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[ "Quote Verification", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "There are two types of tests that detect SARS-CoV-2’s genetic material, or RNA: PCR tests and isothermal amplification, or IA, tests. Because RNA is made up of nucleic acids, both PCR and IA tests are also called nucleic acid amplification technology, or NAAT, tests. PCR tests are considered the gold-standard of NAAT testing.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424180140/https://www.fredhutch.org/en/research/diseases/coronavirus/serology-testing.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.fredhutch.org/en/research/diseases/coronavirus/serology-testing.html" } ], "question": "Can a PCR detect the Coronavirus?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "RT-PCR tests are considered the gold standard for detecting many viruses, and a number of companies are making them. Researchers at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, a nonprofit research center in Geneva, tested five COVID-19 RT-PCR tests and found that all five achieved 100% sensitivity on positive samples, and at least 96% specificity on negative samples in a laboratory setting.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230326063804/https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-tests-are-pretty-accurate-but-far-from-perfect-136671", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-tests-are-pretty-accurate-but-far-from-perfect-136671" } ], "question": "How accurate is a PCR test in detecting Coronavirus?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "\"We still accept cash payments. Starting on April 20, (2020) some Whole Foods Market regions began designating “cash accepted” and “no cash accepted” lanes as an added safety measure and to make the checkout process easier for customers.", "cached_source_url": "https://archive.ph/dXgmm#selection-693.32-693.262", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://archive.ph/dXgmm#selection-693.32-693.262" }, { "answer": "Our stores still take cash payments but some have set up \"cash accepted\" and \"debit/credit/EBT only\" lanes as an added safety measure and to speed up the checkout process for our customers.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://archive.ph/AXTgq#selection-683.0-683.189", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://archive.ph/AXTgq#selection-683.0-683.189" } ], "question": "Do Whole Food stores accept cash payments?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "EE has 5G in more places in the UK than other network, and is targeting 5G connectivity in 45 cities and large towns by the end of the year. Customers can enjoy 5G in the following cities and large towns today:\n\nCities:\n\nLondon\nEdinburgh\nBirmingham\nBelfast\nManchester\nCardiff\nBristol\nCoventry\nLeicester\nLiverpool\nGlasgow\nWolverhampton", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424180226/https://newsroom.ee.co.uk/ee-continues-5g-rollout-and-takes-top-spot-in-independent-5g-testing/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://newsroom.ee.co.uk/ee-continues-5g-rollout-and-takes-top-spot-in-independent-5g-testing/" } ], "question": "In the EE network article published in November 2019, was Leicester one of the cities already covered by 5G network?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "On 29 June, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock set out the local action being taken in Leicester following a surge in coronavirus cases in the area.\n\nThis morning, the local councils set out the following areas of Leicestershire that are included in the localised lockdown:\n\nin Blaby District:\nBraunstone Town (including Fosse Park)\nGlenfield\nGlen Parva\nLeicester Forest East (east of the M1)\nThorpe Astley\nin Charnwood:\nBirstall\nThurmaston\nall areas of Oadby and Wigston", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424180353/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/leicestershire-coronavirus-lockdown-areas-and-changes", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/leicestershire-coronavirus-lockdown-areas-and-changes" } ], "question": "When did Leicester go into lockdown around the date of the claim?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Unproven Conspiracy theories.\n\n5G is a radio wave and as scientifically proved, Covid-19 is a virus.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424180413/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/04/09/5g-networks-and-covid-19-coronavirus-here-are-the-latest-conspiracy-theories/?sh=d1df1ed6d415", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/04/09/5g-networks-and-covid-19-coronavirus-here-are-the-latest-conspiracy-theories/?sh=d1df1ed6d415" } ], "question": "Is there a correlation between 5g coverage areas and Covid-19 cases?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/01/in-full-english-translation-of-the-hong-kong-national-security-law/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/01/in-full-english-translation-of-the-hong-kong-national-security-law/" } ], "question": "What is the law referred to in the claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "30/06/2020", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/01/explainer-10-things-to-know-about-hong-kongs-national-security-law-new-crimes-procedures-and-agencies/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/01/explainer-10-things-to-know-about-hong-kongs-national-security-law-new-crimes-procedures-and-agencies/" } ], "question": "When was this law enacted?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "01/07/2020\nA man was arrested for holding a #HKIndependence flag in #CausewayBay, Hong Kong, violating the #NationalSecurityLaw. This is the first arrest made since the law has come into force.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424180748/https://twitter.com/hkpoliceforce/status/1278201222457987073?s=20", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/hkpoliceforce/status/1278201222457987073?s=20" } ], "question": "When was this law first violated?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "More than 300 people have been arrested in #HongKong so far for offences like unlawful assemblies, disorderly conduct in public places, furious driving, and breach of the #NationalSecurityLaw, which accounted for 9 arrests (5 males & 4 females).", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424180812/https://twitter.com/hkpoliceforce/status/1278302065953914881?s=20", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/hkpoliceforce/status/1278302065953914881?s=20" } ], "question": "How many arrests were made under this law on 01/07/2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "According to the rules, police may be authorized to conduct searches for evidence without a warrant in “exceptional circumstances.” Police may also apply for a warrant that requires a person suspected of violating the national security law to surrender their travel documents, thus restricting them from leaving Hong Kong.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424181120/https://apnews.com/89281c2fa942831fffa3fcf166544c78", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://apnews.com/89281c2fa942831fffa3fcf166544c78" }, { "answer": "Additionally, under the rules, written notices or restraining orders may be issued to freeze or confiscate property if there are “reasonable grounds” to suspect that the property is related to an offense endangering national security.\n\nPlatforms and publishers, as well as internet service providers, may also be ordered to take down electronic messages published that are “likely to constitute an offence endangering national security or is likely to cause the occurrence of an offence endangering national security.”\n\nService providers who do not comply with such requests could face fines of up to 100,000 Hong Kong dollars ($12,903) and receive jail terms of six months.\n\nIndividuals who post such messages may also be asked to remove the message, or face similar fines and a jail term of one year.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424181120/https://apnews.com/89281c2fa942831fffa3fcf166544c78", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://apnews.com/89281c2fa942831fffa3fcf166544c78" } ], "question": "What measures can the HK Police take to implement the law?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The US Congress has approved a bill rebuking China over its crackdown in Hong Kong amid protests against a strict “national security” law that outlaws so-called subversive or terrorist acts, as well as collusion with foreign forces intervening in the city’s affairs", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424181226/https://imprlatbmp.taboola.com/st?cijs=convusmp&ttype=0&cisd=convusmp&cipid=66361655&crid=-1&dast=V8DrUCLAaocQDAyyx-ChJQ4wCAl1n8FCwAAABgYID-AAnNhhvjzGFaC0crl1u0HAzXwtFgsxYMZ56VYbFxToaLISCh2XBjnDlMa-Fo5XKLloPhWjgabNaC4cyzMiw2zslwMQUxxnKZDGqBjOUyGdQCCcvs9x0UlNPTY3YZREXX22J3OM2eg1og5xtkTZPL7wZoaDodPte9XmG4u3yfu8bv9issp6fH7PJLnGaz5y30231urd_ucwv-Zqfp6fG8NUan3eFWOz1Gh8vsFrzsHpdb4dlslhvTbDbY7Wab0Wozm408HudisTEuLDOHaQ4AAAAAHvz___9DAAAAAIgAAAAAIAEAAACAQkCFfwsCFwAAAAAw_P___2sAGN8gMAxyaJiH3SCzPOwep-fj9wcAAAAAEAAAAAAkAATSn0sAeEyNn_j_________jzFAn3kj4_____9GQg-ABx8AD0IAAAAuhvhN88HEuanYEyEgLsIIAAAAwHN8ePyRSTpBxaLK__9_vxWAKwAAAYe0d4USWXQHJd7CAAAACIgRmAKYcGEOHRuzQA-L32922DV-t8v8_________5v5P_OPRugCxT6NMH00u5pfQACANb-AAABs1A0AwJsAOCFHIQx3l-9z1_jdpmNwu9loOFwdAhoOhrMDAAAAcOf___9fDwjudhvfyLObOUaGjcewmzhHg5FlsZlYbKuFxWHznnQsxxcv_D_GPjPGcpkMaoGEZfb7DgrK6ekxuwyiouttsTucZs9BLZDzDbKmyeU3iA8ahuVkEMzPhC1Gq8lksxzOlovJYDgajkb7I4DLAZqIwXI5mSwmu9VoNdoMd6PZYIEEYjBBFC0aTFaj0WQxGa5Gk9VsudjtNoiiVavZaDMYrmaT2W63Gg6Gy9EITdhitJpMNsvhbLmYDIaj4Wg0RCAzo60ok92GuJmNZpsFb7KgkDiD4WI4mVBokwlniwQDvPYieVqkE-VmtzAsVhvHxDXYDXaD5cxjcQ5XFtdyNtqYlhOLWKI5WaQT2WVf3O02vpFnN3OMDBuPYTdxjgYjy2IzsdhWC4vD5u_MaCvKZLchbmaj2WbBmywoJM5guBhOJhTaZMLZN2bDyWa1XI5G-8ZsONmslsvRaN9hMj1Tn7PRdPn9PUKPyVkcemsOg8JlsHmnRYu0dTj6jCbrd-JarZc5z8Tqcny8BoVn4VWd1ENbsjftGWx_x8JxsChiieAinSg8n7_H6TC9TIbLy_N5Kwx3l-9zEUuUpot0oldYTk-P2eWXOM1mz1vot_vcWr_d5xb8zU7T0-N5a4xOu8OtdnqMDpfZLXjZPS63wrPZLDem2Wyw2802o9VmNht5PM7FYmNcWGYO00QsEZwu0onoZTxd1H_0IIPdXDJazCWT1VwyWqwSAAAAAAAAAIAlmGS6CQAAAICTQSwHy8lunQ5iOdytVqvlAnioT9AFJCD5Z0cwGlWssccswvP5e5wO08tkuLw8n7fCcHf5PlcG8GC5xGyzzwhiTmfLGgAAwAA2AACAAG678SYwDIr7____HwcAAEBGDj0AAAD6fUBNdcKPXCj2_ApisRhs9g9AhZjT2ep2Y05nCw!&cmcv=&pix=undefined&cb=1682359946188&uv=3269&tms=1682359946188&abt=dpxrv0_vA!nonrv_vA!ufm&ru=apnews.com&ft=0&unm=FEED_MANAGER&aure=false&agl=1&cirid=468c8fa4-84ee-4908-8403-08f3e01c9281&excid=e22lLINE_ITEM_ID_WILL_BE_HERE_ON_SERVINGc&tst=1&docw=0&cs=true&cias=1", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://apnews.com/a3339c4660776345366dcc911c8a2fa4" } ], "question": "Did any western countries react to the passing of this law?