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Oct 16, 2023 | factcheck.afp.com | Charlotte Steenackers |Bill McCarthy |AFP Netherlands |Afp Usa

"WATCH: Video shows the war between Palestine and Israel is being staged like a movie," says an October 8, 2023 post viewed more than 210,000 times on Telegram, a messaging platform. Screenshot from Telegram taken October 13, 2023The video shows a crowd of people huddled around and appearing to lend instructions to a boy, who lays on the ground with his leg twisted and a red liquid splattered behind his head. Hovering about him is a large movie camera.

May 9, 2023 | factcheck.afp.com | Manuela Silva |AFP Uruguay |AFP Netherlands |AFP Indonesia

Social media posts circulating worldwide have shared a document they falsely claim shows Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine contains graphene oxide, a substance that has become the subject of anti-vaccine misinformation. But experts told AFP the document shared in the posts is unrelated to the Pfizer vaccine's ingredients. Its components are public and a spokesman for the pharmaceutical giant said graphene oxide is not used in the manufacture of its vaccines.

Apr 5, 2023 | factcheck.afp.com | Charlotte Steenackers |AFP Netherlands |AFP South Africa

Several social media posts claim that the Philippines issued an arrest warrant for Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in connection with deaths from Covid-19 vaccines. This claim is false. The Supreme Court of the Philippines told AFP Fact Check that no such arrest warrant has been issued for Gates. The posts also link to an article that makes a number of additional false claims. “BREAKING NEWS: Bill Gates arrest warrant issued in Philippines for ‘Premeditated Murder’ for his Vaccination Program.