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5G Health Claims
The claim that 5G cellular technology causes harm to human health — cancer, COVID-19 infection, or population control — popularized during COVID-19 pandemic and amplified by social media.
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1993 World Trade Center bombing (Feb 26 1993)
On 26 February 1993 a 1,500lb urea-nitrate truck bomb detonated in the B-2 parking level beneath the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing 6 people and injuring more than 1,000. Ramzi Yousef masterminded the attack; Mohammed Salameh, Mahmud Abouhalima, Nidal Ayyad, and Ahmad Ajaj were convicted with him at the Southern District of New York in 1994. Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald linked the cell to Omar Abdel-Rahman (the 'Blind Sheikh'), convicted in 1995 for the subsequent landmarks plot. The basic facts are thoroughly confirmed; alternate theories alleging advance government foreknowledge have been examined and discounted.
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A loose coalition of researchers and activists who reject the official account of the September 11, 2001 attacks, alleging government foreknowledge, controlled demolition of the World Trade Center, or a staged Pentagon strike.
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The hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a research-related incident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) rather than from a natural zoonotic spillover at the Huanan seafood market.
Is it true? Quick answerNotPetya destructive cyberattack (Jun 27 2017)
On 27 June 2017 a destructive malware campaign — publicly branded NotPetya — erupted from Ukraine and spread globally within hours, masquerading as ransomware while in reality being a pure wiper designed to maximise damage. US CISA, UK NCSC, and Five Eyes partners attributed the attack to Russian GRU Unit 74455 (Sandworm) in February 2018; the US DOJ indicted six GRU officers in October 2020. The supply-chain entry point was a trojanised update to M.E.Doc, a Ukrainian accounting software package used by roughly 80 percent of Ukrainian businesses. Global losses exceeded $10 billion, making it the costliest cyberattack in recorded history.
Is it true? Quick answerKony 2012: The Invisible Children Campaign
In March 2012, the NGO Invisible Children released a 29-minute documentary calling for the arrest of Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony. The video reached 100 million views in six days — the fastest a YouTube video had spread to that point. Underlying LRA atrocities (child soldiers, abductions, killings) are extensively documented by the UN, ICC, and human-rights organisations. Critics raised substantive objections: the information was outdated (Kony had left Uganda by 2006), the framing oversimplified a complex conflict, Invisible Children's spending breakdown drew scrutiny, and the campaign's "white savior" framing was widely criticised. A US Congress bill supporting deployment of military advisers to assist the African Union mission passed before the video; the campaign amplified public and legislative attention to the LRA. The underlying claim about LRA war crimes is solidly documented; the campaign's proposed solution and framing are legitimately contested.
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