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Did China officially declare George Soros a global terrorist?!

Did China just declare that George Soros is a global terrorist, and the son of Satan?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : China officially declares George Soros a global terrorist!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that China just officially declared that George Soros is a global terrorist, and the son of Satan!

Cillian / TruthSetsUFree : BREAKING: China has officially declared George Soros a ‘Global Terrorist’ — and said that he is “the son of Satan and the most evil person in the World.” This is huge!

Captainbara / dustin mills : China declares George Soros a global terrorist and calls him the son of Satan. Thoughts?

Truth : China did not officially declare George Soros a global terrorist!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created about George Soros, and here are the reasons why…

China did not officially declare George Soros a global terrorist

Let me start by pointing out that China has never officially declared George Soros as a global terrorist.

If China ever issued such an official declaration, it would have been reported widely by media outlets all over the world. Yet such a shocking news has never been reported, never mind corroborated, by any legitimate media outlet.

It was an opinion piece by two anonymous writers

The “source” for this was not the Chinese government, but an opinion piece (archive) that was posted in The Global Times – a daily newspaper run by the Chinese Communist Party.

The opinion piece, titled 补壹刀：这个“全球经济恐怖分子”，正盯着中国！ (To add insult insult to injury : This “global economic terrorist” is eyeing China!), was written by two anonymous writers going by the pen names – 叨叨姐 (Chatterbox Sister) and 刀削面 (Knife-cut Noodles) – hardly the names of Chinese officials.

Article only referred to George Soros insults

The opinion piece did not say that the Chinese government, or even the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially declared George Soros a global terrorist, or the son of Satan.

全球经济恐怖分子”“阴谋家”“世界上最邪恶的人”“撒旦的儿子”…… 这些说的都是同一个人：索罗斯。

“Global Economic Terrorist,” “Conspirator,” “The Most Evil Person in the World,” “Son of Satan”… These terms all refer to the same person: Soros.

Even those who used Google Translate can see that the writers were only referring to insults or labels that are often used to mock George Soros.

To be clear – the writers did not claim that the Chinese government, or the CCP, ever referred to George Soros in those terms.

It was posted in September 2021

The article isn’t even new, and was posted more than 3 years ago – on 4 September 2021!

Why would anyone claim or suggest that it just happened, and even used the word “Breaking”???

The screenshot was edited

The screenshot above that some people are sharing is actually of an English article that was posted on a website that no longer exists, on 11 September 2021.

However, to make it appear “new”, it appears that the year (2021) was edited out of the screenshot. If you look carefully at the screenshot above, you can see that there’s a gap between 11th September and @ 1.00pm.

Why would anyone edited out the year of publication, and post it as “Breaking” news???

This is just fake news about George Soros

Ultimately, this is yet another example of fake news about George Soros, like these examples I fact checked earlier;

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Did Israel kill 1,800 Hezbollah militants with exploding goats?!

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Did Israel just kill 1,800 Hezbollah militants in Lebanon using exploding goats?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Israel kills 1,800 Hezbollah militants with exploding goats!

People are sharing a video which purportedly shows CNN anchor Jake Tapper reporting that Israel just killed 1,800 Hezbollah militants in Lebanon using exploding goats!

Shashank S Tripathi : BREAKING NEWS: First pager then radio and now Goat.
Explosions in #Lebanon reported allegedly caused by Israel , involved of goats rigged with explosives, leading to the deaths and injuries of several #Hezbollah members.

Praveen Kumar : BREAKING NEWS: Mass #Hezbollah Casualties Reported After Goats Explode.

#Mossad is everywhere to eliminate Terrorists around the #lebnan

Kimberly Reich : Shocking! : Mass Hezbollah Casualties Reported After Goats Explode 🇮🇱✡️

Mihir Jha : Is this true? 😮 Rectums of Goats exploding in Lebanon Kill!πg hundreds of Hezbollah fighters – This is a blasphemy act by Israel

Mr. Nationalist : 🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Mass Hezbollah casualties reported after goats explode in Lebanon. Hamas and Hezbollah are in shock now! 😲

Vekho P Ringa : From pagers to walkie-talkies, and now even goats? #Hezbollah situation now 🥸

ValluvaNayanar : BREAKING NEWS: Mass Hezbollah Casualties Reported After Goats Explode.

