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NaturalNews.com stated on December 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Food crops can be engineered right now based on existing technology to cause infertility in Black people alone.”
By Jill Terreri Ramos• February 7, 2022
Instagram posts stated on August 26, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Moderna’s lawsuits against Pfizer-BioNTech shows COVID-19 vaccines were in the works before the pandemic started.
By Sara Swann• August 30, 2022
Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Albert Einstein as saying "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."
By Samantha Putterman• March 22, 2019
Mark Pocan stated on May 20, 2015 in a radio interview:
"Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.
By Sarah Hauer• June 15, 2015
Marco Rubio stated on February 04, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.:
China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites."
By Louis Jacobson• February 5, 2016
Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2019 in posts online:
ATM users in distress can enter their PIN backwards to secretly call the police.
By Julianna Rennie• March 26, 2019
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Recent haze in New York City was caused by “Bill Gates’ sun-dimming technology.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 21, 2023
Andrew Yang stated on December 20, 2019 in a Democratic presidential primary debate:
"They banned face masks in Hong Kong. Why? Because they have AI technology that now is using facial recognition to identify protesters if they so much as do anything on the street, so they can follow up with them and detain them later."
By Bill McCarthy• December 20, 2019
Lars Larson stated on November 21, 2010 in a website posting:
Says Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will "force you to stop using your cell phone" while driving.
By Charles Pope• December 18, 2010
Instagram posts stated on November 28, 2022 in a post:
The 2021 infrastructure bill requires all new vehicles to have kill switches that will stop vehicle operation and alert law enforcement when drivers are impaired.
By Gabrielle Settles• December 5, 2022
Facebook posts stated on January 19, 2023 in a video:
The Transportation Security Administration spent “a couple hundred million dollars” on gender-neutral screening technology.
By Gabrielle Settles• January 27, 2023
Larry Pratt stated on May 06, 2014 in an interview on 'All in with Chris Hayes':
"20 percent of the time (smart guns) won't work."
By Katie Sanders• May 20, 2014
Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2021 in an Instagram post:
mRNA technology in COVID-19 vaccines was never tested in humans.
By Tom Kertscher• June 25, 2021
Bloggers stated on December 17, 2021 in a blog post:
"Electromagnetic radiation from wireless technologies, including and especially 5G, can cause the same symptoms as COVID-19!"
By Vivian Lam• December 21, 2021
Viral image stated on December 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says COVID-19 vaccines have “experimental technology never before used on humans” and that some “contain nanochips which can electronically track recipients."
By Tom Kertscher• January 4, 2021
John McCain stated on October 01, 2008 in a radio ad.:
"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."
By Alexander Lane• October 1, 2008
Chris Christie stated on August 01, 2011 in a news conference:
Says Democrats cut $35 million from the state budget for Information Technology improvements.
By Bill Wichert• August 4, 2011
Sean Duffy stated on July 20, 2017 in a TV interview:
"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."
By Alan Hovorka• September 6, 2017
Instagram posts stated on August 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Maui fires are part of an intentional effort to rebuild the island into a “smart island.”
By Jeff Cercone• August 14, 2023
Instagram posts stated on August 04, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“The NFL will now use facial recognition at every stadium to verify the identity of everyone at the game.”
By Madison Czopek• August 16, 2024

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What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires?

By Jeff Cercone• September 12, 2023

What is generative AI and why is it suddenly everywhere? Here’s how it works

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Jeff Cercone• June 19, 2023

$8.5 million goes to Perry's scholarships goal

By Sue Owen• April 6, 2012

Rick Perry’s promises

By W. Gardner Selby• March 8, 2012

Rick Scott's first bill-signing moves the Scott-O-Meter

By Aaron Sharockman• March 24, 2011

What’s the manufacturing job killer, automation or trade?

By Jon Greenberg• October 16, 2019

It's EPA vs. U.S. Chamber of Commerce over climate change

By Steve Contorno• May 30, 2014

Romney energy claim unrealistic

By David Adams• October 2, 2007

The future of fact-checking is in digital technology, human trust

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 12, 2017

‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ could block AI regulations for 10 years, leaving its harms unchecked

By Loreben Tuquero• June 17, 2025

Clean slate? ‘Carbon capture’ of CO2 emissions seen as technology that’s a climate solution and risk

By Tom Kertscher• June 14, 2023

David Simpson says agent went through airport scanners undetected

By W. Gardner Selby• February 27, 2012

Donald Trump gives oxygen to baseless QAnon conspiracy theory

By Daniel Funke• August 21, 2020

What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 4, 2020

Ask PolitiFact: How can COVID vaccines be safe when they were developed so fast?

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez• March 29, 2021

Trump visa policy chills free speech, lawyer for journalists, researchers tells federal judge

By Louis Jacobson• May 13, 2026

The US may not have an Iron Dome, but the military is spending on this technology. Here’s how.

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 13, 2023

What is the future of automated fact-checking? Fact-checkers discuss

By Grace Abels• June 28, 2022

A flurry of Half Trues

By Molly Moorhead• May 1, 2012

Fact-checking Marco Rubio’s statements about the Iran nuclear deal

By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2017