Misleading
Risk of secondary cancer from chemotherapy is low; chemo ingredients aren’t just 100% mustard gas
Claim:
Chemotherapy is 100% mustard gas, chemotherapy causes cancer
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Source: Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Alexander Hickman (aka Yahki Rapha Elohim), 2024-05-28 -
You are what you eat: how dietary misinfo appeals to our emotions
…disseminating these claims by targeting our core desires and fears. This tactic of exploiting emotional appeal can also be customized to target different audiences based on their emotional and psychological…
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UnsupportedViral videos on Facebook promote unproven cancer cures; no evidence that pharmaceutical companies and the U.S. FDA are hiding the cure for cancer
Claim:
Turmeric, ketogenic diet, ozone therapy, megadoses of vitamin C and adaptogens are cures for cancer that have been suppressed for four decades
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2022-12-11 -
UnsupportedSocial media claims of urine therapy benefits not backed by scientific evidence
Claim:
Drinking urine or applying it to the body is beneficial for health; urea in urine is good for the skin
Source: YouTube, TikTok, Daniel Pompa, Troy Casey, KT The Arch Degree, 2025-05-07 -
How health problems after COVID-19 vaccination are sometimes used to feed misinformation narratives
…study misinformation dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic—explained that such formats proliferate because they “have strong emotional appeal”, which makes them effective anti-vaccine campaigns. However, the report said, these narratives usually…
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MisleadingCDC’s updated developmental milestone checklists don’t mean that standards for children’s development are lowered; they signal a change in the surveillance strategy
Claim:
The CDC “lowered the bar” for developmental milestones instead of acknowledging the effects of COVID-19 restrictions in children
Source: Gateway Pundit, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Jim Hoft, Social media users, 2022-02-18 -
-0.5LowDaily Mail article misleads with clickbait headline claiming cowpox-derived virus will “kill every type of cancer”
…The author did not clarify that currently there is only one FDA-approved oncolytic virus therapy (T-VEC, approved for a subset of melanoma patients). The mentioned viral therapy for brain cancer…
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InaccurateCOVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe; they don’t alter our DNA and aren’t subjected to federal regulation on bioweapons
Claim:
“We are allowing human organisms to become bioweapon factories”
Source: Stew Peters Show, Stew Peters, David Martin, 2022-03-23 -
InaccurateSea level rise is accelerating, and with it the risk associated with coastal storm surge, contrary to claim in Forbes
Claim:
Sea level rise, which was occurring long before humans could be blamed, has not accelerated.
Source: Forbes, Roy Spencer, 2016-10-25 -
Sky News Australia airs false climate information in misleading video by Rowan Dean
On Saturday Oct. 27, Sky News Australia aired a video by Rowan Dean, editor of The Spectator magazine, on the topic of astronomy and climate change. Rowan Dean’s claim that…