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "A Government spokesman made the following solemn statement today (July 2): The slogan \"Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times\" nowadays connotes \"Hong Kong independence\", or separating the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) from the People's Republic of China, altering the legal status of the HKSAR, or subverting the State power.\n\n The spokesman stated that the HKSAR Government strongly condemns any acts which challenge the sovereignty, unification and territorial integrity of the People's Republic of China. The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region prohibits secession, subversion of state power and other acts and activities which endanger national security. The HKSAR Government calls upon members of the public not to defy the law.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424181259/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202007/02/P2020070200869.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202007/02/P2020070200869.htm" } ], "question": "Does the law contravene the right to freedom of speech?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Satirical Source Identification" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Satire news.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210330132620/https://washingtonexterminator.com/democratic-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-rename-southern-states/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210330132620/https://washingtonexterminator.com/democratic-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-rename-southern-states/" } ], "question": "Did Rep. Maxine Waters of California introduce a bill, \"H.R. 2020, the Erasing Confederate History Act of 2020,\" to rename the 11 states that originally made up the Confederacy?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "WashingtonExterminator.com", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Where did the story originate?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "satire - noun — the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.\n\nThe Washington Exterminator is a satirical news website.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210515143954/https://washingtonexterminator.com/democratic-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-rename-southern-states/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210515143954/https://washingtonexterminator.com/democratic-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-rename-southern-states/" } ], "question": "What is known about WashingtonExterminator.com?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The billboards were not put up by either the Young Nats or their political rivals, but by a team of professional wrestlers.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210731133133/https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-09-2017/im-incredibly-unpopular-meet-the-wrestlers-fighting-as-the-young-nats/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210731133133/https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-09-2017/im-incredibly-unpopular-meet-the-wrestlers-fighting-as-the-young-nats/" } ], "question": "Where did the billboards originate from" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "We’re doing a series of parody billboards in the lead up to promote this event. They were just playing on the negative perceptions that are out there of National being cold and out of touch", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210731133133/https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-09-2017/im-incredibly-unpopular-meet-the-wrestlers-fighting-as-the-young-nats/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210731133133/https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-09-2017/im-incredibly-unpopular-meet-the-wrestlers-fighting-as-the-young-nats/" } ], "question": "Why were they put up" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "There is no evidence that Charles Krauthammer wrote anything about Obama's non-profit organisation.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210825180724/https://nypost.com/author/charles-krauthammer/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210825180724/https://nypost.com/author/charles-krauthammer/" } ], "question": "What has Charles Krauthammer said about Obama's non-profit organisation 'Organizing for Action'?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Michelle Obama is shown as a registered lawyer, admitted on 5/12/1989, and is noted as not authorised to practice.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.iardc.org/Lawyer/SearchResults" } ], "question": "Is there a record of Michelle Obama on the Illinois ARDC website?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "A search on the ARDC website does not list Michelle Obama as having a public record of discipline\" or \"pending proceedings\" attached to her name.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230417162134/http://www.iardc.org/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.iardc.org/" } ], "question": "Is there any record of Michelle Obama been disciplined or subject of a disciplinary proceeding in Illinois?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Oklahoma authorities weekend Covid 19 testing testing figures.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200731234656/https://www.politicususa.com/2020/06/29/oklahoma-seeing-100-percent-positive-test-rate-for-covid-19-following-trumps-tulsa-rally.html?fbclid=IwAR2M8t16onXrD6OIH9pTt8xCUfZuPtl-hMCaSoouP7q4sZkf9eyIgHgyL-I", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200731234656/https://www.politicususa.com/2020/06/29/oklahoma-seeing-100-percent-positive-test-rate-for-covid-19-following-trumps-tulsa-rally.html?fbclid=IwAR2M8t16onXrD6OIH9pTt8xCUfZuPtl-hMCaSoouP7q4sZkf9eyIgHgyL-I" } ], "question": "What data did the claim speaker Chris Hayes use for this claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The figure quoted did not provide a clear or complete picture because it was not the final numbers for Oklahoma’s weekend testing.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200731234656/https://www.politicususa.com/2020/06/29/oklahoma-seeing-100-percent-positive-test-rate-for-covid-19-following-trumps-tulsa-rally.html?fbclid=IwAR2M8t16onXrD6OIH9pTt8xCUfZuPtl-hMCaSoouP7q4sZkf9eyIgHgyL-I", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200731234656/https://www.politicususa.com/2020/06/29/oklahoma-seeing-100-percent-positive-test-rate-for-covid-19-following-trumps-tulsa-rally.html?fbclid=IwAR2M8t16onXrD6OIH9pTt8xCUfZuPtl-hMCaSoouP7q4sZkf9eyIgHgyL-I" } ], "question": "Were the Oklahoma authorities weekend Covid 19 testing testing figures correct and complete?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Hayes said, The problem the claim is the lag in the way that Oklahoma reports its data. With fewer but almost entirely positive tests being reported on the weekends and then larger numbers including negative tests", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200731234656/https://www.politicususa.com/2020/06/29/oklahoma-seeing-100-percent-positive-test-rate-for-covid-19-following-trumps-tulsa-rally.html?fbclid=IwAR2M8t16onXrD6OIH9pTt8xCUfZuPtl-hMCaSoouP7q4sZkf9eyIgHgyL-I", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200731234656/https://www.politicususa.com/2020/06/29/oklahoma-seeing-100-percent-positive-test-rate-for-covid-19-following-trumps-tulsa-rally.html?fbclid=IwAR2M8t16onXrD6OIH9pTt8xCUfZuPtl-hMCaSoouP7q4sZkf9eyIgHgyL-I" } ], "question": "Did the claim speaker make any follow-up comments relating to their claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Few persons attended the rally so there cant be a direct link to the rally even if all persons at the rally tested positive", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201118025723/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/23/viral-image/facebook-user-posts-photo-past-trump-rally-wrongly/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201118025723/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/23/viral-image/facebook-user-posts-photo-past-trump-rally-wrongly/" } ], "question": "Was the whole of Oklahoma at the rally" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "A graph of measuments by Clem et al./Nature Climate Change shows a steady rise over time from 1990 to present time.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201125132519/https://sciencefeedback.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/clem_Fig1_HTML.jpg", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201125132519/https://sciencefeedback.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/clem_Fig1_HTML.jpg" }, { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "A graph of measuments by Clem et al./Nature Climate Change shows a steady rise over time from 1990 to present time.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424181713/https://sciencefeedback.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/clem_Fig1_HTML.jpg", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://sciencefeedback.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/clem_Fig1_HTML.jpg" } ], "question": "Has the average south pole air temperature been rising since 1990?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Over the past 30 years, the South Pole has been one of the fastest changing places on Earth, warming more than three times more rapidly than the rest of the world.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200823211848/https://theconversation.com/new-research-shows-the-south-pole-is-warming-faster-than-the-rest-of-the-world-141536", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200823211848/https://theconversation.com/new-research-shows-the-south-pole-is-warming-faster-than-the-rest-of-the-world-141536" } ], "question": "Is the South Pole warming up faster than the rest of the world?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There is no evidence that Democrat run states had the harshest restrictions.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210619215631/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/29/governors-roll-back-reopenings-coronavirus-cases-e/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210619215631/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/29/governors-roll-back-reopenings-coronavirus-cases-e/" } ], "question": "Did Democrat run states have the harshest Covid-19 restrictions in USA?