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2023
Debunked: Picture of Irish homeless woman and children is an AI-generated image
Debunked: Currys say ‘mystery box’ posts on social media are a scam
Debunked: Old footage from Egypt shared with false claims it shows Israel storming Gaza hospital
FactCheck: False claims the army was deployed during Dublin City riots seen millions of times
Debunked: Fake News site spreads baseless claim of a second stabbing at a school in Ballymun
Major analysis shows how Irish disinformation ecosystem has been 'co-opted by far-right actors'
Ireland “a victim of Russian disinformation”, experts on Ukraine war say
Anti-immigration groups use Israel-Gaza violence to push antisemitism and Islamophobia online
Judge debunked rumour that spread for months that Ashling Murphy knew her murderer
Debunked: Years-old video of hospital bombing in Syria claimed to show strike on Gaza
PSNI cast doubt on photo of man dressed as Palestinian militant walking through Derry
Debunked: Photo of ‘corpse’ using phone isn't from Gaza; it actually shows a Halloween costume
FactFind: What exactly do we know - and not know - about the Gaza hospital explosion
Debunked: YouTube ads feature Elon Musk in deepfake videos pushing cryptocurrency scams
Debunked: A double-decker bus which caught fire in Bradford was not an electric vehicle
FactCheck: Misleading claims about sex education found on leaflets about the SPHE curriculum
How X, formerly Twitter, is platforming a deluge of misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war
Debunked: Fake RTÉ posts about Anne Doyle are a hoax to promote a cryptocurrency scheme
Debunked: An old image of Leo Varadkar has been altered to promote a climate change conspiracy
FactFind: QAnon website promoted on anti-SPHE leaflets protesting sex ed in Ireland
Debunked: Video alleging fraud cites baseless claims about Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s assets
Debunked: Australian footage from 2021 used to imply Covid lockdowns are being enforced again
Factcheck: MEP Clare Daly ‘mistakenly’ cited wrong fatality figures for Russian invasion of Ukraine
Debunked: Fake government letter used to spread rumour of Ukrainians being extradited to fight
Debunked: Doctored image of RTÉ headline spread with anti-immigrant messages
Housing Minister condemns 'misinformation' letters distributed in Dublin with Fianna Fáil logo
Debunked: Conspiracy site Infowars used fake claims about Ireland as evidence of 'white genocide'
Factcheck: What did an expert on Youth Justice tell the Citizens’ Assembly about drug crime?
Debunked: The Canadian government hasn't banned the British outlet GB News
FactFind: What are the laws around asylum seekers being able to vote in Irish elections?
FactFind: Do more than a thousand people die per year in Ireland due to burning solid fuels?
Lasers, ‘magic trees’ and Simpsons predictions: False claims about Maui wildfires spread online
Debunked: Irish users among those fooled by AI image of Pope in front of huge crowds
Debunked: Government has not forbidden business grants and modular homes for Irish people
Debunked: Incompatible athlete death stats continue to be used to mislead about vaccines
Debunked: A public killing and attempted abductions latest in baseless claims against migrants
FactFind: What is contained in the proposed SPHE syllabus about sex and gender?
Debunked: Are a Senator’s maps showing potential Safe Access Zones around hospitals accurate?
Debunked: Draft SPHE syllabus doesn't say Critical Race Theory will be taught on Leaving Cert
Debunked: Presenter wrongly speculated to be at centre of BBC scandal involving lewd photos