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Truth : Israel did not kill any Hezbollah militant with exploding goats!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news circulating around the Hezbollah pager + walkie-talkie explosions, and here are the reasons why…

It was a parody video

Soon after news broke that Israel killed dozens of people and injured thousands more using exploding pagers and walkie-talkies used by members of Hezbollah, some people started making memes and joke videos.

The video that people are sharing as “evidence” that Israel killed even more Hezbollah militants using exploding goats is actually a parody video (archive) created by Danny Polishchuk – a comedian with the X account @dannyjokes.

To be clear – Israel did not kill or injure anyone by inserting explosives into the rectums of goats, so that they would explode when someone has sexual relations with the goats. It was a joke.

https://www.techarp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Israel-targets-Hezbollah-with-exploding-goats-video.mp4?_=1

Danny Polishchuk used an AI app

He used an AI app (archive) to make the deepfake video of CNN anchor Jake Tapper saying that Israel killed another 1,800 people using exploding goats, before inserting himself into the video as a CNN journalist reporting on the incident.

Funny part about this is the AI app I used wouldn’t let me use Anderson Cooper because he’s a celebrity but didn’t consider Jake Tapper one

Frankly, even if the joke was not readily apparent, the static chyron and clock should be a giveaway that it was not a genuine CNN video.

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Did Joe Biden + Kamala Harris offer 9/11 terrorists plea deal?!

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Did Joe Biden and Kamala Harris offer plea deals to the 9/11 terrorists?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Joe Biden + Kamala Harris offered 9/11 terrorist plea deals!

Some people are claiming that US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris offered plea deals to the 9/11 terrorists, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi!

Hodgetwins : Wait Biden and Kamala are giving plea deals to the terrorists behind 9/11 ???

Lindsey Graham : When you think it can’t get any worse, it just did. It is outrageous that the Biden-Harris Administration has entered into a plea deal with the mastermind of 9/11 and his accomplices.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his accomplices, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al Hawsawi, have the blood of thousands of Americans on their hands. Yet they were apparently allowed to plead guilty and avoid the death penalty, and potentially received a host of other conditions.

Chuck Callesto : BREAKING REPORT: Harris and Biden offer PLEA DEALS to the terrorists who MASTERMINDED the 911 ATTACKS..

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Truth : Joe Biden + Kamala Harris did not offer 9/11 terrorist plea deals!

This is yet another example of fake news about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : 9/11 Masterminds Pleaded Guilty

On Wednesday, 31 July 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that its prosecutors had reached a plea agreement with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi – who allegedly plotted the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

The Convening Authority for Military Commissions, Susan Escallier, has entered into pre-trial agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi, three of the co-accused in the 9/11 case.

The three defendants agreed to plead guilty to all charges, including the murder of 2,976 people in the September 11 attacks, in exchange for the U.S. government taking the death penalty off the table. They will officially enter their guilty pleas at a plea hearing as early as next week.

To be clear – these 9/11 defendants are not getting away scot-free. The plea deal only removes the death penalty. They will be sentenced by a panel of military officers, and will likely be imprisoned for life.

The defendants also agreed to respond to questions from 9/11 family members “regarding their roles and reasons for conducting” the September 11 attacks, by submitting their responses within 90 days.

Fact #2 : White House Had No Role In 9/11 Plea Deals

While the Biden Administration (like the Obama and Trump Administrations) have tried to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, neither President Joe Biden, nor Vice President Kamala Harris, had any role in that plea deal.

A White House National Security Council spokesperson told ABC News that the White House only learned that the Convening Authority for Military Commissions entered into pretrial agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, the same day – on Wednesday, 31 July 2024.

The White House NSC spokesperson also confirmed that President Biden and the White House played no role in the process.

Unsurprisingly, none of those who are claiming or suggesting that President Biden or Vice President Harris were the ones who offered a plea deal to the 9/11 attack masterminds, actually provided any evidence.

Fact #3 : Prosecutors Decided To Accept Plea Deal

It was the Department of Defense prosecutors of the 9/11 case that agreed to the plea deal, as explained in the letter sent to the families of the 9/11 victims:

The decision to enter into a pre-trial agreement after 12 years of pre-trial litigation was not reached lightly; however, it is our collective, reasoned, and good-faith judgment that this resolution is the best path to finality and justice in this case.

I should also point out that the chief prosecutor for this case is Rear Admiral Aaron Rugh, who has served as a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Defense since 1997, through multiple administrations. He was not politically-appointed by President Joe Biden, and is not a member of the Biden Administration.

