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False"Los estadounidenses que ganan menos de $50,000 al año pueden solicitar un seguro médico gratuito".Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 12, 2023FalseVideo shows Elon Musk announcing he’s giving away free gold bars.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 12, 2023False“Amazon got hacked. … Hackers added Hub lockers as your default delivery addresses.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactDec 12, 2023FalseA video shared on Dec. 10, 2023, showed a crowd chanting "F*ck Joe Biden" during an Army-Navy football game.SnopesDec 12, 2023Can’t tellAn image shared in early December 2023 authentically showed an IDF soldier apparently pointing a gun at a Palestinian mother and two children.SnopesDec 12, 2023Can’t tellIn December 2023, Disney announced the animated character "Moana" transitions "from a girl to a boy" in an upcoming sequel to her 2016 self-titled film, making her the first trans Disney princess.SnopesDec 12, 2023TrueIn December 2023, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Twitter/X account, @RealAlexJones, was reinstated by Elon Musk after having been banned for abusive behavior since 2018.SnopesDec 12, 2023FalseA video shared on X showed a December 2023 eruption of Mount Marapi in Indonesia.SnopesDec 12, 2023False"Massive f— Joe Biden chant breaks out at Army/Navy game.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactDec 11, 2023FalseNorth Carolina Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein “supports taxpayer-funded abortion on demand with no restrictions up until birth.”Said by Mark RobinsonPolitiFactDec 11, 2023FalsePhoto shows a woman named Araceli Hernandez who “was kidnapped by George Floyd and brutally beaten during a home invasion.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactDec 11, 2023FalseVideo shows the aftermath of a school prank in which students drank lemonade containing “horse laxatives.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 11, 2023FalseVideo shows woman embracing and kissing “a doll,” evidence of “Hamas street theater propaganda exposed.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 11, 2023False“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”Said by Ron DeSantisPolitiFactDec 11, 2023TrueSome snow globes contain the antifreeze ingredient ethylene glycol, which is dangerous to pets.SnopesDec 11, 2023FalseA collection of images authentically depicts the cast of the Harry Potter movies partying at a rave in the late 1990s.SnopesDec 10, 2023TrueAn aerial photograph genuinely depicted Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California.SnopesDec 10, 2023Can’t tellA German scientist invented Crisco shortening in 1901 for use as a submarine lubricant.SnopesDec 9, 2023Can’t tellConservative political commentator Candace Owens threw Joy Behar off of "The View" on her first day as a co-host of the show.SnopesDec 9, 2023Can’t tellActor Mark Wahlberg once said, "If you don't like the USA, please leave and take your comrades Alec Baldwin, Cher, Madonna, Rosie [O'Donnell], Jennifer Lawrence, Miley Cyrus, Mark Ruffalo, Sean Penn, Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand, Matt Damon, Oprah [Winfrey], Colin Kaepernick and the whole lot of rich losers with you."SnopesDec 9, 2023FalseA real photo shared around social media in December 2023 shows Elon Musk holding a flag that says "Trump Won, Democrats Cheated."SnopesDec 9, 2023FalseThe Eiffel Tower in Paris lit up in glittering pink in December 2023 to celebrate the release of rapper and singer Nicki Minaj’s new “Pink Friday 2” album.SnopesDec 9, 2023FalseImages authentically depicted a Facebook post by the Flat Earth Society in which it claimed to have "members all around the globe."SnopesDec 8, 2023Can’t tellIn December 2023, Mel Gibson backed out of a $33 million project with Robert De Niro, calling him "creepy."SnopesDec 8, 2023