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Dec 17, 2024 · AFP Fact Check is a department within Agence France-Presse (AFP), a multi-lingual, multicultural news agency whose mission is to provide accurate, balanced and impartial coverage of news wherever and whenever it happens in the world on a continuous basis.
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Dec 20, 2024 · Video shows plane crashed in Connecticut, not New Jersey drone. Image. Published on 20/12/2024
Mexico did not slap tariffs on US goods before Trump inauguration
4 hours ago · Mexico is bracing for a trade battle with the United States following a tariff threat from President-elect Donald Trump, but social media posts claiming the country ordered duties on US-made products in December 2024 are false. A video presented as evidence shows President Claudia Sheinbaum signing a measure to protect the Mexican textile industry -- one that excludes its North American ...
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AFP Fact Check is a department within Agence France-Presse (AFP), a multi-lingual, multicultural news agency whose mission is to provide accurate, balanced and impartial coverage of news wherever and whenever it happens in the world on a continuous basis.. As guaranteed by its founding statute, AFP speaks with an independent voice free from political, commercial or ideological influence.
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Dec 17, 2024 · Teary-eyed Trudeau video is years old, unrelated to Trump tariffs. Image. US politics
Posts misrepresent progress of EV charging network under Biden
Dec 13, 2024 · A 2021 federal infrastructure bill allocated funds to build a network of electric vehicle charging points across the United States by 2030. But social media claims that the Biden administration spent $7.5 billion for just eight stations are false; after a slow rollout, 37 stations across 13 states are currently in operation, with hundreds …
Vaccine critics misrepresent US appeals court ruling over Covid-19 ...
Jun 11, 2024 · Vaccine skeptics are claiming a US federal appeals court ruled in June 2024 that Covid-19 shots are not actual vaccines, undermining years of public health guidance. This is false; the panel decided a lawsuit over a school district's immunization requirements should not have been dismissed, but legal experts say it did not endorse or …
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About AFP Fact Check. AFP Fact Check is a department within Agence France-Presse, a multi-lingual, multicultural news agency whose mission is to provide accurate, balanced and impartial coverage of news wherever and whenever it happens in the world on a continuous basis.. To tackle the spread of misinformation and disinformation online, AFP created a dedicated fact-checking and digital ...
Misinformation circulates on failed US immigration reform …
Feb 8, 2024 · A bipartisan package that included stringent domestic border security measures failed in the US Senate in early February. Republican representatives in the House pushed claims it would have allowed 5,000 migrants to enter the country illegally every day, but the sponsoring lawmakers and an expert said that distorted the proposal -- which aimed to expand the executive branch's deportation ...
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AFP’s fact-checkers seek to investigate dubious claims circulating online which are viral, impactful and potentially harmful to the public. The claims we verify surface in a variety of ways, including on social media platforms, blogs and websites, messaging apps and other forums in the public ...