Fact #4 : 9/11 Families Were Informed Last Year

While the decision may have surprised some people, families of the 9/11 terror attack victims were informed a year ago that the U.S. government was negotiating plea agreements with the September 11, 2001 terror attack masterminds.

The prosecutors had already been in negotiations with the 9/11 terror attack defendants for 1.5 years when the Pentagon reached out to the affected families to inform them that the defendants might not receive the death penalty:

“The Office of the Chief Prosecutor has been negotiating and is considering entering into pre-trial agreements,” or PTAs, the letter said. It told the families that while no plea agreement “has been finalized, and may never be finalized, it is possible that a PTA in this case would remove the possibility of the death penalty

The Pentagon letter, which was dated 1 August 2023, was widely reported by the mainstream media at that time.

In the end, both sides agreed to the plea deal almost one year after that letter, and after 27 months of negotiations that begun in March 2022. Families of the 9/11 victims were the first to be notified of the plea deal, receiving a letter from Rear Admiral Aaron Rugh, earlier on Wednesday.

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Is Canada offering to euthanise its young white males?!

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Is Canada offering to euthanise its young white males to combat growing ideological extremism?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Canada Is Offering To Euthanise Its Young White Males!

Some people are sharing a screenshot of an article, as evidence that Canada is offering to euthanise its young white males to combat growing ideological extremism!

Ian Miles Cheong : Canada wants to get rid of its young white male population on the grounds that they’re becoming extremists. If you’re psychologically inclined to be upset about the state of things, they’ll put you on the path to taking your own life (with the help of the state). Incredible.

RAW EGG NATIONALIST : No matter how many times you read this headline, it doesn’t become any less crazy than the first time you read it.

Clare Kuehn : #Canada #MAID #suicide #promot for #white #men

The article, which was allegedly written by Christian Paas-Lang and posted on CBC News on May 27, 2024, appears to show that Canadian mental health specialists are arguing for angry young men to be allowed to be euthanised:

“Too many angry young men with no prospects’, say top Canadian psychiatrists leading push to expand MAID access as means of combating growing ideological extremism

These mental health specialists argue many young men prone to extremism would likely opt for MAID over engaging in acts of terror if the option was available to them.

Christian Paas-Lang – CBC News – Posted: May 27, 2024 5:03 PM CST | Last Updated: May 29, 2024

Truth : Canada Is Not Offering To Euthanise Its Young White Males!

This is yet another example of fake news about euthanasia in Canada, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Canada Is Not Offering To Euthanise Young White Males

Let me start by simply pointing out that Canada is not offering to euthanise young white males who are prone to acts of terrorism.

There are no mental health specialists that are arguing that young men who are prone to extremism would “likely opt” for MAID (Medical Assistance In Dying), instead of engaging in acts of terrorism.

If Canada is actually proposing or even offering to euthanise young men for any reason, it would have been reported widely by the mainstream media, and widely criticised. Yet, none of that happened, because it was all made up.

Unsurprisingly, people who shared the viral screenshot did not offer any evidence to support those claims.

Fact #2 : CBC Article Screenshot Is Fake

What’s worse – the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) article screenshot appears to be fake, and digitally altered to show a completely different story. Why would anyone do that???

The CBC did not post such an article by Christian Paas-Lang on 28 May 2024, in which it claimed that top Canadian psychiatrists are pushing to offer Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) to “angry young men”.

In fact, the real article was originally published on 17 December 2023, and it was about a spike in youths arrested on terror-related charges in Canada.

Fact #3 : Lady In Photo Isn’t A Psychiatrist

In addition, the lady in the photo isn’t a psychiatrist, as the edited screenshot makes it appear.

She is Sarah Beutel, the interim CEO of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, as the screenshot (right) of the original CBC News article shows.

Sarah Beutel also did not call for young men to be offered euthanasia. Rather, she said that the arrest of a youth in Ottawa on terror charges shows a link between hateful speech and possible acts of violence.

Fact #4 : This Is No Such Article By Christian Paas-Lang

A quick check on articles by Christian Paas-Lang on CBC News, also confirmed that he wrote no such article about Canadian psychiatrists pushing to offer euthanasia to angry young men in Canada.

Fact #5 : Fake Screenshot Originated In 4chan

The fake CBC News screenshot appears to have originated in the anonymous message board 4chan, which is notorious for bizarre, and outright false, posts like that.