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424071041/https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/" } ], "question": "How was the BLM founded" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "They are funded by corporations and donations from people who believe in their cause", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230212053547/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/10/11/pers-o11.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/10/11/pers-o11.html" } ], "question": "How is the BLM funded" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The corporations that do run the news, including conservative Fox News -- are independently run, and it would be a conflict of interest for politicians to own a stake in media companies that cover them.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230309211055/https://www.vox.com/2018/1/23/16905844/media-landscape-verizon-amazon-comcast-disney-fox-relationships-chart", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.vox.com/2018/1/23/16905844/media-landscape-verizon-amazon-comcast-disney-fox-relationships-chart" } ], "question": "Does the US Democratic party own and control a corporate media monopoly?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "U.S. citizens will vote by mail this year in record numbers. In the face of a global health\nemergency, election officials across the country from both parties are working heroically to ensure\nthat voting by mail is accurate, accessible, safe & secure.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230404100048/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2020-05-27-ELW-Facts-About-Voting-by-Mail.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2020-05-27-ELW-Facts-About-Voting-by-Mail.pdf" }, { "answer": "Voting by mail is a safe, secure way fror people to cast their ballot because states, especially those who have a long history of voting by mail, have established strong safeguards to prevent improper voting.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424181757/https://pirg.org/articles/voting-by-mail-is-not-only-safe-its-secure/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://pirg.org/articles/voting-by-mail-is-not-only-safe-its-secure/" } ], "question": "Is mail-in voting safe and secure?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Current and former election officials in vote-by-mail states said their systems are designed specifically to mitigate these risks, starting with a regular stream of mail contact with voters to establish that the address listed for them on the rolls is accurate. The ERIC system, as well as regular checks against DMV, death and other records, flag voter registration entries that may need updating. Federal law also requires states to conduct basic list maintenance.\n\nOnce voting begins, the linchpin of the process is a ballot return envelope, which typically requires the voter’s signature and includes a unique bar code linked to that voter’s record. When the ballot is returned and the bar code is scanned, no other ballot can be cast by that voter for that election.\n\nElection officials and security experts said certain measures are important for preventing fraud in mail voting, such as accurate voter rolls and a method of authenticating ballots such as signature matching. Such safeguards have been put in place over time in the five states that currently run universal mail elections: Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah and Washington.\n\nThe other mainstay of election security in vote-by-mail states is the signature verification process. Election workers are trained by law enforcement agencies to detect when a signature on the ballot envelope does not match signatures in a voter’s file. Discrepancies trigger a review that could end with a voter proving his or her identity — or being reported to law enforcement for possible ballot tampering.\n\nAll-mail states have implemented a range of other safeguards to ensure ballots are secure at all times, including dropboxes under 24-hour surveillance cameras, rules that two people be present with any ballot from the moment of receipt or collection, and detailed logs and reconciliation rules that require votes to be accounted for, down to the ballot.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230329101419/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/minuscule-number-of-potentially-fraudulent-ballots-in-states-with-universal-mail-voting-undercuts-trump-claims-about-election-risks/2020/06/08/1e78aa26-a5c5-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/minuscule-number-of-potentially-fraudulent-ballots-in-states-with-universal-mail-voting-undercuts-trump-claims-about-election-risks/2020/06/08/1e78aa26-a5c5-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html" } ], "question": "What measures are taken to ensure mail-in voting does not lead to fraud?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) birthday party took place in parliament on April 19, when Namibia was under lockdown and group gatherings were banned to limit the spread of coronavirus.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424181834/https://nairobinews.nation.africa/namibian-president-fines-guests-who-breached-lockdown-to-attend-his-party/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://nairobinews.nation.africa/namibian-president-fines-guests-who-breached-lockdown-to-attend-his-party/" } ], "question": "Did President Geingob host a party to mark his political party’s (SWAPO) 60th birthday during a coronavirus lockdown in Namibia?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The president said that less than 10 people attended the event, including the Vice President, the Prime Minister and party’s Secretary General. All have since been fined Sh12,000 ($115).", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424181834/https://nairobinews.nation.africa/namibian-president-fines-guests-who-breached-lockdown-to-attend-his-party/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://nairobinews.nation.africa/namibian-president-fines-guests-who-breached-lockdown-to-attend-his-party/" } ], "question": "Have the people who attended the gathering to mark SWAPO’s 60th birthday been fined?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Namibia’s President Hage Geingob on Thursday admitted to breaching coronavirus regulations last month by hosting a celebration to mark his party’s 60th anniversary and subsequently fining all the guests who attended.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424181834/https://nairobinews.nation.africa/namibian-president-fines-guests-who-breached-lockdown-to-attend-his-party/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://nairobinews.nation.africa/namibian-president-fines-guests-who-breached-lockdown-to-attend-his-party/" }, { "answer": "“Although we were as little as ten leaders… we were found not on the right side of the regulations and law. We had to admit guilt and we were punished, we paid,” President Geingob was quoted by The Telegraph.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424181834/https://nairobinews.nation.africa/namibian-president-fines-guests-who-breached-lockdown-to-attend-his-party/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://nairobinews.nation.africa/namibian-president-fines-guests-who-breached-lockdown-to-attend-his-party/" } ], "question": "Did President Geingob directly issue the fines to those who attended SWAPO’s 60th birthday party or were they issued by law enforcement agencies representing the Namibian government?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The criminal charge was against the Swapo Party and a single fine of N$2000 was paid.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182001/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KQqsT0FvMRCUJCbJ7DCwyGkQjWXqQENF/view", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KQqsT0FvMRCUJCbJ7DCwyGkQjWXqQENF/view" } ], "question": "Was each member of the party fined?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Biden campaign agrees to 3 debates with Trump but did slam push for more debates as a 'distraction'", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210804034444/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/biden-trump-debates/index.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210804034444/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/biden-trump-debates/index.html" }, { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Biden campaign agrees to 3 debates with Trump", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210804034444/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/biden-trump-debates/index.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210804034444/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/biden-trump-debates/index.html" } ], "question": "Did Biden agree to Debates with Trump during the pandemic?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. rejected the notion that he is “hiding” at his Delaware home amid the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that he is complying with public health guidelines", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201209162934/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/us/politics/joe-biden-gma-interview-trump.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201209162934/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/us/politics/joe-biden-gma-interview-trump.html" } ], "question": "Had biden declined any debates with trump?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Mr. Biden, appearing from the makeshift television studio at his home, said he is “on the campaign trail now.”", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201209162934/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/us/politics/joe-biden-gma-interview-trump.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201209162934/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/us/politics/joe-biden-gma-interview-trump.html" } ], "question": "Was Biden appearing on TV for talks and discussions?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Political scientists and foreign policy experts have used the term deep state for years to describe individuals and institutions who exercise power independent of—and sometimes over—civilian political leaders.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230403054912/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/05/deep-state-real-cia-fbi-intelligence-215537/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/05/deep-state-real-cia-fbi-intelligence-215537/" } ], "question": "What is a Deep State?