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Colored squares on toothpaste tubes guide machines during production, aren’t secret codes for ingredients
Claim:
Blocks of color printed on toothpaste tubes indicate whether the toothpaste is made of safe ingredients
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Source: Facebook, TikTok, Carlos Juico, Social media users, 2024-01-04 -
UnsupportedCastor oil is only medically recognized as a laxative; other alleged medical benefits, including treating cancer, lack scientific support
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“Scar tissue, bone spurs, tumors, [castor oil is] excellent for breaking that up”
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Barbara O'Neill, 2024-03-12 -
InaccurateAlex Jones was fined 1.5 billion dollars for defaming families of Sandy Hook shooting victims; no evidence he was fined for warning about “Covid crimes”
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Alex Jones was fined 150 billion dollars for warning about crimes related to COVID-19
Source: Instagram, Brandon Tatum, 2024-08-31 -
0.3NeutralArticle in Business Insider accurately describes results from a study estimating up to 3 billion people could live in much warmer temperatures by 2070
Summary The article in Business Insider discusses findings from a study published May, 2020 that projected one to three billion people could live in much warmer climates by 2070, assuming…
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Insights from 8 Months of Monitoring Climate Misinformation on French TV and Radio: Scale and Narratives
…at least US$500 billion per year subsidizing fossil fuels. (France has spent about €10 billion to 15 billion per year in recent years.) In that context, the amount of government…
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InaccurateConspiracy theory about the deaths of alternative medicine practitioners ignores evidence, misrepresents certain doctors
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Doctors murdered to protect Big Pharma profits and silence holistic health practitioners
Source: TikTok, Katryna Benson, 2023-07-04 -
Partners, Funders & Donors
…subsidiary company (SciVerify) that conducts commercial partnerships with platforms such as Meta (Facebook, Instagram) and TikTok. Below is a list of all revenue sources we had since 2015 that accounted…
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IncorrectNo scientific evidence indicates that parasites are the key cause of autoimmunity
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“the number 1 indicator of parasites is actually an autoimmune condition”
Source: TikTok, Austin Lake, 2023-06-23 -
UnsupportedInsufficient evidence for the claim that benzoyl peroxide in skincare products poses cancer risk
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Benzene in benzoyl peroxide-containing skincare products poses a cancer risk
Source: TikTok, Social media users, 2024-03-07 -
IncorrectSocial media clips revive false claims by David Icke linking 5G and COVID-19
Claim:
5G at 60 GHz “stops the human body and blood absorbing oxygen”; this is what doctors are describing in COVID-19 cases
Source: London Real, David Icke, 2020-04-06