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| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump Jr.: “Washington passes bill allowing the state to TAKE CHILDREN AWAY FROM PARENTS that do not consent to their child’s gender transition surgeries.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (No. Under the bill, licensed youth shelters no longer have to report the location of a runaway child to the child’s parents if the child is seeking gender-affirming or reproductive care. Instead, the shelters must notify the state’s child services department.) Online Claims Misrepresent Washington Bill Aimed at Runaway Transgender Youth |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: purports CNN published a tweet stating Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans on using mass immigration to fix Ukraine’s demographic issues.
Check Your Fact rating: False (Fake) FACT CHECK: Did CNN Publish This Tweet About Volodymyr Zelenskyy? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: A Minnesota lawmaker introduced a bill that would make it “illegal to discriminate against child rapists.”
Politifact rating: False (The bill updates the definition of “sexual orientation” in Minnesota’s Human Rights Act. But this does not create a protected class for pedophilia. An amendment was added to specify that child sex offenders are not protected under the state’s Human Rights Act.) Minnesota bill does not create a protected class for child sex offenders |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: A California bill would ban chemicals in Skittles, other foods.
KTVB rating: True (A California bill would ban chemicals in Skittles and other foods.) California considers ban on chemicals in Skittles, other foods |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social media: Photos show passport issued in Kenya to President Obama.
USA Today rating: False (The passport shown in this post belongs to Barack Obama Sr., the former president’s father. President Obama was born in Hawaii.) Fact check: Photos show passport belonging to President Obama’s father |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): The government has chosen not to provide brochures outlining the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ cases ahead of the voice to parliament referendum.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (A pamphlet will be sent to every household where a voter is enrolled at least two weeks before the referendum.) |
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