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False Claim of the Week: An Image Shows an Iranian Missile Inscribed With the Phrase ‘In Memory of the Victims of Epstein Island’

NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week” highlights a claim from NewsGuard’s False Claim Fingerprints proprietary database of provably false claims and their debunks. The claim that an image shows an Iranian missile inscribed with the phrase, “In memory of the victims of Epstein Island,” is NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week” due to its widespread appearance across social media platforms and websites, its high engagement levels, and the high-profile nature of the sources promoting it. Those three factors, as well as both its significant subject matter and potential for harm, make it our False Claim of the Week.

Debunk: Iranian Missile With Epstein Inscription Is an AI Fabrication

What’s happening: Even the Iranians think the Jeffrey Epstein scandal is worth taking advantage of. Pro-Iran social media accounts are sharing an image purportedly showing an Iranian missile inscribed in Farsi with the phrase, “In memory of the victims of Epstein Island,” portraying the...

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