The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 01/16/2020

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Claim by Judicial Watch: “More than 100,000 DACA applicants have been arrested—Murder, Rape, DUI.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly False

Fact-checking a Facebook post on arrests of DACA applicants for murder, rape, DUI

Claim by Viral image: In New York, “it is now perfectly legal to murder” a baby a minute before it would be born.

PolitiFact rating: False

This Facebook post about New York’s abortion law is wrong

Claim by Bloggers: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Christianity should be ignored as “superstitious nonsense.”

PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire

No, Ocasio-Cortez did not call Christianity ‘superstitious nonsense’

Claim by Viral image: A video shows drone footage of the killing of Qassem Soleimani.

PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire

This is a video game, not footage of a U.S. drone strike

Claim by Facebook posts: Says after Australia passed a “new law” that forced gun owners to give up over 640,000 firearms, the country saw a dramatic increase in homicides, assaults and robberies.

PolitiFact rating: False

Viral post is wrong about Australia’s gun laws, violent crime statistics

International Fact Checks

Claim by Multiple sources: Alternative natural treatments to cure serious health conditions

AFP Fact Check rating: Explainer

Scientists say there is insufficient evidence to prove mangosteen, soursop and coconut water work as natural health cures

Claim by multiple sources: Watson’s Water supports Hong Kong student protesters

AFP Fact Check rating: Explainer

This limited-edition bottled water was on sale until March 2019, before the Hong Kong protests erupted in June

Claim by Multiple sources: Ribbons used to notify firefighters of people in distress and pinpoint fire hydrants

AFP Fact Check rating: Explainer

Australian bushfires: misinformation circulates about how firefighters respond to ribbons hung outside homes

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