Fact-check Malta: Was this dog found injured in Sliema?
A Facebook post about a wounded dog is the latest in a series of hoax posts
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Bill Gates did not say in this interview that Covid vaccines were ‘dangerous’
April 27, 2023 In a 2022 video interview, Bill Gates praised Covid-19 vaccines while admitting they were not perfect in entirely blocking the transmission of the virus and in the limited duration of their effect. A Greek website shared a clip from this video in April 2023 with the false claim that it showed him
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Fact-check Malta: Meet Xandru Borg, a social reformer invented by ChatGPT
AI fabricated references to back up its claims
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Fact-check Malta: Was this girl found abandoned in Sliema?
A Facebook post making this claim went viral on Thursday
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Fact-check: Were Bolt and Wolt hacked?
The false rumour was shared across social media
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Magnetic African dust is not proof of chemtrails
April 17, 2023 Contrary to unfounded claims circulating on social media, the magnetic qualities of African dust are not proof of the existence of chemtrails. Dust from the Sahara desert, which is often detected in Greece and elsewhere in southern European, naturally contains minerals with magnetic qualities. But these magnetic properties are not proof that
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Fact-check: Is crime really on the decline?
Official data showing the lowest crime rate since 2004 was met with incredulity
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This artefact does not come from Sparta and the technology behind it has been explained
False claims that a Roman chalice actually hails from ancient Greece and boasts mysterious colour-changing properties returned to social media in January 2023, following the latest talks over the British Museum’s possible return of the Parthenon sculptures to Athens. In reality, the ancient cup has been dated back to Roman times in the 4th century AD, is known as the “Lycurgus Cup” and has been proven by scientists to change colour in different lighting thanks to traces of silver-gold alloy in its glass front.
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Greek digital artwork shared as a real photo from Turkey quake
February 20, 2023 A digitally created image showing a Greek firefighter holding a girl has been widely shared on social media in Greece following the devastating February 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Many users believed it was a photograph taken from the disaster zone and showed a Greek fireman rescuing a Turkish girl. But
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Product codes starting with the number eight do not identify genetically modified produce
Fruit and vegetables labelled with a five-digit product code starting with “8” have not been genetically modified, contrary to what has been claimed in posts shared hundreds of times on Facebook since December. While it is true that the prefix “8” was initially intended to label transgenic produce, the International Federation of Produce Standards (IFPS) – which is responsible for establishing Price Look Up (PLU) codes for fruit and vegetables – has never used it in this way. Product codes beginning with 8 will be used to designate new products in the near future. Under Greek law, products containing genetically modified organisms – or “GMOs” – must be clearly labelled as such at the point of sale.
