Are 12-year-olds taught systematically how to masturbate and how to have anal sex in U.K. schools? No, that's not true: While relationships education is compulsory for all pupils receiving primary education and relationships and sex education (RSE) for all pupils receiving secondary education in U.K. schools since September 2020, there is no evidence that masturbation or anal sex are taught…

Este un studiu legat de schimbările climatice un plan de a impune reducerea consumului de carne pe cap de locuitor la 0kg/an? Nu, nu este adevărat: afirmația se referă la un raport din 2019 realizat de Universitatea din Leeds, Marea Britanie, și alte două organizații, care analizează schimbările din obiceiurile de consum ale rezidenților din centrele urbane care ar putea…

Is the European Union planning to suppress the right to free speech online, censoring divergent political opinions and independent media? No, that's not true: a new set of rules, called The Digital Services Act, aims to protect online users' fundamental rights against disinformation and illegal content in the EU. It mainly introduces stricter rules for big tech companies, which have…

Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) decide to ban the current Bible and have a new, unique global Bible written by artificial intelligence? No, that's not true: author and WEF contributor Yuval Noah Harari recently discussed AI's potential to generate original religious scripture, and his comments are misinterpreted by social media users. The claim appeared in a video published on…

Did the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) announce the introduction of a newly mandated worldwide vaccine certificate? No, that's not true: The two organizations announced the launch of a digital health partnership, aimed at establishing a global system that will help facilitate global mobility and protect citizens across the world from ongoing and future health threats.…

Did the Ukrainian parliament approve a law in 2021 stipulating that Ukrainians, including children, can become organ donors posthumously, without their notarized consent and without relatives' consent? No, that's not true: This law amended the existing law on organ donation, adding that a written refusal of a previously agreed transplant does not require notarization in order to come into effect.…

Is the U.K. government, through the Bank of England, about to substitute digital currency aimed at monitoring people for physical money? No, that's not true: The Bank of England, like many central banks, is considering the use of a digital currency, but the idea is still in development. It is not intended to replace physical money, and it is not…

Este adevărat că mai mulți piloți protestează împotriva răspândirii de către avioane a substanțelor chimice mortale în atmosferă, ținând în mâini postere pe care scrie „chemtrails"? Nu, nu este adevărat: o imagine distribuită pe TikTok și alte platforme a fost modificată digital pentru a înlocui conținutul original al unor postere afișate de piloți în timpul unui protest din New York…

Was Romanian president Klaus Iohannis involved in a child trafficking ring in the early 1990s responsible for selling three Romanian siblings to a Canadian organ bank? No, that's not true: Iohannis and his wife intermediated an adoption for a Canadian family in 1990, but the three children were not murdered for their organs and they are alive and well. The…

Did the Romanian government change the law during the teachers' strike to suspend their work contracts? No, that's not true: by law, during strike action, people's work contracts are suspended, if they chose to go on strike, apart from health allowance. The government changed the law during the teachers' strike to affect teachers' seniority, not their work contracts. The claim…

Este adevărat că noua Lege a Educației pentru școlile și liceele din România instituie cursuri de „educație LGBT" sau „educație de gen", obligatorii conform UE? Nu, nu e adevărat: proiectul de lege inițial menționa că profesorii au obligația de a promova diversitatea și interzicea toate formele de discriminare, inclusiv cea bazată pe orientare sexuală. Textul final al legii a înlocuit…

Did a school in Bucharest, Romania, impose new prison-like security measures to abide by regulations of the "15-minute city" concept? No, that's not true: a middle school in Bucharest's District 3 had been recently modernized to European Union standards with secure entries that use facial recognition technology and has nothing to do with the so-called 15 Minute City concept of…

Has the UN decided to put official LGBTQ+ flags outside its headquarters as a sign that this will be the "new normal" and that national flags are being replaced everywhere, including Romania? No, that's not true: while the UN supports the LGBT+ community, the flags that appear in several viral TikTok clips are at Rockefeller Center in New York. It…

Este statul român ilegitim din punct de vedere juridic pentru că tranziția de la comunism la democrație nu a fost făcută printr-o lege specială? Nu, nu e adevărat: un stat nu dispare pentru că își schimbă regimul politic, iar forma de guvernare, suveranitatea și denumirea oficială ale României sunt stabilite prin Constituție. Afirmația a apărut într-un videoclip (arhivat aici) postat…

Did Romanian authorities, loyal to "globalists," prevent the Romanian diaspora from voting in the 2019 presidential election by defrauding the postal voting process? No, there's no evidence of that: Romanian citizens were able to vote by correspondence in 2019, but only around 41,000 people opted to do so, out of almost 6 million members of the diaspora. The claim appeared…

A votat Parlamentul României o lege care le interzice cetățenilor să-și reproducă porcii în gospodăriile proprii și să-i hrănească cu resturi de mâncare? Nu, nu e adevărat: legea cuprinde măsuri care trebuie să fie luate în cazul unei epidemii de pestă porcină africană și interzice hrănirea porcinelor sălbatice. Afirmația a apărut în acest videoclip (arhivat aici) publicat de utilizatorul TikTok…

Did the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recently rule that Romania must legalize same-sex marriage? No, that's not true: the court found that Romania breached the European Convention on Human Rights and that it had a duty to provide legal recognition and protection for same-sex relationships. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) published on TikTok on May…

Este adevărat că o propunere de Regulament al Consiliului din partea Comisiei Europene, numită COM/2022/0695, cere ca România să legalizeze adopția pentru cuplurile de același sex? Nu, nu e adevărat: propunerea are scopul de a întări recunoașterea legală a calității de părinte (filiație) între statele membre UE, inclusiv în cazul copiilor cu părinți de același sex, dar nu are efect…

Did the Romanian Parliament pass a law practically banning cash in order to reinstall totalitarianism? No, that's not true: PL-x 29/2023 is a draft law seeking to ensure that all Romanian workers have bank accounts and receive their salaries in them, to discourage illegal work. The claim originated from a video (archived here) published on TikTok by user @pichaku.picaku under…

Did the Prime Minister of Romania announce that military service will become compulsory? No, that's not true: during a speech about state resilience, Romanian Prime Minister, Nicolae Ciucă, highlighted the importance of revising defense plans given the current security context, saying that small, technologically advanced armies, must return to "mass armies." He did not announce plans to reintroduce compulsory military…