Just days ago, an anonymous person on 4chan falsely claimed that he was a Secret Service counter-sniper called Jonathan Willis, who was blocked from taking out the gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump

Fact #6 : This Is Just More Fake News About Euthanasia

Ultimately, this is just another example of fake news about euthanasia, or the Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) option in Canada. Here are other examples I fact checked earlier:

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Did US impose sanctions on Malaysia as State Sponsor of Terror?!

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Did the US just impose sanctions on Malaysia, after listing it as a state sponsor of terror?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : US Imposed Sanctions On Malaysia As State Sponsor Of Terror!

This message has gone viral on WhatsApp, claiming that the US just imposed sanctions on Malaysia, after listing it as a state sponsor of terror!

Reuters , 10th May- U.S has imposed sanctions on four Malaysian based companies, making it the first country in SEA to be listed as a state sponsor of terror, this comes after officials from the U.S State Department arrived in Malaysia over the week and held discussions with Malaysian officials including Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

According to sources who spoke under the condition of anonymity, the conversation between U.S officials and Malaysian officials were bitter and short as U.S attempts to curb Iran and its proxies of financing in the region.

According to the source who familiar with discussions, U.S officials have said to request Malaysian officials to tone down their support for Hamas and Gaza both publicly and privately and impose anti-terrorism measures.

In recent days the State Department has accused Malaysia of helping Iran to sell its sanctioned oil via ship-to-ship transfers in Malaysian waters and using sanctions busting methods to obscure the origin of Iranian oil.

According to sanctions official Nelson McBride “ We have seen in recent months on how Malaysia is playing a vital role in terrorist financing with Iran, Russia and Hamas. This include allowing terrorist individuals to access Malaysian banking system for the purposes of money laundering, allowing ship-to-ship transfers of oil in its waters and promoting terrorist groups like Hamas in the country.”

He further added that he found it strange on how Malaysia is able to export more oil than it produces, “ I find it quite strange that Malaysia which produces 300,000 barrels/month are able to export nearly 6,000,000 barrels/month to China and India. It far exceeds their production capacity.”

U.S State Department officials also commented that they will be monitoring closely the situation in Malaysia in the coming months and have said the U.S will not hesitate to impose harsher economic crippling sanctions on Malaysia if needed to.😟

Truth : US Did Not Impose Sanctions On Malaysia As State Sponsor Of Terror!

This is yet another example of fake news circulating on WhatsApp, and social media, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : US Did Not Impose Sanctions On Malaysia!

First, let me point out that the US government has not imposed sanctions on Malaysia, nor has it labelled Malaysia as a State Sponsor of Terror. If that happened, it would have been major news, covered widely across the world!

Yet, there was no such coverage by the mainstream media. Neither was there any announcement by the US government, nor the Malaysian government.

Fact #2 : Reuters Denied The Viral Report

On 11 May 2024, Reuters denied posting the viral news report, stating:

Any claims that Reuters reported that Malaysia is the first country in Southeast Asia to be listed by the United States as a state sponsor of terror are false. Reuters did not report this.

When I searched earlier, I could also find no such report by Reuters, or any other news agency for the matter.

Fact #3 : US Embassy Called It Fake News

On 11 May 2024, the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur labelled it as fake news, stating:

FAKE NEWS ALERT: The United States has not imposed any new sanctions on Malaysian companies nor listed Malaysia as a state sponsor of terror. The hoax below circulating on WhatsApp and other social media is fake news.

Fact #4 : Malaysia Government Confirmed It As Fake News

On 11 May 2024, Malaysia Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil confirmed (translated) that the viral message is fake news:

I have received a viral message claiming Malaysia is the first ASEAN country to be sanctioned by the United States.

Based on the denial of the Reuters Press Team on X, and the confirmation I received from the US Embassy, I confirmed that the viral message is false.

Fact #5 : Four Companies In Malaysia Were Sanctioned In 2023

The US government only imposed sanctions on four companies based in Malaysia, which were accused of helping Iran produce drones. However, those sanctions were limited to those four companies, and were imposed last year – in December 2023.

The viral fake news may have been “triggered” by the US Treasury’s Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson’s interview at the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, 9 May 2024, in which he told the Malaysian media that those sanctions had been impactful:

This is a powerful tool that we find is effective, in the context of most of this activity is designed to drive profit or provide capital for ongoing operations, and our sanctions have the ability to disrupt both of those features. So from that perspective, we think of course that it’s impactful.

