We came across a number of posts on the social media platform X on the following topic (1, 2): Posted soon after the death of Pope Francis on 21 April…
We came across a recent post on X claiming that the Gates Foundation is investing tens of millions of dollars into projects aimed at genetically modifying livestock. The post references…
In 2023, a study by Visa showed that card payments overtook cash usage in Singapore – with contactless transactions in particular rising steadily. This has continued to be the case…
We came across multiple posts on the social media platform X on the following topic (1, 2, 3): The X posts suggest that renewable energy was responsible for the massive…
An X post with almost 500 thousand impressions has been circulating that claims an entire train station has been built in China from the ground up within 9 hours. The…
We found the following post on Facebook: The post, on the page “SG Opposition” which has 57.3k members at the time of writing claims that 50% of Singaporeans do not…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…