Trump Debunked: Health experts slam president’s baseless autism claims Health regulators and experts stress there is no evidence linking Tylenol (paracetamol) use during pregnancy to autism, rejecting claims by US president Donald Trump. “Our medicines regulator has con...

Trump Debunked: Health experts slam president’s baseless autism claims

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Inside the MAGA conspiracy about Biden’s health News of Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis on Sunday (18 May) quickly became a political tool. Conspiracy theories emerged almost instantly — claims that he’s had cancer longer than disclosed, rumo...

Inside the MAGA conspiracy about Biden’s cancer | Debunked
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Spoke with The Independent about the Vatican's strategy of "radical transparency" in the weeks leading up to Pope Francis' passing.

TLDR: Prebunking works! Getting ahead of rumors, closing the information gap, and leaving zero room for speculation does well to mitigate the spread of disinformation.

Exclusive: Why the Vatican gave unprecedented health updates on Pope Francis Exclusive: In a statement to The Independent, the Holy See revealed the deliberate strategy behind the unprecedented number of press briefings from the Pope's doctors during his hospitalization.

Our latest episode of Debunked: Exclusive | Why the Vatican gave unprecedented health updates on Pope Francis

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To celebrate 10k followers, I decided I would seize the opportunity to use my platform for something good.

Women VS Disinfo!

A huge selection of expert researchers, fact checkers, journalists, debunkers, science communicators, academics, vloggers, etc. of all things Disinfo
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Aviation expert responds to Trump’s claim diversity hiring to blame for DC crash An aviation expert told The Independent there is “no evidence” to support President Donald Trump’s claim that diversity, equity, and inclusion policies contributed to the American Airlines plane crash in Washington, DC. “Brilliant people have to be in those positions,” the president said, before suggesting diversity hiring “could have been” linked to the crash during a press conference on January 30. In response, Captain Shem Malmquist, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society told The Independent, “I don’t know of any evidence that anybody involved with this accident met any criteria that wouldn’t have been holding them to the highest standards.”

I spoke to an aviation expert to debunk Trump’s claims that diversity, equity, and inclusion policies caused the deadly plane crash.

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RFK Jr. challenged on false claim Covid is a race-targeted ‘bioweapon’ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was today confronted over his previous false claim that Covid-19 was a ““genetically engineered bioweapon that targets Black and white people but spared Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.” The 71-year-old was grilled on the false comment he made during the pandemic, as he was grilled by Senators at his confirmation hearing on Thursday (29 January). “I didn’t say it was deliberately targeted; I just quoted an NIH-funded and NIH published study,” he said. The conspiracy theory that Covid is a genetically engineered bioweapon has been hugely debunked by the scientific community since it surfaced in early 2020. Kennedy Jr. has a long history of promoting vaccine sceptic rhetoric and scepticism towards science.

Moment RFK Jr. challenged on false claim Covid is a race-targeted ‘bioweapon’ at confirmation hearing

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Cali wildfires: Did sending aid to Ukraine leave LA Fire Department unprepared? As the worst wildfires in LA’s history continue to ravage the city, Donald Trump Jr. and Elon Musk suggested that the fires have been worsened by the LA Fire Department’s aid to Ukraine during Russia’...

Debunked: Did sending aid to Ukraine leave LA Fire Department unprepared?

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Wildfires are increasing, so why is wood a popular building tool in hotspots? As wildfires rage across the US, devastating homes and communities, one question is being asked more urgently than ever: Why are so many homes still being built with wood? At least 10 people have bee...

Nearly 90 per cent of US homes built in 2019 were wood-framed, despite the increasing frequency and severity of wildfires. Should we be rethinking this?

@hebecampbell.bsky.social has an important question.

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Screenshot of my fyp showing all Elon posts

Me showing I gave him muted

I have Elon Musk muted and yet my For You feed is quite literally 100% his posts rn

Becasue. There's. No. Evidence. Of. Fraud.

Great rundown of how @bsky.app is contending with misinformation as its user base explodes

Years later and Covid vaccine misinformation still rife! 💉🧪

Love this! 🔥

@hebecampbell.bsky.social does great debunking and walk-through explainers at @theindependent.bsky.social!

You absolutely should follow Hebe, one of the brightest people I've had the pleasure of speaking to. She's on top of her game, makes amazing videos and is definitely one to watch in this field.

This AI-generated image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being widely shared online with false claims that he's been hospitalised.

The image is AI-generated and fake, and was first shared online a year ago. There's no evidence Netanyahu has been taken to hospital.

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Which celebs have ditched X following the US election? And what’s next with Bluesky?

Coverage for @theindependent.bsky.social

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