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Manon Jacob
Профиль VivelyAFP journalist covering climate mis/disinformation 🌎• Previous words: Politico, Reuters, Eater • the world's the world and I'm a person in a tiny body 🌿• She/her • Got a tip for me? firstname(dot)lastname(at)afp.com 📨
🫎My colleague Gwen Roley wrote about misinformation spreading about UNDRIP and social media claims targeting First Nations groups in Canada. Read her story: factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Canada's UNDRIP Act does not supersede private property rights: expertsSeveral Indigenous land rights cases in Canada have led to online angst about the security of property ownership in the country, with many claiming land grabs will take place as a result of the Canadi...factcheck.afp.comHe did not, in fact, forget: "The visa for journalists - which currently can last years - would be up to 240 days or, in the case of Chinese nationals, 90 days." www.reuters.com/world/us-cha...
US to change visa regulations for foreign students, journalistsThe Trump administration moved on Thursday to tighten the duration of visas for foreign students, cultural exchange visitors and journalists, according to a government notice.www.reuters.com✒️🌀 Latest by my colleague @issamahmed.bsky.social and myself for AFP: www.barrons.com/news/top-us-...
Top US Science Body Readies Climate Report As Republicans Push BackThe United States' leading scientific body is set Thursday to launch a major report on the link between climate change and extreme weather, a growing research field now underpinning lawsuits seeking b...www.barrons.com#Disinformation 🥗Ivermectin as a treatment for cyclosporiasis? Experts say the anti-parasitic medication is ineffective against the intestinal illness. By @marishagoldhamer.bsky.social factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Ivermectin is not a recommended treatment for cyclosporiasisHealth officials in the United States are reporting a record number of cases of cyclosporiasis -- an intestinal illness caused by a microscopic parasite in contaminated produce. But while social media...factcheck.afp.com
Claims "Antifa" dumped algae in Reflecting Pool originated as satireUS President Donald Trump has threatened jail time for anyone seeking to damage the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington. But online claims that "Antifa" saboteurs dumped "ag...u.afp.comAcynTrump on Reflecting Pool: We got rid of the algae which they put in. They put in algae. Who the hell put in algae????
⚓Since Trump just declared national scallops day (sigh), I am resurfacing here my piece on commercial fishing at the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument in the Atlantic, an ocean sanctuary targeted by the current administration. u.afp.com/lobster
Trump misleads on lobster fishing in ocean sanctuaryAs he reversed commercial fishing bans for protected ocean areas, Donald Trump falsely claimed that Canadian and Japanese fishermen had been harvesting lobster in an Atlantic sanctuary off limits to A...u.afp.com