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Whether any of this means there is a deep state in America depends on your definition. Powerful bureaucrats with access to government secrets and trusted media friends certainly do try to influence presidents from the shadows. But in Washington, at least, their views and goals are not monolithic. And unlike their counterparts in the developing world, they do tend to execute the orders they’re given by the president, however grudgingly—and are committed to upholding the rule of law.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230403054912/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/05/deep-state-real-cia-fbi-intelligence-215537/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/05/deep-state-real-cia-fbi-intelligence-215537/" } ], "question": "Does a Deep State exist in America?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "They signed the 1994 Crime Bill which increased mass incarceration. They did not increase narcotic use to achieve this but instead became tougher on existing crime leading to more imprisonment.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230418053218/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act" } ], "question": "Did the Democrats and the Deep state do anything to create the narcotics epidemic in the USA?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "When people think of drug smugglers, they often imagine illegal immigrants sneaking into the United States across the southwest border. But the reality is that the vast majority of drug smuggling occurs at ports of entry (including airports), and the vast majority of traffickers are U.S. citizens.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230203151221/https://www.cato.org/blog/77-drug-traffickers-are-us-citizens-not-illegal-immigrants", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.cato.org/blog/77-drug-traffickers-are-us-citizens-not-illegal-immigrants" } ], "question": "Who brings illegal drugs into the US?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Colombia is the world's largest producer of cocaine, much of which ends up in the US, which is the world's largest consumer.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230417014959/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45578492", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45578492" } ], "question": "Who produces illegal drugs for the US market?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There was no evidence to show thatb", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210714211015/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/04/Fact-Check-There-Is-NO-Evidence-China-Created-Then-Unleashed-Coronavirus-As-Bioweapon.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210714211015/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/04/Fact-Check-There-Is-NO-Evidence-China-Created-Then-Unleashed-Coronavirus-As-Bioweapon.html" }, { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There was no evidence to show that", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210714211015/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/04/Fact-Check-There-Is-NO-Evidence-China-Created-Then-Unleashed-Coronavirus-As-Bioweapon.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210714211015/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/04/Fact-Check-There-Is-NO-Evidence-China-Created-Then-Unleashed-Coronavirus-As-Bioweapon.html" } ], "question": "Was there any evidence to show that Obama funded the lab" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "no facts or hard evidence to support such a bold assumption surrounding the initial source of the virus.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182110/https://ohpi.org.au/crazy-conspiracy-theories-covid-19-wuhan-and-the-obamas/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://ohpi.org.au/crazy-conspiracy-theories-covid-19-wuhan-and-the-obamas/" } ], "question": "Did Barack Obama fund the Wuhan lab?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "A U.S. NIH-funded $3.7 million project was approved by Trump's Covid-19 advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci in 2015,\nafter the Obama White House imposed a ban on 'monster-germ' research.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220808194607/http://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/689_Lin.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/689_Lin.pdf" } ], "question": "Has the U.S. government funded the Wuhan lab?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In October 2014, the federal government declared a moratorium on gain-of-function research to weaponize viruses related to influenza, Middle\nEast respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). As a result, the research was\noutsourced to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is currently at the center of scrutiny for the Covid-19\npandemic.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220808194607/http://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/689_Lin.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/689_Lin.pdf" } ], "question": "Why did the U.S. government fund the Wuhan lab?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The novel coronavirus originated from the Hunan seafood market at Wuhan, China where bats, snakes, raccoon dogs, palm civets, and other animals are sold, and rapidly spread up to 109 countries.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230308101940/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113610/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113610/" }, { "answer": "The short answer is that we don’t know for sure yet. Scientists do agree that COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus from an animal (1,2). COVID-19 is a zoonosis, a human disease of animal origin. However, the animal source of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, has not yet been confirmed. It is likely to have its ancestral origins in a bat species (1,2) but it probably reached humans through an intermediary species (pangolins have been suggested) (3,4), or mutated within humans to be able to be transmitted between people and cause disease (3). This is a priority area for research but it is important to note that subsequent transmission of COVID-19 is from person to person. It is transmission between people that has spread the disease globally.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182316/https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/bats-and-disease/covid-19-and-bats", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/bats-and-disease/covid-19-and-bats" } ], "question": "Where did COVID-19 originate from?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In December 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurred in Wuhan, China, and rapidly spread to other parts of China and overseas.1", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230329153857/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2765654", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2765654" } ], "question": "When did the COVID-19 outbreak occur?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "a nonprofit research center in Geneva, tested five COVID-19 RT-PCR tests and found that all five achieved 100% sensitivity on positive samples, and at least 96% specificity on negative samples in a laboratory setting.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182401/https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-tests-are-pretty-accurate-but-far-from-perfect-136671", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-tests-are-pretty-accurate-but-far-from-perfect-136671" } ], "question": "Are COVID-19 (Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests accurate?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In the real world, testing conditions and process are far from perfect, and accuracy suffers. Researchers still don’t know what the real-world false positive rate is, but clinical sensitivity of RT-PCR tests ranges from 66% to 80%. That means nearly one in three infected people who are tested will receive false negative results.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182401/https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-tests-are-pretty-accurate-but-far-from-perfect-136671", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-tests-are-pretty-accurate-but-far-from-perfect-136671" } ], "question": "Are PCR tests accurate in real world settings?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Advantages of PCR Testing\n Valuable for detecting specific pathogens that are difficult to culture in vitro or require a\nlong cultivation period\n Significantly more rapid in providing results compared to culturing\no Enables earlier informed decision making\no Rapid diagnosis of bacteraemia, particularly for low levels of bacteria in specimens\n Useful in detecting cases in extra pulmonary specimens which may be missed by smear\nand/or culture\n Valuable screening tool\no PCR is still considered an adjunct test for certain diagnostic tests that still rely on\nsmear and culture, such as tuberculosis", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182427/https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument/16826/636185318240270000", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument/16826/636185318240270000" } ], "question": "Are PCR tests useful in the fight against Covid 19?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "According to Air Doctor, the tags \"eliminate all forms of microbial life\" and provide \"ultimate protection against airborne infection diseases\", including for children, pregnant women and immuno-compromised people such as cancer patients.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210125173625/https://airdoctor.eu/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210125173625/https://airdoctor.eu/" } ], "question": "What is a Covid19 removal card/tag?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "the Japanese consumer affairs agency (in Japanese) on May 15, 2020 warned the public that the product was ineffective against COVID-19.\n\n(translate)", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210131051732/https://www.caa.go.jp/notice/assets/representation_200515_02.pdf.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210131051732/https://www.caa.go.jp/notice/assets/representation_200515_02.pdf.pdf" } ], "question": "Does the air doctor card work against covid-19?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "While staying hydrated by drinking water is important for overall health, it does not prevent coronavirus infection.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182448/https://twitter.com/WHOPhilippines/status/1225961563594510337", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/WHOPhilippines/status/1225961563594510337" } ], "question": "Can drinking water protect you from COVID-19?