Melbourne Demons fans are being served with fake news about captain Max Gawn, Kysaiah Pickett and even club legend Garry Lyon. https://bit.ly/4hOg2eN
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A graph being shared online appears to depict immigration far outpacing housing supply in Australia, but it's misleading. https://bit.ly/3U2APRX
Wests Tigers fans dealing with their NRL club's struggles on and off the field are also being hit with disinformation. https://bit.ly/3Rp7wsa
A video showing smoke rising near a World Heritage-listed church in France is being misrepresented online as an arson attack by migrants. https://bit.ly/4xd1SZq
A hoax about surfers facing a $365-per-year tax to hit the waves is being shared on social media. https://bit.ly/4pMRzIP
Somewhere between Canada and Central Africa, the World Cup is being rewritten for Australian soccer fans on social media, one fake story at a time. https://bit.ly/4fwbmra
The Reserve Bank has not announced it's preparing for a national recession that Australia is "heading into", despite claims online. https://bit.ly/4hDcRXi
A social media post makes multiple claims about how much the Australian government spends each year, but several of the figures are wrong. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no-federal-government-does-not-spend-1tn-each-year/
No, federal government does not spend $1tn each year
A social media post makes multiple claims about how much the Australian government spends each year, but several of the figures are wrong.
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A social media post makes multiple claims about how much the Australian government spends each year, but several of the figures are wrong. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no-federal-government-does-not-spend-1tn-each-year/
No, federal government does not spend $1tn each year
A social media post makes multiple claims about how much the Australian government spends each year, but several of the figures are wrong.
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Disinformation spreaders have used a fictional academic to raise questions about the claimed rise in wealth of a government minister. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fake-professor-used-in-housing-minister-smear-campaign/
Fake professor used in housing minister smear campaign
Disinformation spreaders have used a fictional academic to raise questions about the claimed rise in wealth of a government minister.
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Social media users are spreading a conspiracy theory that the word 'hantavirus' derives from a Hebrew slang word meaning 'fraud' or 'scam'. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/hantavirus-hebrew-origin-story-is-a-viral-fraud/
Hantavirus Hebrew origin story is a viral fraud
Social media users are spreading a conspiracy theory that the word 'hantavirus' derives from a Hebrew slang word meaning 'fraud' or 'scam'.
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An expert has described the Opposition Leader's methodology as "dodgy" after he claimed this year's migration rate is running 80,000 ahead of forecasts.
Taylor compares past figures with future forecast for misleading migration claim
An expert has described the Opposition Leader's methodology as
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Fake stories about violent riots involving members of a religious group in Australia are being shared by foreign-run Facebook accounts. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/foreign-pages-stoke-division-with-fake-islamist-riot-posts/
Foreign pages stoke division with fake Islamist riot posts
Fake stories about violent clashes at riots involving members of a religious group in Australia are being shared by foreign-run Facebook accounts.
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A Pfizer document is being misrepresented on social media to falsely claim that hantavirus is listed as a COVID-19 vaccine side effect. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/false-claims-link-hantavirus-to-covid-vaccines/
False claims link hantavirus to COVID vaccines
Social media users are claiming that hantavirus was listed as a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine, but that's a misreading of the facts.
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Social media posts are falsely claiming Australia's immigration minister has announced plans to fast-track citizenship for millions of temporary visa holders. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/citizenship-fast-track-announcement-a-social-media-fabrication/
Citizenship fast-track announcement a social media fabrication
Social media posts are falsely claiming Australia's immigration minister has announced plans to fast-track citizenship for millions of temporary visa holders.
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Social media posts are overstating the number of migrants arriving in Australia by using a dataset that measures border crossings, not immigration. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/migration-numbers-inflated-by-incorrect-use-of-travel-data/
Citizenship fast-track announcement a social media fabrication
Social media posts are falsely claiming Australia's immigration minister has announced plans to fast-track citizenship for millions of temporary visa holders.
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Reports claiming a staff member died and a coach underwent surgery at an NRL club are completely false and rely on AI-generated images. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/warriors-fans-targeted-with-ai-generated-fake-news/
Warriors fans targeted with AI-generated fake news
Fake stories about a New Zealand NRL team are spreading online, thanks to a foreign-run Facebook account sharing disinformation and AI-generated content.
