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In today’s edition:
Ahead of Canada’s first federal election since Meta took most news outlets off of its platforms, misinformation mainly targeting PM Mark Carney has spread across Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, garnering more than one million views, a NewsGuard analysis found.
As Catholics mourn Pope Francis, conspiracy theorists resurfaced a false claim that images show the late pope kissing the hands of David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, and a member of the Rothschild family — supposed proof that Francis was beholden to powerful Jews.
Health misinformers are citing a study commissioned by a known anti-vaxxer to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines cause 86 psychiatric conditions, including homicidal ideation and schizophrenia.
Finally, NewsGuard received a telling statement from a trusted academic we asked to comment on a bogus health claim: No commenting on the record so long as federal grants to universities are being withheld.
Today’s newsletter was edited by Sofia Rubinson and Eric Effron.
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