Fact-check Malta: Great Scott! LIDL photo of young couple is from Back to the Future
Thousands shared the photo believing it to be genuine
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Fact-check Malta: Footage of San Ġwann fight dates back to 2016
The footage was widely shared on Facebook on Wednesday
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Fact-check Malta: Facebook post falsely claims a Serbian boy was killed at Salina park
The claim was made on a Serbian community Facebook group
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Fact-check Malta: Can the ombudsman, auditor general sit on inquiry board?
Legal experts say they have mixed views on the issue
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Fact-check Malta: Spoof letter ‘from magistrate’ widely shared on social media
The fake letter referenced Prim Ministru MY Baloo III Nofs ta’ Baħar
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Video of a chanting crowd is from a Mexico music concert, not a protest in France
The June 2023 killing in France of a teenager of Algerian descent by a policeman sparked days of protests and riots in several French cities. In this context, Greek social network users shared a video of thousands of people packed into a city area with audio of loud chants in Arabic. The video is presented as a gathering in response to the shooting. However, this is false. The video shows a free concert by a popular band in central Mexico City. A soundtrack of Islamic chants was added over the images.
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Fact-check Malta: GP claims that ‘rape victims don’t get pregnant’
Doctor later argued that the odds are “vanishingly low”
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Fact-check Malta: Is poverty in Malta really on the decrease?
Government says that poverty is decreasing, PN say that a fifth of the population is at risk of poverty
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Fact-check Malta: Is Malta’s inflation rate lower than in many other countries?
Clyde Caruana credits energy price freezes, but some say inflation is higher than disclosed
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Videos shown on Greek television did not show migrants from Pylos tragedy
June 29, 2023 Days after an overloaded boat sank in the Mediterranean on June 14, 2023 with a heavy loss of life, a Greek television station aired a video of men on a crowded vessel with the claim they were migrants on the same ship before it went down. But this is wrong. The video
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