Nelson also confirmed that he had a meeting with Malaysia Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution over the matter.

Fact #6 : Malaysia Rebuffed US On Iran Oil Sales

Brian Nelson also brought up the issue of Malaysian companies being involved in the sale of Iranian oil with Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution:

I would only say we have seen and we’ve promulgated some sort of guidance to the (Malaysian) marine sector about the type of services that they are engaging in.

These are ship-to-ship transfers, particularly at night, which we see from time to time. They are really designed to obfuscate the origin of the commodity, in this case, Iranian oil.

Nasution told Nelson that Malaysia will only recognise sanctions imposed by the United Nations, and not by individual countries like the United States:

I emphasised that we will only recognise sanctions if they are imposed by the United Nations Security Council. The delegation from the US respected our stance.

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Did UN Say Conspiracy Theorists Should Be Eliminated?!

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Did the UN just declare war on conspiracy theorists, and say that they should be punished or eliminated like terrorists?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : UN Says Conspiracy Theorists Should Be Eliminated!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed that the UN (United Nations) just declared war on conspiracy theorists, saying that they should be punished or eliminated like terrorists!

Here is an excerpt of the long and (intentionally?) confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

UN Says ‘Dangerous’ Conspiracy Theorists Must Be Punished Like Terrorists

The United Nations has declared war on conspiracy theorists, describing the rise of people thinking for themselves as “worrying and dangerous”, and providing the public with a toolkit to “debunk” and “prebunk” anyone who dares to suggest the global elite are anything but completely honest, upstanding and working with our best interests at heart.

The UN also warns that George Soros, the Rothschilds, and the State of Israel must not be linked to any “alleged conspiracies.”

It’s no wonder the UN are waging war on so-called conspiracy theorists.

UNESCO has teamed up with Twitter, the European Commission and the World Jewish Congress to launch the campaign dubbed #ThinkBeforeSharing: Stop the spread of conspiracy theories.

The UN wants you to know that events are NOT “secretly manipulated behind the scenes by powerful forces with negative intent” and if you encounter anybody who thinks the global elite are conspiring to seize power and dictate global events, you must take action.

According to UNESCO, “if you are certain you have encountered a conspiracy theory” on the internet then you must “react” immediately post a relevant link to a “fact-checking website” in the comments.

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Truth : UN Did Not Say Conspiracy Theorists Should Be Eliminated!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : UN Did Not Say Conspiracy Theorists Should Be Eliminated

Let me start by quickly pointing out that the United Nations (UN) did not say that conspiracy theorists should be punished or eliminated like terrorists, as claimed or suggested by The People’s Voice article.

If that actually happened, it would have been reported worldwide. Yet, no legitimate media reported on such a shocking development, because it never happened.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any actual evidence that the UN said that conspiracy theorists should be punished or eliminated like terrorists.

Fact #2 : #ThinkBeforeSharing No Longer Exists!

Now, I should point out that UNESCO initiated the #ThinkBeforeSharing initiative back in August 2020 – during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the #ThinkBeforeSharing website no longer exists!

So why would The People’s Voice article claim or suggest that the UN recently launched the #ThinkBeforeSharing campaign, when it no longer exists??? Did their time machine break down after they travelled back to 2020???

Fact #3 : UN Did Not Warn About Soros, Rothschild, Israel

The United Nations also did not issue any warning that George Soros, the Rothschilds, and the State of Israel must not be linked to any “alleged conspiracies.”

Yet again, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence that the UN warned against linking George Soros, the Rothschilds, or Israel, to any conspiracy.

Fact #4 : UNESCO Pointed Out That Real Conspiracies Do Exist!

In addition, UNESCO itself pointed out (archive) that real conspiracies do exist, and have been exposed by whistleblowers and the media. It even quoted an example:

In 2006, the U.S. District Court in Washington DC (USA) ruled that major cigarette companies were guilty of conspiracy. For decades, they had hidden evidence of health risks attached to smoking to promote higher sales.

So why would UNESCO or the UN call for conspiracy theorists to be eliminated or punished like terrorists when some of them could be right???

Fact #5 : UN Screenshot Is Fake

The cover image used by The People’s Voice article and video has a screenshot which purportedly shows the United Nations (UN) posting on X (formerly Twitter) that:

Conspiracy theorists must be totally eliminated from society.