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Facebook pages are spreading false claims that former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith held a press conference to speak out against the return of 'ISIS brides'. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/disinformation-pages-spread-fake-ben-roberts-smith-isis-brides-statement/
Disinformation pages spread fake Ben Roberts-Smith 'ISIS brides' statement
Facebook pages are spreading false claims that Ben Roberts-Smith held a press conference speaking out against the return of 'ISIS brides'.
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A viral social media post is falsely claiming Australia passed a sweeping law enabling mass deportations across the country. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/false-mass-deportation-claim-spreads-online-outrage/
False mass deportation claim spreads online outrage
A viral social media post is falsely claiming Australia passed a sweeping law enabling mass deportations across the country.
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Social media posts are falsely claiming that a law allows parents and doctors to end the lives of infants for non-medical reasons. https://aap.com.au/factcheck/no-a-law-doesnt-allow-parents-to-euthanise-babies-they-dont-like/
No, a law doesn't allow parents to euthanise babies they 'don't like'
Social media posts are falsely claiming that Dutch law allows parents and doctors to end the lives of an infant for a non-medical reason in the Netherlands.
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A photo of a koala mass grave in Australia is being falsely linked to a renewable energy project. https://aap.com.au/factcheck/koala-mass-grave-image-falsely-linked-to-renewable-energy-project/
Koala mass grave image falsely linked to renewable energy project
A photo of dead koalas in a mass grave is being falsely portrayed as the result of a wind farm development.
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NRL opponents aren't the only ones targeting the Melbourne Storm with the club again being targeted by fake AI-generated news. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fake-melbourne-storm-death-claims-target-nrl-fans-on-facebook/
Fake Melbourne Storm death claims target NRL fans on Facebook
NRL opposition teams aren't the only ones targeting the Melbourne Storm, as the club becomes the victim of AI-generated misinformation.
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The cost of 53 investigations and a defence inquiry into war crimes in Afghanistan is being misrepresented as the bill for the probe into Ben Roberts-Smith alone. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/social-media-claims-misrepresent-cost-of-roberts-smith-investigation/
Social media claims misrepresent cost of Roberts-Smith investigation
The cost of 53 investigations and a defence inquiry into war crimes in Afghanistan is being misrepresented as the bill for the probe into Ben Roberts-Smith alone.
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An Australian government minister is being criticised on social media for a luxury designer outfit that she never even wore. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/govt-minister-targeted-in-ai-generated-designer-outfit-smear/
Govt minister targeted in AI-generated designer outfit smear
An Australian government minister is being criticised on social media for a luxury designer outfit that she never even wore.
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Hundreds of thousands of Australians have accessed a government home loan scheme that online posts falsely claim is exclusive to foreigners. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/migrant-home-loan-scheme-is-a-social-media-mirage/
Migrant home loan scheme is a social media mirage
Hundreds of thousands of Australians have accessed a government home loan scheme that online posts falsely claim is exclusive to foreigners.
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Foreign-run Facebook pages are sharing fake details about the alleged murder of five‑year‑old Kumanjayi Little Baby near Alice Springs. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/girls-death-exploited-by-foreign-facebook-pages/
Girl's death exploited by foreign Facebook pages
Foreign-run Facebook pages are sharing fake details about the alleged murder of a girl in an apparent bid to boost engagement.
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Australian government aid funding for Lebanon is not being handed over to a group it lists as a terrorist organisation. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/lebanon-aid-misrepresented-as-hezbollah-funding/
Lebanon aid misrepresented as Hezbollah funding
Australian government aid funding for Lebanon is not being handed over to a group it lists as a terrorist organisation.
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Images of migrants gathering at landmarks in Hungary on social media after the recent election loss of its anti-immigration government are AI-generated. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/synthetic-images-of-migrants-in-european-capital-stoke-division-online/
Synthetic images of migrants in European capital stoke division online
Images of migrants gathering at landmarks in Hungary on social media after the recent election loss of its anti-immigration government are not real.
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Social media users are falsely claiming that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson was caught on film embracing a neo-Nazi on stage at an anti-immigration rally. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/pauline-hanson-hugger-misidentified-as-neo-nazi/
Pauline Hanson hugger misidentified as neo-Nazi
Social media users claim a video shows One Nation's leader embracing neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell, but the person in the clip is someone else.
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Australian users to be posting videos of the aftermath of a recent earthquake in Japan are actually sharing old footage of other disasters. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/old-japan-disaster-videos-recycled-after-recent-earthquake/
Old Japan disaster videos recycled after recent earthquake
Posts claiming to show the aftermath of a recent earthquake in Japan are sharing footage from events that occurred years ago.
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