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Scammers use AI in ‘deepfake’ investment scam
WEBSep 19, 2023 · A social media video supposedly shows respected finance journalist Martin Lewis promoting Elon Musk‘s new trading platform, Quantum AI.. But the video is a scam. It is a “deepfake” with artificial intelligence (AI) used to make it appear as if the UK journalist is spruiking the Tesla CEO’s scheme.. Lewis has confirmed the video is a deepfake.
Unhappy feet: Cleansing foot patch claims are toxic tosh
WEBOct 1, 2021 · The Verdict. There is no credible evidence to support the video’s claims about the health benefits of detox foot pads. Experts have said there is no basis to the suggestion they can remove toxins from the body, while investigations by Australian and US regulatory authorities have found similar claims about other foot pad products were either false or unsupported by evidence.
Depopulation projections a dystopian fantasy - Australian …
WEBJul 13, 2021 · The Statement. A social media post claims that a “major military industrial corporation” projected Western populations would be cut in half by 2025 “inexplicably”, with the post linking the dire prediction to “future biological warfare” following the COVID-19 pandemic.. The text claims the projections were “discovered in 2014”, pointing to the post’s comments for “photo ...
Homemade grapefruit recipe won’t make hydroxychloroquine
WEBAug 19, 2020 · The Verdict. Based on the evidence, AAP FactCheck found the claims in the Facebook post to be false. Hydroxychloroquine is a synthetic drug while quinine is a compound found in cinchona bark. Regarding the recipe, a pharmaceutical expert told AAP FactCheck he could not find scientific evidence of quinine in grapefruit peels and it would not create hydroxychloroquine.
Sovereign citizen a deluded victim of legal fantasy
WEBDec 29, 2022 · A crime does not need a victim to be considered illegal, despite what “sovereign citizens” are telling Australian police when pulled over for driving offences. In a Facebook video (screenshot here), a man in South Australia is stopped for driving an unregistered vehicle, but refuses to accept police authority.. He cites sovereign citizen theories when refusing to comply.
Fake UN document used to spread false ‘new world order’ goals
WEBSep 18, 2020 · The Verdict. AAP FactCheck has determined the agenda items listed in the Facebook image are not UN goals as part of Agenda 21 nor the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as claimed.. Most of the significant terms in the post – such as establishing a new world order or cashless currency – do not appear in any of the above UN agendas, and the UN has stated the document is false.
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Barely a kernel of truth in Pakistan’s Hunza beating cancer with ...
WEBApr 26, 2021 · The Statement. A Facebook meme claims that people from Pakistan’s Hunza Valley are the only cancer-free population in the world, putting the remarkable health outcome down to their consumption of apricot seeds.
Attack on Indigenous culture fails to connect historical dots
WEBSep 29, 2023 · The Verdict. The claim school teacher Geoffrey Bardon invented Aboriginal dot painting in 1971 is false. While he was the first to paint on canvas, experts told AAP FactCheck that dot painting has been part of Aboriginal culture for thousands of years.. The post also features several other false or misleading claims, including that Welcome to Country ceremonies were first carried out in the ...