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "On the request of Starmer, Alison Levitt, his then Principal Legal Adviser, released a report in 2013 on the 2009 decision not to prosecute Savile. It found that if prosecutors had taken a different approach then prosecution may indeed have been possible. Levitt found that Surrey Police did not tell the victims that other complaints had been made against Savile also, and that had they known this, victims would have been more likely to press charges.\n\nThe report also discovered a ‘lack of understanding’ by officers concerning the law and practice, concerning sexual offences. It was found that outdated regulations and training were partially to blame in the failure to prosecute Savile, indicating structural issues in the way officers were trained, rather than being a matter of personal responsibility.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182514/https://www.just-debate.co.uk/post/inside-keir-starmer-s-time-at-the-cps", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.just-debate.co.uk/post/inside-keir-starmer-s-time-at-the-cps" } ], "question": "Why didn't Keir Starmer prosecute Jimmy Savile ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Britain’s chief prosecutor apologised for the failure to pursue four separate allegations against the BBC star, one made as recently as four years ago.\n\nDirector of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer said there were failures by police in Sussex and Surrey and by the principal lawyer in dealing with the allegations. He issued a personal apology for the mistakes by the Crown Prosecution Service and announced a series of changes to improve the investigation of allegations by child victims.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182558/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/blunders-meant-jimmy-savile-was-not-prosecuted-while-still-alive-8447827.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/blunders-meant-jimmy-savile-was-not-prosecuted-while-still-alive-8447827.html" } ], "question": "Was there blunders by the police and lawyers during the prosecution of Jimmy Savile ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In 2008 (a few months before Starmer became director of public prosecutions [DPP] at the CPS) Sussex Police launched an investigation into a possible sexual assault, but took no further action as the complainant did not wish to give evidence. In 2009 the CPS reviewed four sexual assault claims against Savile and felt there was insufficient evidence with which to proceed - again, because none of Savile's accusers were prepared to support police action. Frankly, the CPS makes a lot of decisions like this and it would be strange for the director himself to make the decision personally - that's the responsibility of the reviewing lawyer. We may well question that decision, but asking whether there was in fact sufficient evidence is one thing; to assume that such evidence would have resulted in a conviction is quite another. Have any of us seen the evidence the CPS was presented with? Have those spinning these accusations - or spreading them - actually spoken with any of those who brought the initial complaints against Savile? Starmer took over a CPS under fire on various fronts and, after 2011, especially on the Savile issue. While he had no personal involvement in the decision not to proceed, Starmer did commission a review, headed by Alison Levitt QC, in which he revealed failures at the heart of the CPS and in 2013 issued an apology. He acknowledged those failures, pledging to change the culture of the CPS and its internal mechanisms. A \"fundamental shift\" was required, he argued, as \"we cannot afford another Savile moment in five or ten years. While \"no improper motives\" were found, the Evening Standard reported that one of the review's major criticisms was that \"the CPS lawyer (my italics) should have challenged the police conclusions and sought to build a prosecution against Savile\". It also suggested the complainants should have been informed that there had been other complaints about Savile, as this would potentially have encouraged them to give evidence. This", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182625/https://scottish-liberal.blogspot.com/2020/04/no-keir-starmer-did-not-help-jimmy.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://scottish-liberal.blogspot.com/2020/04/no-keir-starmer-did-not-help-jimmy.html" } ], "question": "Did Keir Starmer helped Jimmy Savile to escape justice?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Hours after a splashy launch of its claimed ayurvedic treatment for the novel coronavirus, Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. was told by the government to stop advertising or publicising any such claim due to the lack of requisite approval. The legal provisions cited in the ministry statement also indicate that Patanjali cannot sell the product as of now.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182653/https://www.bqprime.com/business/ayush-ministry-stops-patanjali-from-advertising-purported-covid-medicine", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bqprime.com/business/ayush-ministry-stops-patanjali-from-advertising-purported-covid-medicine" } ], "question": "Has the Ministry of AYUSH approved Patanjali's virus medicine brand named Coronil?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "One person was killed and six others were injured in two shootings in Newark on Tuesday.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201026130525/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/06/18/newark-two-shootings-fatal/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201026130525/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/06/18/newark-two-shootings-fatal/" } ], "question": "what happened in the neighborhood of Newark in 2018" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Jay Inslee said _ The state would contract with an insurance carrier to offer a health plan that would be available across the state.\n\n“We still have a residual percentage of people that do not have health insurance, have not been able to access it,” Inslee said. “We still have about 14 counties that could be on the cusp of not having an insurance carrier available for them.”\n\nThe plan would have uniform policies across no matter where a person lives and the state would regulate its rates.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182723/https://www.kuow.org/stories/gov-jay-inslee", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.kuow.org/stories/gov-jay-inslee" } ], "question": "Has Inslee implemented a health insurance plan?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "On May 13, 2019, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5526 into law, creating the first public option health insurance product for the individual market in the United States.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182753/https://www.troutman.com/insights/washington-becomes-first-state-to-create-public-option-health-insurance.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.troutman.com/insights/washington-becomes-first-state-to-create-public-option-health-insurance.html" } ], "question": "is this the first plan to be implemented in Washington?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that made abortion legal nationwide.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001127/https://news.gallup.com/poll/235469/trimesters-key-abortion-views.aspx", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001127/https://news.gallup.com/poll/235469/trimesters-key-abortion-views.aspx" } ], "question": "What is Roe v Wade?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "A Gallup poll in 2018.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001127/https://news.gallup.com/poll/235469/trimesters-key-abortion-views.aspx", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001127/https://news.gallup.com/poll/235469/trimesters-key-abortion-views.aspx" } ], "question": "Has their been a US opinion poll in recent years before the claim on Roe v Wade?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Currently, 64% of Americans believe Roe v. Wade should stand, while 28% would like to see it overturned.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230406232218/https://news.gallup.com/poll/237071/nearly-two-thirds-americans-roe-wade-stand.aspx", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/237071/nearly-two-thirds-americans-roe-wade-stand.aspx" } ], "question": "What were the findings of the poll?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "One example is by the Wall Street Journal.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230413213051/http://graphics.wsj.com/wsjnbcpoll/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "http://graphics.wsj.com/wsjnbcpoll/" } ], "question": "Have there been other polls?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "A record 71% of voters said they were opposed to overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that recognized abortion as a woman’s constitutional right, including 59% who said they felt strongly on the matter.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230413213051/http://graphics.wsj.com/wsjnbcpoll/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "http://graphics.wsj.com/wsjnbcpoll/" } ], "question": "What did this find?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "We searched online whether UNESCO declared idli as the healthiest breakfast item in the whole world. We did not find any such official statement.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" }, { "answer": "We searched online whether UNESCO declared idli as the healthiest breakfast item in the whole world. We did not find any such official statement.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182901/https://www.unesco.org/en/search?f%5B0%5D=source-website%3Aa8408b86-f0b0-48be-b255-140df27e8910&category=Unesco.org&text=idli&sort_by=search_api_relevance", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.unesco.org/en/search?f%5B0%5D=source-website%3Aa8408b86-f0b0-48be-b255-140df27e8910&category=Unesco.org&text=idli&sort_by=search_api_relevance" } ], "question": "Is Idli the healthiest breakfast item in theworld as certified by UNESCO?