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Margarine and plastic are chemically unrelated substances, contrary to persistent online claim
Claim:
“Margarine is one molecule away from plastic”
Search results for: "founded sports team 2010 by founder also founded company denies marriage rumor 2005 2010 video game launch Europe announce between 1998 2006 history 2002 2008 sports team champion between 2012 2022"
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Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-11-19 -
InaccurateTromethamine in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children acts to improve the stability of the vaccine; it isn’t in the vaccine as a heart medication
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The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children contains tromethamine, “a heart attack medication” with “a lot of potentially serious side effects”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Social media users, 2021-10-29 -
Now hiring: Researcher studying online m/disinformation
…climate change. In addition to our verification work, we also conduct research into online misinformation dynamics and engage deeply with policymakers at the EU level to help craft the regulatory…
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InaccurateInfectious diseases like chickenpox and measles are much more likely to cause serious health problems than vaccination
Claim:
Chickenpox and measles aren’t diseases but infections; unlike diseases, infections go away, leaving behind “a lifetime of immunity”; when you vaccinate, you are potentially “causing a disease”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-10-25 -
Training and using ChatGPT uses a lot of energy, but exact numbers are tricky to pin down without data from OpenAI
…a January 2025 article published by MIT Sloan School of Management: “As we move from text to video to image, these AI models are growing larger and larger, and so…
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How much electricity do data centers use, and can they run on renewables?
…they’re often powered by diesel generators. However, a growing number of data centers are relying on solar and wind systems backed up by battery storage. Exact figures on data center…
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IncorrectVaccination does not weaken the immune system against natural infection
Claim:
With repeated use of vaccines, cell-mediated immunity weakens
Source: Newstarget, Andrew Wakefield, Lance D Johnson, 2019-04-19 -
1.3HighAnalysis of “2014 Breaks Heat Record, Challenging Global Warming Skeptics”
…article, they are substantiated by their knowledge in the field and by the content of the analysis in the annotations on the article. John Dwyer Postdoctoral research fellow, MIT This…
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IncorrectEnergy Secretary Rick Perry incorrectly claims CO2 is not primary cause of climate change
Claim:
Most likely the primary control knob [on climate change] is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in.
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InaccuratePopular Facebook meme misleadingly suggests that the measles vaccine caused 2019 Samoa measles outbreak
Claim:
Measles vaccine caused Samoa measles outbreak
Source: Stop Mandatory Vaccination, Anonymous, 2019-12-07