That is most definitely a fake screenshot, because there is no such post on X by the United Nations.

If the UN actually posted such a shocking tweet, it would have been reported by the worldwide media. But of course, that didn’t happen, because the UN never posted it!

The official United Nations account on X also has a grey checkmark, not a blue checkmark.

This appears to be yet another fake / edited screenshot created or posted by The People’s Voice!

Fact #6 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Bondi Attacker Was Not Jewish Extremist Called Ben Cohen!

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Was the Bondi Junction killer a Jewish extremist called Ben Cohen?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Bondi Junction Killer Was Jewish Extremist Called Ben Cohen

Right after news broke about a man who stabbed and killed six people at Bondi Junction, some people immediately claimed or suggested that he was a Jewish extremist called Ben Cohen!

Thomas Sewell : First confirmed victim of the terror attack in Sydney is a White mother and her baby.

Media accidentally leaked the attackers name as “Benjamin Cohen”.

In the video you can clearly see he is Arab/Semite, so not surprised to find out he is jewish not muslim.

Thomas Sewell : I doubt this is a coincidence that Iran is attacking Israel today and I’d hazard a guess CSG (Mossad) in Sydney would be behind launching an attack.

Conservative Inc and jews all over twitter and MSM were quick to say this was an anti-semitic attack because it happened in bondi.

CI Trending News : PHOTO: Jewish terrorist, Ben Cohen, is lead coding instructor at Code4Fun and has Bachelor of Computing Science at UTS, as he’s the alleged Bondi Junction Mall attacker.

Syrian Girl : Photos emerge of the crazed stabber in Sydney Bondi junction. Looks Israeli.

Syrian Girl (screenshot) : BREAKING : BONDI JUNCTION ATTACKER WAS JEWISH, NAME CONFIRMED AS BENJAMIN COHEN

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Truth : Bondi Junction Killer Was Not Jewish Extremist Called Ben Cohen

This appears to be yet another example of fake news circulating on social media, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Ben Cohen Is Not Bondi Junction Killer

Let me start by pointing out that Ben Cohen / Benjamin Cohen is not the Bondi Junction killer!

The real Bondi Junction killer has been identified as Joel Cauchi – a 40 year-old man from Toowoomba, Queensland. It was his family who contacted the police, after recognising him on the news.

Joel Cauchi lived a transient lifestyle, and travelled to Sydney in March 2024. At about 3:20 PM on 13 April 2024, Cauchi entered Westfield Bondi Junction and started stabbing people randomly with a knife, killing six people and injuring 12 others.

When police inspector Amy Scott confronted Fauci on the 5th floor, he lunged at her with a knife. She then shot him twice in his chest, and performed CPR on him after he collapsed. However, Joel Cauchi died on the scene.

To be clear – Joel Cauchi was the person who stabbed 18 people at Westfield Bondi Junction, killing 6 of them. Ben Cohen had nothing to do with the Bondi Junction stabbings!

Fact #2 : Benjamin Cohen Is Still Alive

I should also point out that the real Bondi Junction killer was shot dead by Inspector Amy Scott, whereas Ben Cohen / Benjamin Cohen is still alive, and well!

In fact, Ben Cohen – a 20 year-old first-year computing science student at the University of Technology, slammed claims that he was the one who stabbed those people at Westfield Bondi Junction.

His father, Mark, who lives with him, had to fend off those vicious rumours, and called on the New South Wales police to release the name of the real Bondi Junction killer.

Everyone’s asking what’s going on, people asking if it’s true. Of course it’s not true, he’s not even a politically motivated person. He’s just a normal kid who now has got to deal with this.

Hey NSW Police, you need to release the name of the Bondi junction attacker before this nonsense claiming it was my son causes more harm.

Unsurprisingly, none of those who claimed that Benjamin Cohen was the Jewish extremist who stabbed those people at Bondi Junction, ever provided any evidence to back up their claims.

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Fact #3 : Channel 7 Wrongly Identifies Ben Cohen As Bondi Junction Killer

Channel 7 News appears to be the first to claim that Ben Cohen was the Bondi Junction killer.

In a 5-minute video clip on its YouTube channel, Sunrise hose Matt Shirvington was interviewing security expert Scott Taylor outside Westfield Bondi Junction, with the chyron reading “Security expert Scott aylor joins Weekend Sunrise as new details are confirmed about the attacker, Benjamin Cohen, and his victims.”

