A impus Guvernul României o interdicție „devastatoare" privind vânzarea porcilor și a cărnii acestora, în contextul în care 80% din carnea de porc vândută în țară este deja importată? Nu, nu e adevărat: un proiect de ordin al Autorității Naționale Sanitare Veterinare le interzicea inițial doar exploatațiilor noncomerciale să vândă porci, dar după ce a fost adoptat, în octombrie 2023,…

Is a law "discovered" by far-right Romanian senator Diana Sosoaca enabling the state to separate children from their families and was such a bill passed in secret? No, that's not true: Sosoaca is continuing a disinformation trend previously debunked by Lead Stories, about a new law she claimed was regulating how children were going to be taken away from low-income…

Did scientists develop genetically modified (GMO) tomatoes containing fish genes, which is why if you slice them up and put them in saltwater they start swimming? No, that's not true: there are no fish genes in tomatoes sold to the public and if there were, they would have to be labeled accordingly. The claim appeared in a video (archived here)…

Este adevărat că TVR Târgu-Mureș, canal regional al Televiziunii Române (TVR), nu oferă subtitrări în limba română pentru programele în limba maghiară pe care le difuzează pentru publicul său de etnie maghiară din regiune? Nu, nu este adevărat: TVR Târgu-Mureș oferă subtitrări în română la majoritatea emisiunilor de limbi non-române din grilele regionale. Afirmația provine dintr-un videoclip (arhivat aici) încărcat…

Este adevărat că expirarea unor cărți naționale de identitate românești în 2031 înseamnă că statul și/sau cetățenii români vor fi exterminați în acel an? Nu, nu este adevărat: O schimbare impusă de Uniunea Europeană cere ca toate cărțile de identitate românești să fie electronice și ca buletinele vechi folosite în prezent să fie eliminate treptat până în 2031. Afirmația a…

Does an interview circulating on social media prove that U.S. presidents, namely George H.W. Bush, who died in 2018, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, were or are reptilians? No, that's not true: Bush was human, as Clinton and Obama are. The reptilian claim is part of a long-running conspiracy theory. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) published on…

Did Bill Gates build a mosquito factory in Medellín, Columbia, that will help him vaccinate the entire population? No, that's not true: The "factory" is one of the many mosquito-breeding facilities that the World Mosquito Program has set up worldwide to combat mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya. The claim appeared in several videos on TikTok…

Are elites "distracting us with talk of heatwaves and global warming, in order to exterminate us?" No, that's not true: The summer of 2023 has seen record-high temperatures, with the world reeling from wildfires, floods, and heatwave-related deaths. Studies show that record-breaking temperatures are ten times more likely because of climate change, not due to an undercover plan of the…

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…