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The Department of Agriculture did recently change its labeling requirements for genetically modified foods. But "biofortified" didn't make the cut.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, misinformation has spread widely. But baseless allegations wereΒ baked into the attack from the beginning.
Contrary to the claim in a popular Facebook post, police have arrested scores of protesters in Ottawa. Many face mischief charges.
This isn't the first time "Arma 3" has been used to promote misinformation online.
While the ATF does have hundreds of thousands of records, they are not stored as a registry or able to be searched like a database.
Illegal immigration is a big Republican talking point in the US presidential election, with Donald Trump's campaign amplifying social media rumors that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio are stealing and eating people's pets. But authorities in the US state told AFP they have received no such reports and none of the purported evidence cited online supports the claims.
Before polls opened November 5, 2024 in the knife-edge US presidential race, social media users shared a video of a man claiming voters in the state of South Carolina can only cast ballots from their cars -- and that local election officials are making their selections for them. Authorities have refuted the allegations, telling AFP that while citizens with disabilities and those aged 65 and older can request assistance, most vote inside polling locations.
The US Secret Service has been criticized for security failures after a gunman opened fire at a Donald Trump campaign rally July 13, 2024, killing one person and injuring three others -- including the former president. But there is no evidence that one of the snipers who shot and killed the assailant criticized the operation on 4chan; federal and state authorities told AFP they have no employees named Jonathan Willis, and the anonymous message board has repeatedly been the source of debunked conspiracy theories.
US President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Donald Trump traded barbs in the first debate of the 2024 election campaign.
As Congress considers legislation requiring voters to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote, conservative commentators are accusing the US Department of Transportation of enrolling non-citizens before the November 2024 presidential contest as part of the driver licensing process. This is false; each state operates its own department of motor vehicles (DMV) -- and while some permit migrants to cast ballots in local elections, voting in federal ones is illegal and uncommon.
