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2024
factcheckFactCheck: Tánaiste says First Home Scheme can't be used for Oscar Traynor Road affordable homes
factcheckDebunked: Condensation trails after airplanes aren't signs of intentional climate modification
factcheckDebunked: Visiting restrictions at Tallaght Hospital are due to viruses, despite conspiracy theories
disinformationFake news inspires abuse and arson attacks, Garda tells committee discussing social media
factcheckDebunked: Why terms like 'illegals' and 'people trafficking' mischaracterise the asylum system
factcheckDebunked: Ireland has not agreed to 'arrest citizens who speak out against the Bird Flu vaccine’
factcheckDebunked: Child sexual abuse material still illegal in Germany despite decriminalisation claims
factcheckHow Ireland's non-white election candidates are targeted with misinformation and racist abuse
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Debunked: One political party's false election claims on immigration, neutrality and NATO
A leaflet by Ireland First contains a number of inaccuracies.
factcheckDebunked: Deepfaked Michael O’Leary appears in scam ad pushing financial platform ‘Ryan Chain’
Croke Park
Organisers deny claims of discrimination against rugby fans over alcohol rules at Croke Park
Croke ParkOrganisers deny claims of discrimination against rugby fans over alcohol rules at Croke Park
factcheckDebunked: Image of Garda standoff shared after Newtownmountkennedy protests is AI-generated
factcheckDebunked: The Ukraine Credit Guarantee Scheme is not closed to Irish businesses. It's for them.
factcheckDebunked: Posts ‘as Gaeilge’ among more than 100 scam ads featuring presenter Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
factcheckFactCheck: Are psychiatric patients in Canada given leaflets for assisted dying when they go to A&E?
factcheckDebunked: Fake frame from Simpsons episode used to say show predicted Baltimore bridge disaster
factcheckDebunked: A historical chart in an old IPCC report does not show that climate change is a hoax
factcheckDebunked: Anti-migrant video asks: ‘Anyone know where in Dublin this is?’ The answer: Germany
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Arrested, disgraced, injured: Cryptocurrency scams promote hoax stories about Irish celebrities
Have you seen spam ads appear on your social feeds?
One scam recently came about after a hacking of an Indian politician's Meta account.
The Journal understands the account was compromised by hackers who launched more than 50 ad campaigns.
Celebrity scam ads appear on Facebook and X.com after less than a minute of scrolling through main feeds.
Electoral Commission'Serious damage can be done to democracy' — Electoral Commission warns about disinformation
