Rob Lever
Fact-Checking Reporter and Editor at Agence France-Presse (AFP)
@AFPFactCheck Digital Verification Editor Former technology/media correspondent. Views expressed are my own
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Rob Lever
After a series of misleading statements by US President Donald Trump about the Panama Canal, social media posts claimed the American investment giant BlackRock had purchased the waterway in a multibillion-dollar deal. This is inaccurate; BlackRock led a consortium of investors agreeing to buy ports at either end of the shipping passage, but the canal itself remains under the jurisdiction of a Panamanian government agency.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Rob Lever
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the newly confirmed health secretary for the Trump administration who has called for sweeping policy changes, has made numerous false and misleading claims about vaccine safety. Kennedy has amplified conspiracy theories from a resurgent anti-vaccine movement, rejecting scientific evidence on shots that have saved millions of lives and reduced or eradicated many diseases.
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2 months ago |
yahoo.com | Rob Lever
Following a fatal air collision above the US capital, social media users claimed the Blackhawk helicopter that struck a jetliner was piloted by a transgender service member. But Jo Ellis, the person named in the posts, was not involved in the disaster, a fact confirmed by a video she released on Facebook.
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2 months ago |
factuel.afp.com | Rob Lever
"Crash de Washington: La pilote du Black Hawk a été identifiée comme étant l'adjudant-chef 2 (CW2) Jo Ellis, une femme transgenre. Jo Ellis a servi dans la Garde nationale de Virginie pendant 15 ans et a fait sa transition alors qu'elle était pilote. Jo a fait des déclarations radicales contre Trump sur les réseaux sociaux", assure une publication partagée plus de 1.000 fois sur X depuis le 31 janvier, diffusant plusieurs photos d'une femme blonde.
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Nov 14, 2024 |
factuel.afp.com | Rob Lever
Dans la dernière ligne droite de sa campagne, le républicain a notamment partagé de fausses affirmations sur un prétendu plafonnement de l'aide gouvernementale après le passage de l'ouragan Hélène en Caroline du Nord, un Etat-clé qu'il a remporté face à Kamala Harris. Il a également une nouvelle fois remis en cause, sans preuves, le résultat de l'élection présidentielle de 2020, perdue face à Joe Biden, agitant le spectre de fraudes électorales.
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