Jan 19th 2022, 12:08 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Will Minimum Unit Pricing on alcohol lead to an increase in drug use?
Is there evidence that alcohol users turn to drugs as a result of the policy?
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Jan 8th 2022, 6:30 AM
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# Talking Points
How to talk to your loved ones about misinformation without ruining Christmas
We talked to experts about how to approach that Facebook theory-loving family member.
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Dec 19th 2021, 7:00 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Does this Dublin video prove masks increase carbon dioxide to dangerous levels?
A protester in Dublin claims her carbon dioxide-measuring device proves masks cause CO2 levels to exceed ‘dangerous’ amounts.
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Dec 16th 2021, 8:00 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: No, the Australian Army didn't forcibly vaccinate Indigenous Australians
The claim caused a protest outside the Australian Embassy in Dublin
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Dec 13th 2021, 6:30 AM
# debunk
Debunk: How did Omicron get to Australia if no one is allowed in or out?
Hint: They are. The variant was first detected from passengers arriving in Australia from abroad.
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Dec 7th 2021, 7:30 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: No, Conor McGregor wasn't correct to say vaccines 'have not worked' to stop Covid-19
The MMA athlete-turned-businessman claimed “The vaccines have not worked to stop this whatsoever.”
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Dec 7th 2021, 6:15 AM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Did Twitter, Walmart and CNBC's CEOs resign on same day as Ghislaine Maxwell's trial?
The highly publicised trial has attracted false internet-based claims before so let’s take a look at the latest allegations.
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Dec 3rd 2021, 6:15 AM
# Factchecked
Debunked: No, this poster claiming the HSE will void your vaccine passport without boosters is not real
A fake vaccine poster claiming to be authorised by the HSE has proved to be fake.
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Nov 29th 2021, 8:00 PM
# Covid-19
Rumours of a mid-December lockdown abound but here's why no-one actually knows if it's happening
Rumours of a Christmas lockdown have been swirling on social media in recent days.
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Nov 26th 2021, 5:52 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Were 3,600 tonnes of peat imported into Ireland from Latvia?
The claim has been used to criticise the Green Party on social media.
Lobby group claims thousands of tonnes of foreign peat were imported in Ireland. Social media users attacked The Greens over the news while others doubted it happened at all. We test the evidence.
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Nov 24th 2021, 12:01 AM
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