After Channel 7 News was contacted about the mistake, the video clip was quickly deleted, and a spokesperson said that it was “a human error”:

It was human error. The mistake has been rectified. Seven sincerely apologises for the error.

To be clear – Channel 7 News never claimed that Benjamin Cohen was a Jewish extremist. So it is most peculiar to see people immediately claiming or suggesting that he was a Jewish / Israeli extremist.

Needless to say, Ben Cohen found the whole experience of being falsely accused of murdering and injuring so many people “highly distressing”:

It’s extremely disappointing to me to see people mindlessly propagating misinformation like this without even the slightest thought put into fact checking.

But what’s even more disappointing to me is a major news network doing this, using my name without waiting for a statement from police to verify this or going out to try and verify it themselve

This whole incident has been highly distressing and disappointing for myself and my family. And it’s quite disappointing to see how eager people were to ‘bandwagon’ on and spread this type of (misinformation) like wildfire.

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Was Bondi Junction Killer An Islamic Terrorist / Immigrant?!

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Was the Bondi Junction killer an Islamic terrorist or a Muslim immigrant?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Bondi Junction Killer Was Islamic Terrorist / Immigrant!

Right after news broke about a man who stabbed and killed six people at Bondi Junction, some people immediately claimed or suggested that he was an Islamic terrorist or a Muslim immigrant!

Mike Davis : An Islamic terrorist goes on a stabbing rampage in an Australian mall. Targeting women, children, and babies. And the men don’t have guns to stop him?

1. Repeal gun control. Arm up.

2. Deport unvetted fighting-aged men from countries that hate Christians and Jews. Smarten up.

Laura Loomer : An Islamic terrorist went on a stabbing spree in Sydney, Australia today in the name of Islam while screaming Allahu Akbar.

Several people have died, and many more are critically injured. The jihadi stabbed a mother, and stabbed her baby. The mother died shielding her child.

Absolutely horrific. Now you all see why I feel the way I feel about Islam. And you never see Islamic groups condemn this Barbarism. EVER!

Giordano Bruno : An Islamic terrorist went on a stabbing spree in Sydney, Australia today in the name of Islam while screaming Allahu Akbar. He stabbed a mother, and stabbed her baby. The mother died shielding her child. Liberals will blame the mother…

Klaus Arminius : An Australian mother went out shopping with her 9-months-old baby girl in Bondi Westfield when an immigrant began stabbing everyone.

The immigrant started stabbing the baby before fatally stabbing the mother, Ash. How many more White lives have to die from mass immigration?

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Truth : Bondi Junction Killer Was Not Islamic Terrorist / Immigrant!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news circulating on social media, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Bondi Junction Killer Was From Queensland

Let me start by pointing out that the Bondi Junction killer was identified as Joel Cauchi – a 40 year-old man from Toowoomba, Queensland. It was his family who contacted the police, after recognising him on the news.

To be clear – Joel Cauchi was a native Australian, and not an immigrant. None of those who claimed that he was an immigrant actually provided any evidence to back up their claims.

Fact #2 : Bondi Junction Attack Was Not Terror-Related

Not only was Joel Cauchi not an immigrant, there is no indication he is a Muslim, or even a terrorist of any kind. In fact, the police has stated that the attack was no terror-related.

There was also no report that Joel Cauchi screamed Allahu Akbar (God is greater) as he stabbed people at Westfield Bondi Junction.

Unsurprisingly, none of those who claimed that Joel Cauchi was an Islamic terrorist, ever provided any evidence to back up their claims.

Fact #3 : Joel Cauchi Had Mental Health Problems

According to Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Roger Lowe, Joel Cauchi was known to the police for mental health issues over the past four years, but had not been arrested or arrested for any offence.

He has not been prosecuted or arrested or charged for any offence within Queensland, and he has no record within the courts for a domestic violence order.

New South Wales police also dismissed links to terrorist ideologies, saying that Joel Cauchi acted alone, and had a history of mental health issues. It is believed that Joel Cauchi was suffering from schizophrenia when he stabbed random people (while ignoring others) at Westfield Bondi Junction.

He was first diagnosed with mental health issues when he was 17, but his mental health apparently declined in recent years. A neighbour at his childhood home told the media that Joel Cauchi had schizophrenia growing up.

They seem like a nice family with a nice house but he had schizophrenia growing up.

