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“MISSING CONTEXT: Climate change did play a role in the LA fires” by PesaCheck. Read more here:

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MISSING CONTEXT: Climate change did play a role in the LA fires
Preliminary studies have indicated that the fires were exacerbated by climate change even while it was not the sole cause.
pesacheck.org
February 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
lingdeeyoh.bsky.social
Full fact-check: ling.substack.com/p/factcheck-...

Code for Africa , PesaCheck
#FactCheck
FALSE: South Africa did not spend R17 billion deporting undocumented migrants
ling.substack.com
September 23, 2026 at 10:05 AM
lingdeeyoh.bsky.social
With thanks to Code for Africa, PesaCheck and Norway Democracy for supporting fact-checking capacity across Africa.

#FactChecking #MediaLiteracy #Verification #AFCA #CodeForAfrica #PesaCheck #SouthAfrica
July 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
ericwilltrek.bsky.social
1/ You label yourself an historian-research shouldn’t be difficult…videos and images circulating online depicting such executions have been fact-checked by organizations like AFP and Pesacheck. They originate from ISIS-controlled areas like Mosul &Fallujah, not Gaza or Israel. In Hamas-controlled…
July 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
paff.africa
Une patrouille russe et une patrouille américaine qui se croisent et se saluent dans un champs pétrolier syrien, en 2023. Rien à voir avec le Niger en 2024, cette photographie est utilisée pour désinformer.

Article de Ivoire check 🇨🇮 et PesaCheck.

www.ivoirecheck.com/partiellemen...
June 24, 2024 at 9:50 AM
jwwicks.bsky.social
While I agree the image is doctored all my Breaking News headlines are ironic/ridiculous in nature. None of them purport to be actual news. Rudolph wasn't replaced by Hegseth.

Never used pesacheck but snopes has the same and I think I checked that when I posted it.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/i...
Photo of ICE Agents Arresting Man Wearing 'Latinos for Trump' T-Shirt Is Fake
A photographer for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) captured the original, unaltered picture during arrests made in Ohio in 2018.
www.snopes.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
lingdeeyoh.bsky.social
Verify housing information through official government channels.

Produced through AFCA with mentorship from Code for Africa and PesaCheck.

#FactCheck #Misinformation #Gauteng
September 3, 2026 at 10:49 AM
lingdeeyoh.bsky.social
Produced through the AFCA incubation programme with mentorship from Code for Africa and PesaCheck.

Verify before you share. 🧵

#FactCheck #Misinformation #SouthAfrica
September 3, 2026 at 10:16 AM
lingdeeyoh.bsky.social
My first fact-check is live. 🧵

Produced through the African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA) incubation programme with mentorship support from Code for Africa's PesaCheck team.

Read here: open.substack.com/pub/ling/p/f...

#FactChecking #Journalism #MediaLiteracy #AFCA #CodeForAfrica
#FactCheck
FALSE: Video of SAPS Acting National Commissioner declaring 30 June protest unlawful is misleading
open.substack.com
July 3, 2026 at 1:07 PM
africaflying.bsky.social
Meta’s decision to replace its longstanding fact-checking model with community notes on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads will significantly impact content moderation companies, including Pesacheck and business outsourcing firms.
#Meta #Communitynotes #Nigeria
africaflying.com/metas-fact-c...
Meta’s fact-checking pivot threaten jobs, may fuel disinformation in Africa
Meta’s decision to replace its longstanding fact-checking model with community notes on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads will significantly impact content moderation companies, including Pesacheck and...
africaflying.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
damnewsen.bsky.social
FALSE: This image isn't of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - PesaCheck #damnews #dam
FALSE: This image isn't of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - PesaCheck
FALSE: This image isn't of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam  PesaCheck
dlvr.it
March 23, 2024 at 4:17 PM
mmnjug.bsky.social
The poster advertising #EquityBank customer care jobs on Tiktok is fake...

pesacheck.org/hoax-this-po... by #PesaCheck
HOAX: This poster advertising a customer care role at Equity Bank is a scam
The financial institution has termed it fake.
pesacheck.org
January 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
mediaor.com
[Medium] ALTERED: This isn't The Standard's cover for the 26 May 2025 edition - PesaCheck buff.ly/6N09i98
#mediaor
ALTERED: This isn’t The Standard’s cover for the 26 May 2025 edition
The authentic cover carried a different headline.
buff.ly
May 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
mediaor.com
[Medium] ALTERED: This video is not of President Ruto dancing to the “Kasongo” song - PesaCheck https://medium.com/pesa-check/altered-this-video-is-not-of-president-ruto-dancing-to-the-kasongo-song-dcb769ac14d0
#mediaor
ALTERED: This video is not of President Ruto dancing to the “Kasongo” song
President Ruto was dancing to a different song.
medium.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM
namibiannews.bsky.social
#FactCheck #Namibia #BillGates #IUD #HealthNews
FALSE: Namibia’s president did not issue a statement rejecting Bill Gates’ proposal for an eight-year IUD trial - PesaCheck
FALSE: Namibia’s president did not issue a statement rejecting Bill Gates’ proposal for an eight-year IUD trial  PesaCheck
newsfeed.facilit8.network
August 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
namibiannews.bsky.social
#Namibia #Deportation #FakeNews #FactCheck #BreakingNews
FALSE: Namibia has not ordered the deportation of over 500 Americans - PesaCheck
FALSE: Namibia has not ordered the deportation of over 500 Americans  PesaCheck
newsfeed.facilit8.network
April 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
nikmacdonald.bsky.social
Seemingly not...
pesacheck.org/fake-the-vat...
FAKE: The Vatican has not announced the Pope’s death
The Vatican told PesaCheck that the pontiff is alive.
pesacheck.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM