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Fact Check-No evidence migration caused exaggerated 2013 Swedish rape statistics

Exaggerated rape statistics for Sweden in 2013 that have been used to suggest that migrants have driven an increase in assaults are false. Although Swedish crime data show an increase in such offences between 1990 and 2011, there is no evidence migration was a cause, an...

Sweden , Swedish , Lars-lewenhagen , Thomson-reuters-trust-principles , Eu-european-institute-for-gender-equality , Twitter , Facebook , Reuters-fact , Third-world , Gender-equality , Reuters-fact-check , Thomson-reuters-trust

Fact check: False claims about plans for coup in Belarus

Various Russian media outlets are spreading claims that a Polish general confirmed the West was preparing to launch a coup in Belarus. But did he? DW finds out more.

Russia , Belarus , Kremlin , Moskva , Germany , Belgorod , Belgorodskaya-oblast- , Poland , Ukraine , Warsaw , L67- , Belarusian

Fact Check-Image of caskets inside plane was released by Pentagon in 2005

Contrary to some social media captions, a photograph of caskets inside a plane with American flags draped over them is unconnected to the war in Ukraine and was released by the Pentagon in 2005.

Kuwait , Kiev , Ukraine-general- , Ukraine , United-states , American , Thomson-reuters-trust-principles , Us-department-of-defense , Facebook , National-security-archive-on , Reuters-fact

Fact Check-Video shows people climbing Spain-Morocco fence, not US-Mexico border

A clip depicting people climbing a high border fence separating the Spanish city of Melilla in North Africa from Morocco traces to March 2022. The footage has been miscaptioned in social media posts claiming it was recorded at the U.S.-Mexico border as a COVID-19 border...

Spain , Mexico , Morocco , Melilla , Spain-general- , United-states , Spanish , America , Donald-trump , Reuters , Twitter , Thomson-reuters-trust-principles

Fact Check-Photo shows pool in Slovak labour camp, not Nazi concentration camp

A World War Two-era image of people in and around a swimming pool at a forced-labour camp in Slovakia is being miscaptioned online to distort facts around the treatment of Jews in Nazi-run concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Germany , Novaky , Nitriansky , Slovak-republic , Israel , Birkenau , Hessen , Slovaks , Germans , Slovak , German , Peter-ja

Fact Check-Estonia's ex-president not related to person at award ceremony

A photo of former Estonian president Kersti Kaljulaid standing on a stage with writer and social activist Mikk Pärnits is being falsely claimed online to show Kaljulaid with her son.

Estonia , Tallinn , Harjumaa , Estonian , Siim-talvik , Kersti-kaljulaid , Mattias-tammet , Facebook , Twitter , Reuters , Thomson-reuters-trust-principles , Reuters-fact

Fact Check-Photo of transgender wrestler in Texas is missing context

A Texas school sports rule requiring wrestlers to compete with the gender stated on their birth certificate meant that Mack Beggs, a transgender boy, had to wrestle with cisgender females during high school sports, although social media posts featuring a photo of Beggs falsely...

Texas , United-states , Dallas , Lewisville-high-school , Euless , Biden-america , Mack-beggs , Elyse-nelson , Euless-trinity-high-school , Reuters , Facebook , Associated-press

Fact Check-Video purporting to show Soviet-era tanks shipped from Russia to Ukraine dates to at least 2019

A video purporting to show Soviet-era tanks being shipped from Russia to battle in Ukraine is being circulated online, but the clip predates Russia’s invasion of its neighbour and is unrelated.

Kremlin , Moskva , Russia , Laos , Ukraine , Germany , Krasnoufimsk , Sverdlovskaya-oblast- , Soviet , Russian , Twitter

Soros did not endorse DeSantis in 2024 presidential race

On Friday, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming George Soros endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election.

Florida , United-states , Munich , Bayern , Germany , Donald-trump , George-soros , Laura-silber , Ron-desantis , Melissa-goldin , Soro-open-society-foundations , Technical-university-of-munich

Vinyl chloride draft report didn't omit info on cancer, children | Ap

On Friday, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming the CDC removed information from its toxicological profile for vinyl chloride about how dangerous the gas is in

Phoenix , Arizona , United-states , California , Ohio , East-palestine , Irvine , Kristen-nordlund , Michael-kleinman , Stephen-roberts , Josh-kelety , Centers-for-disease