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FalseCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the government is passing the “Digital Existence Act” in response to the new COVID-19 variant.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactAug 31, 2023FalseVideo shows interview with Elon Musk about making “passive income” with “Quantum AI.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactAug 31, 2023FalseWhen elected Georgia governor in 2018, “Brian Kemp was over $7 million in debt.” Kemp “cut a deal” to select Dominion Voting Systems as Georgia’s voting machine vendor and “has never been in debt since.”Said by Travis TrittPolitiFactAug 31, 2023True“According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.”Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactAug 31, 2023False“We have over a million people right now that are under emergency travel restrictions … and this is due to poison being released into the air.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 31, 2023Can’t tell"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg was voted the "most hated person in Hollywood" by her peers.SnopesAug 31, 2023FalseFani Willis, the District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, was indicted in August 2023 after her office brought charges against former U.S. President Donald Trump and others in regard to their effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.SnopesAug 31, 2023TrueAs of late August 2023, a cat in Szczecin, Poland, was among the city's top-rated tourist attractions on Google Maps.SnopesAug 31, 2023FalseVideo shot in late August 2023 showed the first signs of Hurricane Idalia.SnopesAug 30, 2023Can’t tellBud Light suffered billions of dollars in losses immediately after appointing Whoopi Goldberg as its brand ambassador.SnopesAug 30, 2023FalseA video shows an authentic impact and explosion on the surface of the Moon.SnopesAug 30, 2023FalsePhotos that went viral in August 2023 depicted an "annual pierogi harvest" in Poland.SnopesAug 30, 2023False"Surfistas en California aprovechan las fuertes marejadas del Huracán Hilary, para sus prácticas deportivas".Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 30, 2023FalseFox News chyron called University of North Carolina shooting suspect “mostly white Asian.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactAug 30, 2023FalseLa Proposición 47 en California dice "cualquier persona que trate de robar artículos con un valor menos de $950 no serán llevados a la cárcel, ni serán penados por ningún tipo de ley".Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 30, 2023FalsePresident Joe Biden is going to trial for “treason,” “sedition” and “crimes against humanity.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 30, 2023FalseSpeaker at World Economic Forum conference proposed adding COVID-19 vaccines to water supply.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 30, 2023FalseThe mothers of Major League Soccer players “file complaint against Leo Messi.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 30, 2023FalseVideo shows former first lady Michelle Obama “accidentally reveals what really happened to their chef.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 30, 2023FalseVideo shows the state of “Great Britain now,” with “78,000 people under the water.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 30, 2023FalseVideo suggests Canada wildfires were deliberately set to advance “smart cities” push.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 30, 2023False“CDC says new COVID variant is more contagious among vaccinated people than those unvaccinated.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactAug 30, 2023False“Marines caught FEMA operatives piling corpses into a mass gravesite at the Maui Forest Reserve.”Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactAug 30, 2023False“Personas poderosas ricas … pintaron los techos” de sus casas de color azul para que no se dañaran durante los incedios forestales en Maui, Hawai.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 30, 2023