RESEARCH | ANALYSIS | INTELLIGENCE | FACT-CHECK

Does brown rice contain more toxic chemicals than white rice?

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We came across a post on X claiming that brown rice contains more toxic chemicals than white rice, in particular that it contains more inorganic arsenic. The post includes a…

Was Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska Arrested While Attempting to Flee the Country?

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We came across the following video circulating on X: According to the video, Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, was arrested while trying to flee the country. The video, stylised to…

Has OpenAI Solved Math?

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A post on X has gone viral with nearly 350,000 views making the startling claim that OpenAI has “solved” math. It further claims that this will lead to massive changes…

Did 14 nations sign a WEF treaty to ban natural conception in 2030?

| Government, Lifestyle, Science | No Comments
Recently, several posts on X and Facebook have been circulating a claim that 14 countries have signed a treaty to ban natural conception by the year 2030. The source of…

Was Joe Biden diagnosed with “acute dementia” in 2022, staying in office while Barack Obama “pulled the strings”?

| Government, International Politics, Satire | No Comments
We came across a reel circulating on Facebook claiming that “according to internal White House documents, former US President Joe Biden was diagnosed with acute dementia as far back as 2022,” and…

Are MAGA hats made in China?

| Business, International Politics | No Comments
We came across multiple posts on the social media platform X on the following topic (1, 2, 3, 4): The posts claim that MAGA (Make America Great Again) hats of…

Can garlic be used as a treatment for brain cancer?

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We came across a post on X with the claim that garlic has been proven to kill brain cancer cells without any side effects. The claim references an article by…

Has a new AI-authored paper proven that climate change is a “scam”?

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We’ve noticed a paper being shared on X alongside the claim that it disproves “global warming data.” A prominent feature of this paper is that it was authored by X’s…

Was the Malaysian gas pipeline that exploded built under China’s Belt and Road Initiative?

| Crisis and Disaster, International Politics | No Comments
We came across a pair of posts on the social media platform X on the following topic (1, 2): The posts suggest that the Putra Heights fire in Puchong, Malaysia,…

Is the recent AI Ghibli image trend a ruse to collect our biometric data?

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Many users across different social media platforms have been uploading pictures of themselves and their friends or family to ChatGPT, instructing it to recreate those pictures in the art style…

Can fake receipts be generated on ChatGPT and used for fraud?

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A post circulating on X/Twitter claims that the image generation feature in ChatGPT-4o—the latest large language model (LLM) from OpenAI—can create realistic fake receipts, raising concerns about potential misuse for…

Is China building a bridge from the Mainland to attack Taiwan?

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Posts floating around social media platforms such as X and YouTube are claiming that China is building “floating mobile platforms” to bridge Mainland China to Taiwan as part of invasion…