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "No such rankings exist on the UNESCO site", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424182934/https://www.unesco.org/en/search?category=Unesco.org&text=breakfast+rankings&category=Unesco.org&f%5B0%5D=source-website%3Aa8408b86-f0b0-48be-b255-140df27e8910&sort_by=search_api_relevance", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.unesco.org/en/search?category=Unesco.org&text=breakfast+rankings&category=Unesco.org&f%5B0%5D=source-website%3Aa8408b86-f0b0-48be-b255-140df27e8910&sort_by=search_api_relevance" } ], "question": "Does UNESCO give rankings on breakfasts?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "he said: \"I do not think that it should be repealed.\"", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424183001/http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1906/16/sotu.01.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1906/16/sotu.01.html" } ], "question": "Did Beto O'Rourke say that he does not want to repeal Section 1325. ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In a STATE OF THE UNION\nInterview With Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20221108211807/http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1906/16/sotu.01.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20221108211807/http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1906/16/sotu.01.html" } ], "question": "Where did he make this statement that he did not think it should be repealed?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Femicide.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424183111/https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/terms/1128", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/terms/1128" } ], "question": "What is female murder called?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "4th, 15.2 murders for every 100,000 adult women in South Africa.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230203202458/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/five-facts-femicide-south-africa", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/five-facts-femicide-south-africa" } ], "question": "What is South Africa's world ranking in terms of femicide?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "a spokesperson for Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency told AFP in an email on June 30: “There’s no such information”. \n\nA spokesperson for Taiwan's Ministry of Justice also said the posts were \"false\" in an email to AFP on June 29.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "What has the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice said regarding this claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The Taiwan government has Article 16, which lists 16 circumstances in which Hong Kong or Macao residents may apply for residency in Taiwan.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211202092055/https://www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=80397A6C495C7311&sms=8675D7361543DE23&s=2D8A24629A688BEB", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211202092055/https://www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=80397A6C495C7311&sms=8675D7361543DE23&s=2D8A24629A688BEB" } ], "question": "Does the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice have rules in place for conditions that have to be met by Hong Kong nationals wanting residency in Taiwan?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "1 listed requirement out of the 16 conditions are:\n\nThe direct blood relative or the spouse of the applicant has a household registration in Taiwan. However, in the case of adoption, the kinship should last for more than two years prior to application.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211202092055/https://www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=80397A6C495C7311&sms=8675D7361543DE23&s=2D8A24629A688BEB", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211202092055/https://www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=80397A6C495C7311&sms=8675D7361543DE23&s=2D8A24629A688BEB" } ], "question": "Does the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice have family reunion applications from people with immediate family in Taiwan as one of their circumstances under Article 16?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Out of the 16 circumstances in Article 16: \n\n2.The applicant has received overseas education or employment and made special contributions before the end of United Kingdom's and Portugal's governance in Hong Kong and Macao, respectively, which are reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Education or the Mainland Affairs Council in conjunction with relevant authorities.\n\n3.The applicant has special achievements related to application engineering in special fields.\n\n4.The applicant possesses technical skills and has obtained a certificate of practice from the Hong Kong or Macao government, or has special achievements in the fields of academic, science, culture, news, finance, insurance, securities, futures, transportation, postal service, telecommunications, meteorology or tourism.\n\n6.The applicant is teaching abroad, researching emerging academics or having special skills and experience, which is approved by the central competent authority.\n\n8.The applicant has been approved by the central labor authority or the competent authority the work in Taiwan, and meet the qualifications and criteria standards for foreigners undertaking the jobs specified under Article 46.1.1 to 46.1.7 or Article 11 of the Employment Services Act, or meet the management and approval regulations for Hong Kong and Macao residents with overseas Chinese I.D., or meet the qualifications and criteria standards for foreigners undertaking the jobs specified under Article 20, Article 5, Article 6.1, Article 8, and Article 10 of the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals.\n\n9.The applicant has been appointed or employed by government agencies or public and private colleges and universities.\n\n13.The applicant meets the qualifications and criteria standards for foreigners undertaking the jobs specified under Article 46.1.1 to 46.1.8 of the Employment Services Act.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211202092055/https://www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=80397A6C495C7311&sms=8675D7361543DE23&s=2D8A24629A688BEB", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211202092055/https://www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=80397A6C495C7311&sms=8675D7361543DE23&s=2D8A24629A688BEB" } ], "question": "Does the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice have resident circumstances for professionals?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Out of the 16 circumstances in Article 16: \n\n5.The applicant has an investment of NT$6 million or more in Taiwan, which is reviewed and approved by the central competent authority; or the innovation and entrepreneurship in Taiwan is examined and approved by the central competent authority.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211202092055/https://www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=80397A6C495C7311&sms=8675D7361543DE23&s=2D8A24629A688BEB", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211202092055/https://www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=80397A6C495C7311&sms=8675D7361543DE23&s=2D8A24629A688BEB" } ], "question": "Does the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice have resident circumstances for significant investors?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Overall, as a country, Americans spent $1.2 trillion on hospital care in 2018. That’s over $3,600 for every man, woman, and child in the U.S. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services project that, by 2026, hospital spending will rise to $1.8 trillion: over $5,300 per person.\nit’s more than the average family pays in federal taxes. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 cut the federal tax rate for a family of median income from 14.6 percent to 13.8 percent. That includes income taxes, payroll taxes, and every other federal tax that applies to middle-class families.\nThat is to say, the average family now hands over more of its paycheck to the hospital industry than it does to the federal government in taxes.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210204153814/https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2019/01/26/in-2018-the-average-family-paid-more-to-hospitals-than-to-the-federal-government-in-taxes/#7265a29c6389", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210204153814/https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2019/01/26/in-2018-the-average-family-paid-more-to-hospitals-than-to-the-federal-government-in-taxes/#7265a29c6389" } ], "question": "Does the average American spend more on hospital bills than on tax to the IRS?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "According to the Census", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210204154315/https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Ftheapothecary%2Ffiles%2F2019%2F01%2FHospital-spend-vs-IRS.jpg", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210204154315/https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Ftheapothecary%2Ffiles%2F2019%2F01%2FHospital-spend-vs-IRS.jpg" } ], "question": "Is there any data to back up this claim?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Donald Trump withdrew from the ATT but this is not mentioned in the Compliance Report.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424183338/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/26/trump-arms-trade-treaty-1385303", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/26/trump-arms-trade-treaty-1385303" } ], "question": "Does the United States Annual Arms Control Compliance Report address the U.S. withdrawal from the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)." }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Arms Trade Treaty is the first legally-binding instrument ever negotiated in the United Nations to establish common standards for the international transfer of conventional weapons.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230127182559/https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/att/att.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/att/att.html" } ], "question": "What is the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Australia is unlikely to reopen its border to international travellers until next year but will look to relax entry rules for students and other long-term visitors, Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said on Wednesday.