RESEARCH | ANALYSIS | INTELLIGENCE | FACT-CHECK

Did Bill Gates influence Singapore to pass a new law that made vaccines mandatory?

| Government, Health, Vaccine | No Comments
We came across multiple posts on the social media platform X on the following topic (1, 2): Various posts suggested that Singapore had passed a new law criminalising the refusal…

Did President Tharman Shanmugaratnam issue a warning that a global pandemic would soon strike humanity?

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We came across a recent post shared in a local Facebook group that linked to an article stating that Singapore’s President, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, has warned that the “next pandemic” is…

Were Macron, Starmer, and Merz caught on video sniffing cocaine on a train enroute to Kyiv?

| Government, International Politics | No Comments
A viral post on X by Alex Jones, an American far-right media figure and conspiracy theorist, has alleged that French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German…

Does storing soda above 30 degrees Celsius make it toxic?

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We came across several posts on X circulating a video originally shared on Instagram that claims that storing diet soda in warm environments, such as garages where temperatures can exceed…

Is an alternative dairy product made from maggot larvae being produced worldwide?

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A post circulating on X and TikTok claims that a dairy alternative called Entomilk made from the maggot larvae of black soldier flies is currently being produced across “many nations.”…

Did Pope Francis own just $100 at the time of his death?

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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…

Is Bill Gates spending millions to genetically modify livestock and make food toxic?

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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…

Singaporeans on Payment Habits and a “Cashless Society”

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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…

Was Spain’s blackout caused by renewable energy?

| Crisis and Disaster, Environment, International Politics, Science | No Comments
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…

Has China just built an entire train station “from the ground up” in 9 hours?

| International Politics, Transport | No Comments
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…

Did MP Poh Li San say that 50% of Singaporeans don’t pay income tax – and is it true?

| Culture, Government, Local Politics, Society | No Comments
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…

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…