The most shared false claims around the globe, curated by Blasting News’s editorial team

Photo: Amber Heard did not plagiarize lines from the movie “The Talented Mr. Ripley” during trial (Image source: CNN)

Unique contribution: We are monitoring social media, national and international media, and fact-checking websites in order to share the fake news making the rounds this week. Don't be fooled! Edited by Angelo Paura.

The world of news is complex – and false stories and images are often widely shared on social media. Blasting News’s editorial team spots the most popular hoaxes and misleading information every week to help you discern truth from falsehood. Here are some of the most shared false claims of this week, of which none are legit.

World

Pfizer documents don’t show that vaccines are unsafe during pregnancy

False claim: Social media users around the world have shared the claim that recently released Pfizer documents show that the company's COVID-19 vaccine is not safe for both pregnant and breastfeeding women. The posts are followed by a screenshot of the alleged document.

Truth:

• A reverse image search using the keywords in the shared screenshot shows that the text in question is not, as claimed, part of a series of documents recently released by Pfizer, but rather a document released by the British Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in December 2020.

• In a statement to AFP, a spokesperson for the MHRA confirmed that the agency was...

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