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2020/06/17/australia-to-shut-borders-until-next-year/" } ], "question": "Has Australia made an official announcement regarding Australia and closings its borders till 2021." } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Facing higher costs to keep workers and customers safe and an indefinite period of suppressed demand, businesses are navigating an ever-narrower path to profitability. To make the math work, some businesses are cutting services and jobs. Others are raising prices, including imposing coronavirus-related fees aimed at getting customers to share some of the expenses.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424183741/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-covid-surcharge-companies-confront-unforgiving-economics-of-coronavirus-11590139802", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-covid-surcharge-companies-confront-unforgiving-economics-of-coronavirus-11590139802" } ], "question": "Are businesses in the USA adding a covid surcharge to bills?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "With businesses around the country reopening, customers may notice an additional expense on their bill: a COVID-19 surcharge.\n\nThis new surcharge is popping up around the country and is an extra fee that businesses can add to a bill to help alleviate the financial burden placed upon them during the virus outbreak. It is meant to help offset losses due to businesses having to temporarily close, or help businesses keep up with the new requirements to reopen under health guidelines.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510113947/https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/coronavirus/what-is-a-covid-19-surcharge-and-how-does-it-work?category=coronavirus-newsletter", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/coronavirus/what-is-a-covid-19-surcharge-and-how-does-it-work?utm_source=maropost&utm_medium=email&category=coronavirus-newsletter" } ], "question": "What is a covid surcharge?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There are two documents released by the Trump administration that suggest that they are laying the groundwork to resume explosive nuclear testing at its discretion.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510114037/https://warontherocks.com/2018/04/mushroom-clouds-beneath-the-surface-the-dangers-of-a-return-to-nuclear-testing/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://warontherocks.com/2018/04/mushroom-clouds-beneath-the-surface-the-dangers-of-a-return-to-nuclear-testing/" } ], "question": "Has the USA considered resuming nuclear weapon tests?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The United States delivered a 10-page statement in which it said:\nAfter extensive deliberation, the United States has\nconcluded that the current approach to a Protocol to the\nBiological Weapons Convention, ... is not, in our view,\ncapable of achieving the mandate set forth for the Ad Hoc\nGroup, strengthening confidence in compliance with the\nBiological Weapons Convention. ... We believe the\nobjective of the mandate was and is important to\ninternational security, we will therefore be unable to support\nthe current text, even with changes, as an appropriate\noutcome of the Ad Hoc Group efforts.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510114110/http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/spru/hsp/documents/cbwcb53-Pearson.pdf", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/spru/hsp/documents/cbwcb53-Pearson.pdf" } ], "question": "What is the US stance on the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) verification protocol?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No they portray putting a bullet into the gun however no actual bullet is chambered.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510114240/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Prq9wBZlk", "source_medium": "Video", "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Prq9wBZlk" } ], "question": "Are the Guns carried by the guards at Arlington Cemetery loaded?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "They carry weapons but no live ammunition, said Army Staff Sgt. Maryam Treece, who handles public affairs for The Old Guard.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Do the guards carry live ammunition on their person?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The US just withdrew from an important nuclear arms treaty with Russia", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210208013321/https://www.vox.com/world/2019/8/2/20750158/inf-treaty-trump-russia-withdraw", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210208013321/https://www.vox.com/world/2019/8/2/20750158/inf-treaty-trump-russia-withdraw" } ], "question": "Did the US withdraw from INF" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The treaty, from which the United States withdrew on June 13, 2002, barred Washington and Moscow from deploying nationwide defenses against strategic ballistic missiles", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210321193706/https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/abmtreaty", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210321193706/https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/abmtreaty" } ], "question": "Has the US withdrawn from ABM" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The US just withdrew from an important nuclear arms treaty with Russia", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210208013321/https://www.vox.com/world/2019/8/2/20750158/inf-treaty-trump-russia-withdraw", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210208013321/https://www.vox.com/world/2019/8/2/20750158/inf-treaty-trump-russia-withdraw" } ], "question": "" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Outlined in a press statement by Mike Pompeo May 8 2018", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201127051522/https://www.state.gov/on-president-trumps-decision-to-withdraw-from-the-jcpoa/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201127051522/https://www.state.gov/on-president-trumps-decision-to-withdraw-from-the-jcpoa/" } ], "question": "Did the United States withdraw from JCPOA?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The original source report has been archived and I can't find it therefore it is very difficult to fact check this claim.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210308211942/https://www.state.gov/404", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210308211942/https://www.state.gov/404" } ], "question": "Is the original report accessible?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There is One Rumor circulating on Whatsapp linking our company Livealth Biopharma Pvt Ltd marketing product similar to “Favipiravir” of “Glenmark”.\nWe are not marketing any such product and have already withdrawn our product “Livfavir” which created this misunderstanding.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510114352/https://twitter.com/livealth/status/1275734802956599296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/livealth/status/1275734802956599296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" } ], "question": "Is a product called Livfavir manufactured by Livealth Biopharma being sold in the Indian market?" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "That’s not quite right. In 1977, Biden, who opposed court-ordered busing to integrate public schools, said: \"Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions built so high that it is going to explode at some point.\"\nThis meant that unless public schools are integrated with the private ones their would be no equality . The statement was against racism not to support it.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510114736/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112104078842&view=1up&seq=1", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112104078842&view=1up&seq=1" } ], "question": "Did Biden say that black students would turn schools into a racial jungle ?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Due to a lower number of polling stations and Covid-19 safety constraints many voters experienced delays when trying to vote in person.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210201182344/https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article243731882.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210201182344/https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article243731882.html" } ], "question": "Did polling stations in Kentucky experiences any issues in the June 23 Primary elections?" } ]

[ "Causal Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Sore throat is a less common symptom of COVID-19. Gargling with saltwater may help make your throat feel better but does not prevent infection or make it go away more quickly.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510114859/https://www.childrensmercy.org/parent-ish/2020/03/covidmyths/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.childrensmercy.org/parent-ish/2020/03/covidmyths/" } ], "question": "Will gargling on salt water prevent the COVID-19 virus" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "A country like Australia launched an app for COVID-19 called COVIDSafe", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210608131447/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/countries-around-world-are-rolling-out-contact-tracing-apps-contain-coronavirus-how", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210608131447/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/countries-around-world-are-rolling-out-contact-tracing-apps-contain-coronavirus-how" }, { "answer": "Another country like Singapore has launched both mobile apps and phone apps", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210608131447/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/countries-around-world-are-rolling-out-contact-tracing-apps-contain-coronavirus-how", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210608131447/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/countries-around-world-are-rolling-out-contact-tracing-apps-contain-coronavirus-how" } ], "question": "Has any country launched any form of track and trace technology or app" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Reuters reported on 18th June 2020 that Germany, Italy, Poland and Latvia had each launched COVID-19 tracing apps.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200618205640/https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192098.shtml", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200618205640/https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192098.shtml" } ], "question": "Did any countries have a COVID-19 track and trace app in June 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "German health minister Jens Spahn said his country's app \"works very well\".", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200916202238/https://news.sky.com/story/germany-thanks-boris-johnson-for-promoting-tracing-app-after-he-said-it-wasnt-functioning-12025647", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200916202238/https://news.sky.com/story/germany-thanks-boris-johnson-for-promoting-tracing-app-after-he-said-it-wasnt-functioning-12025647" } ], "question": "Was Germany's COVID-19 tracing app functioning in June 2020?