FactCheck Social Media Tesla 'quote' about earth not on solid ground Social media's fascination with the legendary inventor knows no bounds - and includes dubious statements about gravity.
FactCheck Social Media The UK isn't expecting most COVID-19 vaccine recipients to die in a third wave A social media post either misunderstands or misrepresents a report examining the likely effects of relaxing COVID-19 restrictions in England.
FactCheck Social Media 'Rare pink peacock' photo is a fowl hoax Flamingos are pink - but are peacocks too? A viral social media post claims to have the evidence.
FactCheck Social Media 'Poison' post delivers dose of misleading info on vaccine safety Some social media users have seized on the use of the ominous-sounding word in Australian regulations.
FactCheck Social Media Some of these 12 healthy eating tips are hard to swallow A widely shared post from Vanuatu features a few pieces of dodgy advice on food and drink.
FactCheck Social Media COVID-19 false positives claim is positively false A social media post makes the baseless suggested that 80 per cent of positive PCR test results are later proved wrong.
FactCheck Social Media Child hunger and COVID-19 deaths a flawed comparison A meme suggests the death toll from child poverty is far greater than from the coronavirus.
FactCheck Social Media Tale of the 'unsinkable Hugh Williams' a little too good to be true The facts surrounding the famed Welsh shipwreck survivors are more a salty old sea tale than the 'strangest coincidence ever recorded'.
FactCheck Social Media Did Julian Assange say there's no 'dirt' on Donald Trump? WikiLeaks and the former US president have a long and somewhat turbulent history.
FactCheck Social Media Radio ga ga: There is no NZ government gag on RNZ comments The public broadcaster recently changed its online comments policy to crack down on 'harmful' communications.
FactCheck Social Media COVID-19 vaccine 'gene therapy' suggestion diagnosed as false Getting immunised will not change a person's genes or their DNA.
FactCheck Social Media No, this photo doesn't show Scott Morrison wearing a $30,000 Rolex Time's up for posts with false claims about the prime minister's watch.
FactCheck Social Media More than meets the eye to phoney London 'lockdown protest' photo The image of a huge crowd in the UK capital has been given another airing to back bogus claims of large-scale public disquiet.
FactCheck Social Media Dubai sheikh's words lost in translation with viral quote A quote commonly attributed on social media to the emirate's late founder comes from a mishmash of sources, including a science-fiction novel.
FactCheck Social Media Barely a kernel of truth in Pakistan's Hunza beating cancer with apricot seeds The extract has been marketed as a potential cure, but experts say it's ineffective and can cause cyanide poisoning.
FactCheck Social Media 'Hidden' COVID-19 vaccine reactions data is far from secret A social media video makes a series of claims about Australian data published on adverse reactions - but those claims aren't supported by the data itself.
FactCheck Social Media No, Easter wasn't named after a Mesopotamian goddess The long-standing claim is based on a very dubious historical source.
FactCheck Social Media Misleading claims on political pensions are overdue for retirement Politicians once had a generous parliamentary entitlement scheme, but the facts are muddled in this much-shared meme.
FactCheck Social Media COVID 'hot tea' cure of lemon and bicarb doesn't hold water A social media post claims a mixture from Israel is a 'proven' recipe to kill the coronavirus.
FactCheck Social Media No, PCR tests for COVID-19 won't give you cancer A string of alarmist social media posts claim the tests contain the carcinogen ethylene oxide.