Needless to say – those who claimed that the Bondi Junction killer was an Islamic terrorist, or a Muslim immigrant, and not just a mentally-disturbed man.

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Did Russia Arrest Rustam Azhiev For Moscow Attack?!

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Did Russia arrest a Ukrainian man called Rustam Azhiev for the Crocus City Hall attack in Moscow?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Russia Arrested Rustam Azhiev For Moscow Attack!

Some people are claiming that Russia just arrested a Ukrainian man called Rustam Azhiev for the Crocus City Hall attack in Moscow that killed at least 133 people.

Paul A. Szypula : Ukraine citizen Rustam Azhiyev was just identified as a terrórist who took part in the massącre Friday of over 150 peaceful people in Moscow.

Were U.S. tax dollars used by Zelensky to facilitate this horrendous attack on innocent citizens of Russia?

Richard : It appears that Rustam Azhiyev, is a Ukrainian citizen, purportedly served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2022 and is now being identified as one of the terrorists.

This seems to align with Putin’s assertions….

🇺🇲 Silent Silas 🇺🇲 : We’re led to believe Islamic State claimed responsibility for attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow. Seems like a cover.

On the other hand, we have one of the terrorists that aided in killing 130 unarmed people, a former Ukrainian soldier Rustam Azhiyev.

Ayesha ilyas : 🚨BREAKING: One of the terrorists who killed over 130 innocent people in the Moscow concert hall attack, Rustam Azhiyev, has been identified as a Ukrainian citizen and “former” soldier ⚠️

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Truth : Russia Did Not Arrest Rustam Azhiev For Moscow Attack!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news circulating on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Rustam Azhiev Is Chechen Battalion Deputy Commander

Let me start by pointing out that Rustam Magomedovich Azhiev (born Мохмад ВоӀ Рустам / Moxmad Vo’ Rustam on 12 April 1981) is currently the deputy commander-in-chief of the Chechen battalion OBON, which is fighting on the Ukrainian side of the Ukraine War.

Azhiev was a former Chechen wrestler who started fighting against the Russian military in the Second Russo-Chechen War in 1999. He later fought against Russia in the Syrian civil war, as Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, the emir of the jihadist militant group, Ajnad al-Kavkaz (AK).

In 2022, Abdul Hakim al-Shishani and his AK militants joined the fight against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Fact #2 : Russia Never Said He Was Rustam Azhiev

Without a doubt, Rustam Azhiev has been a thorn in the side of the Russian government for many years, and is thus, is well-known (infamous?) to them.

If Russia did indeed capture Rustam Azhiev, it would have been a major coup. The Russian government would have publicly announced it, and made a big fuss. Yet, it did nothing of the sort.

Even Margarita Simonovna Simonya, the editor-in-chief of RT – the Russian state broadcaster, only identified the man in the viral photo as the “mastermind” behind the Crocus City Hall attack. She never identified him as Rustam Azhiev.

The only people who are apparently making these claims are Western social media users who probably cannot tell the difference between a Chechen and a Syrian, never mind identify Rustam Azhiev in a line-up. Unsurprisingly, none of them actually provided any evidence that the man is Rustam Azhiev.

Fact #3 : The Captured Man Is Not Rustam Azhiev

While the man may look superficially like Rustam Azhiev, they are not the same man as the photo above shows. They have different cheek profiles, and their ears look different.

But the clearest indication is their hair partings. The man who was captured has hair parted on his left side. Rustam Azhiev’s hair is parted on his right side.

It cannot be determined from the photo, but the real Rustam Azhiev lost three fingers while fighting in the Second Russo-Chechen War in 2009. The Russian government would obviously know if this man is, or is not, Rustam Azhiev.

Fact #4 : Rustam Azhiev Was Never Associated With ISIS

Rustam Azhiev may hate Russia, but he has never been associated with ISIS. His jihadist militant group, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, was made up of fighters from the Caucasus Emirate, but operated autonomously.

In fact, AK’s support for the fight against Russia has less to do with its jihadist ideals, and more to do with fighting against Russia’s oppression, as one of its commanders explained:

Every enemy of Russia is a friend of ours. Also, the Ukrainian people are oppressed, and Islam commanded us to support the oppressed, let alone if the oppressor is a common enemy to us.

There is simply no evidence that Rustam Azhiev would subject himself to ISIS command, never mind actually take part in an ISIS operation.

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