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Conspiracy theories spread online about FEMA's nationwide emergency alert test this week. Out-of-coverage, switched-off phones are not expected to receive the alert (https://t.co/zcQDd4sD3C) and there's no reason to believe phones will catch on fire (https://t.co/Rf0RQvGihy)

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There is no evidence of an Ebola outbreak during the 2023 Burning Man festival, despite viral claims online https://t.co/GN4ILUawqg

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A social media video with BBC branding saying that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is alive and staged his death is fake, a spokesperson for the broadcaster said https://t.co/Aidp8YCbFM

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Open gates visible in a video of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona are a mechanism against flooding and they open yearly during monsoon season, contrary to posts suggesting the Biden administration started unbolting them to let migrants into the U.S. https://t.co/LhRu1y73hy

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A remark in court by a lawyer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognizing that doctors have the authority to prescribe ivermectin “off-label” to treat COVID-19 does not mean that the agency approved the drug for that use, as claimed online https://t.co/egidnUPxLf

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki were targets of the first “atomic” bombs ever used in war. Contrary to online claims, the absence of excess radiation decades later does not mean the explosions never occurred https://t.co/6nkPuwDLsS

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Reuters Fact Check examined five statements made during the Republican Party’s first primary debate ahead of the 2024 presidential election https://t.co/Y2Xg8x2JKd

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump is not facing the death penalty if convicted on charges of plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss, despite claims circulating on social media https://t.co/pTkSLoFua3

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Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari did not say “conspiracy theorists must be eliminated” in a podcast segment, contrary to social media posts sharing the claim https://t.co/pp11Ta8Wce

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Footage of Teatro Donnafugata, a small theatre in Sicily that is open to the public, was posted online by an Italian performer in October 2021. False claims on social media, however, say the clip depicts a secret location “where elites sacrifice kids" https://t.co/Usv7xIWNHr

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California Senate Bill 145 does not “legalize pedophilia,” contrary to claims recirculating online. The bill is intended to reform the state’s sex offender registry to be fairer to young LGBT adults who may be in technical violation of statutory rape laws https://t.co/hMcy1mHtiR

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As of Aug. 2, there is no evidence Niger’s military leaders publicly told Joe Biden to keep his country’s aid to use at home, contrary to online claims following U.S. threats to cut ties amid the West African county's military coup https://t.co/vLIh6TW6qQ

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Some social media posts said nuclear test videos must be a lie or a cover-up because cameras would not be able to survive the explosions. The cameras used to film nuclear tests, however, were placed far away enough or designed to withstand the blast https://t.co/iXeI0mzfYn

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Reuters Fact Check helps you verify potentially false content circulating online in the U.S. in Spanish. Send your query to our free WhatsApp channel https://t.co/g0cjXwpEo8

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In a speech on July 25, Joe Biden said that if he could do anything, he would cure cancer. Social media users, however, shared a clip of the president mid-statement, alongside false claims that he said he found a cure for the disease https://t.co/lVg88tXFVH

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Tafari Campbell, the personal chef to former U.S. President Barack Obama, did not die on the anniversary of Jeffrey Epstein’s death, contrary to posts on social media https://t.co/bYrh67zEGq

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The use of the number A113 in Pixar movies is a homage to a classroom in the California Institute of Arts. Posts online are linking it to adrenochrome, a chemical central to the QAnon conspiracy theory, but A113 has no chemical relation to the substance https://t.co/SgM3MglKLZ

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A video showing a church on fire was taken in Spencer, Massachusetts, while the building was empty. Posts online, however, are falsely saying it was filmed in Boston during a gay wedding ceremony https://t.co/yPNXQyZE0T

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Images of children wearing clothing with pentagrams and skulls were created with artificial intelligence (AI) and do not show a real Target collection, contrary to online posts https://t.co/E08uS1ZitW

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Footage of Lindsey Graham in Kyiv shows he did not say the best money the U.S. has "ever spent" went towards “Russians dying.” The two remarks were made at different moments of a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy https://t.co/wA7jrhiaIL