A protest against COVID restrictions and another over arms exports to Israel are being misrepresented as demonstrations against digital ID. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/di...

A social media user pretending to be former cricketer Adam Gilchrist has gone viral with posts about a deadly attack in India. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/cr...

An AI-generated video showing a police officer trying to stop a man cooking on the roadside has spawned anti-immigration comments. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/vi...

Footage of a mosque fire in Jakarta is being used to claim it shows evidence of Europeans retaliating against "Islamist attacks". www.aap.com.au/factcheck/mo...

A widely shared social media video showing children being taught Islamic prayer in a classroom displays clear signs of artificial generation. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/vi...

A senior Liberal MP has claimed investment has fallen off a cliff under Labor, but that's at odds with what official figures show. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/da...

Social media users are claiming an Indigenous body in Victoria will control government decisions and veto appointments, but that's wrong. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

Social media users are claiming half the country is on welfare, but experts say the true figure is closer to one-in-five. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ex...

Misleading claims about a supposed ban on gas barbecues in Australia's most populous city are circulating online. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ov...

A hospital's triage policy for Indigenous patients has been misrepresented online as prioritising race over medical emergencies. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/cl...

Social media users are claiming that hundreds of festive markets across Germany have been cancelled over terror fears, but this is false. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ch...

A widely shared social media video claims Australia's shift from pounds to a decimalised dollar in the 1960s was unlawful, but that's false. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no...

Disinformation about missing children is being spread on social media in an apparent attempt to drive engagement to external websites. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

False claims about the identity of the alleged Huntingdon train stabbing attacker are being shared on social media. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/im...

A map on social media falsely suggests the area of Australian farmland owned by Chinese investors is at least 10 times larger than it actually is. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ch...

Experts say a false claim about mass immigration covering up deaths linked to COVID-19 jabs is based on flawed logic. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/mi...

An image of Australia captured by a malfunctioning satellite is being shared on social media with false claims that it shows a mysterious force coming from the south. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no...

A video falsely claimed to show migrants entering Europe by boat on social media is actually just an ordinary evening scene in an East African city. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ke...

Social media users are sharing false claims about Japan's immigration policy, days after a new prime minister was sworn in. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ne...

A series of carefully placed emojis provides a key clue about the AI's origins of a video appearing to show Spanish soldiers storming the country's congress. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/vi...

Experts say a social media post attempting to question global warming has mistakenly assumed that carbon dioxide can only transmit heat in one direction. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

Social media users are continuing to use border crossing data to measure migration, despite warnings from the public body behind the figures. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/bo...

Swimmer Kyle Chalmers is being targeted by a raft of false claims on social media about his views on LGBTQI athletes. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/mo...

Days after Mollie O'Callaghan broke the world 200m freestyle short-course world record, the Australian swimmer has again been targeted by fake news. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/wo...

A series of videos of seismic disasters in multiple countries, dating back over a decade, is being falsely claimed on social media to show a recent US earthquake. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ol...

They appear to be real, but the many faces calling on Australians to "fight, fight, fight" against a migrant "invasion" are, in fact, the product of AI. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/th...

Posts and engagement bait articles are making false claims about supposed new nationwide legislation targeting hungry and thirsty drivers. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no...

Social media users are falsely claiming that Robert Irwin criticised "forced symbolism" at a Sydney event, refusing to wear an LGBTQI pin. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/cl...

The internet safety regulator says it doesn't have any role in policing "commentary, defamation, hurt feelings or trivial memes or disputes" on social media. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/wa...

A video is spreading baseless claims that an Australian man was given control of the Commonwealth of Nations by Queen Elizabeth II. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/cl...

There are several clues that an image on social media, which appears to show a pro-Palestine rally near an iconic landmark, is not real. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ai...

Claims that solar companies are obligated to provide panels to homeowners without requiring them to pay anything out of pocket are baseless. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fr...

A series of false claims about the number of migrants becoming citizens are being used to promote an upcoming anti-immigration rally. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

Deceptive Facebook pages claiming to be qualified Australian doctors have been exposed as AI-generated fabrications. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ai...

A father's gesture to his daughter during a Catholic wedding celebration in Italy is being falsely linked to Islamic law on social media. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/it...

Facebook pages promoting a type of weight-loss drug are falsely claiming the medicines regulator has approved them. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

Social media posts are spreading baseless claims that an inaugural state treaty with Indigenous people will cost taxpayers $2.3 billion each year. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no...

Fabricated quotes claiming an Australian swimming star and a reigning Olympic champion has threatened to boycott the Los Angeles games over a transgender swimmer are spreading online. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

A fake business record that briefly appeared online before being cancelled is being used to falsely claim Australia's tax office is owned by a US investment giant. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ca...

Facebook pages are exploiting a four-year-old boy's disappearance in an apparent bid to drive website traffic. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

A Nationals senator's claim that the CSIRO has said coal is Australia's cheapest power source omits crucial details. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/se...

Australia's energy minister is claiming renewables are now India's largest power source, bust most of its electricity still comes from coal. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/mi...

A satire post has convinced some that North Korea has threatened nuclear war with Israel after a Gaza aid flotilla was intercepted. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/wi...

Keith Urban is being targeted by social media pages trying to exploit his separation from Nicole Kidman for clicks. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ke...

New Zealand's stance on Palestinian statehood is being completely misconstrued on social media after the government finally revealed its position last month. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no...

Celebrities from Elton John to Whoopi Goldberg are the subject of a series of false claims involving Australian conservationist Bindi Irwin spreading on social media. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/bi...

Fabricated quotes from New Zealand fugitive Tom Phillip's family are being shared online after he was shot dead by police. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

A supposed message Charlie Kirk pre-recorded in the event of his death, that says he knew the risks of standing up for his beliefs, is a deepfake. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/po...

A supposed doctor claiming to be a weight-loss specialist has promoted restricted drugs with a fake approval from Australia's medicines regulator. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/me...