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India, is an initiative of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230501001246/https://www.npci.org.in/who-we-are/about-us", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.npci.org.in/who-we-are/about-us" } ], "question": "Who is responsible for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Google pay is registared as a 3rd party payments app.", "cached_source_url": "https://archive.ph/figF9#selection-1727.6-1771.12", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://archive.ph/figF9#selection-1727.6-1771.12" } ], "question": "Is google pay registared with the NCPI?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "All transactions made via Google Pay are fully protected by redressal processes laid out by applicable guidelines of the RBI/NPCI", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210823043133/https://twitter.com/GooglePayIndia/status/1275823949083860993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210823043133/https://twitter.com/GooglePayIndia/status/1275823949083860993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" } ], "question": "Are transactions made with Google pay protected by the reserve Bank of India?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Google Pay operates completely within the law. We work as a technology service provider to partner banks, to allow payments via UPI. UPI apps in the country are categorized as 'third party apps', and are not required to be 'payment systems operators'.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211116140102/https://twitter.com/GooglePayIndia/status/1275823850563887106", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211116140102/https://twitter.com/GooglePayIndia/status/1275823850563887106" } ], "question": "Does Google Pay operate within the laws of India?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No news report found.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115003/https://news.google.com/search?q=%22tuscaloosa%22%20AND%20%22COVID-19%20test%22%20AND%20%22unused%22%20AND%20%22positive%22&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://news.google.com/search?q=%22tuscaloosa%22%20AND%20%22COVID-19%20test%22%20AND%20%22unused%22%20AND%20%22positive%22&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" } ], "question": "Have any news outlets reported on this claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "More than half of the COVID-19 test samples sent to a laboratory from Tuscaloosa County at the DCH Regional Medical Center test site were deemed not sufficient or spoiled, according to Mayor Walt Maddox.\n\nMaddox tweeted Friday evening that according to the Alabama Department of Public Health, in the last four days, among the 1,043 samples sent to the test lab, 528 of them were not sufficient. He said 40 have been processed, with one positive. There are 475 samples still in process, Maddox said.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115025/https://www.al.com/news/2020/03/maddox-100s-of-covid-19-tests-fouled-in-tuscaloosa.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.al.com/news/2020/03/maddox-100s-of-covid-19-tests-fouled-in-tuscaloosa.html" } ], "question": "Has Tuscaloosa, Alabama had any reported issues with Covid-19 tests?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The mock drill video is being shared out of context online. The clip has been captioned as, \"Corona patients have started appearing in public places on the streets of Pune. The situation is really serious. Take care of yourself and your family .... Stay safe.\"\n\nhttps://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/video-of-mock-drill-to-test-covid-19-preparedness-in-pune-shared-as-real-8628", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210103054638/http://archive.is/wip/j002m", "source_medium": "Video", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210103054638/http://archive.is/wip/j002m" } ], "question": "Murlidhar Mohol fez uma dimulação de alerta?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Pun'es Deccan Corner", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115059/https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/video-of-mock-drill-to-test-covid-19-preparedness-in-pune-shared-as-real-8628", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/video-of-mock-drill-to-test-covid-19-preparedness-in-pune-shared-as-real-8628" } ], "question": "Where was the video shot?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The video shows a mock covid-19 testing trial, but it was shown as real", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115059/https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/video-of-mock-drill-to-test-covid-19-preparedness-in-pune-shared-as-real-8628", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/video-of-mock-drill-to-test-covid-19-preparedness-in-pune-shared-as-real-8628" } ], "question": "Was the video showcasing a real event?" } ]

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[ "Numerical Comparison", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "What was the testing for Coronavirus like before 10 June 2020" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "epidemiologists say that if this were the only reason that new cases were rising, the percentage of positive tests should be dropping or at least remaining about the same", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "According to epidemiologists is an increased nature of testing a cause of increased positive results" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "public health specialists have repeatedly said the data does not indicate that increased testing accounts for the recent surge in daily new cases.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230405033142/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/23/trump-blames-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-on-testing-despite-signs-of-spread.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/23/trump-blames-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-on-testing-despite-signs-of-spread.html" }, { "answer": "“That states are finding more cases relative to the amount of tests they are conducting provides the strongest rebuttal to the administration’s assertion that case numbers are rising because we’re getting better at finding cases through increased testing,” Jennifer Nuzzo, lead epidemiologist of Johns Hopkins University’s Covid-19 Testing Insights Initiative, wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115156/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/23/trump-blames-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-on-testing-despite-signs-of-spread.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/23/trump-blames-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-on-testing-despite-signs-of-spread.html" } ], "question": "Is the increase in COVID-19 cases in the United States solely due to testing?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Glenmark received the Drug Controller General of India's (DCGI) nod to conduct trials with oral antiviral favipiravir among covid-19 patients", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115225/https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/glenmark-pharma-shares-surge-40-on-covid-19-drug-launch-11592807460991.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/glenmark-pharma-shares-surge-40-on-covid-19-drug-launch-11592807460991.html" } ], "question": "which company produces Favipiravir, an anti-viral drug, to treat COVID-19 patients in India?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Due to rising number of covid-19 cases and hospitalizations", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201126181530/https://www.altnews.in/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201126181530/https://www.altnews.in/" } ], "question": "Why were gyms closed in North Carolina?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201126181530/https://www.altnews.in/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201126181530/https://www.altnews.in/" } ], "question": "What other states had the gyms closed?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Countries do go bankrupt, and creditors can go bankrupt lending to them. Argentina\nwas bankrupt in 2002. Much of Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa was bankrupt in\n1982 and Indonesia was bankrupt in 1998. Many African countries are bankrupt today.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115252/https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1301&context=til", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1301&context=til" } ], "question": "Can a nation become financially bankrupt?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Was Nigeria bankrupt in 2020?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "India in Pixels", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Who made this claim" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "\"quarantine\": [\n 2933,\n 0\n ],", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210720163436/https://github.com/datta07/AarogyasetuApis/blob/master/indiaCases.json", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210720163436/https://github.com/datta07/AarogyasetuApis/blob/master/indiaCases.json" } ], "question": "what is the number of quarantined people that was used for the calculating the risk percentage" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "N943.12 billion was\nfor debt service", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/addendum-to-the-2020-2022-mtef-and-fsp?task=document.viewdoc&id=803" }, { "answer": "N943.12 billion was for debt service", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/addendum-to-the-2020-2022-mtef-and-fsp?task=document.viewdoc&id=803" } ], "question": "How much money went into Nigeria's debt servicing obligations?" } ]

[ "Quote Verification", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "“I personally think testing is overrated, even though I created the greatest testing machine in history,” Trump said, arguing that more tests means more confirmed cases. “In many ways, it makes us look bad.”", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230309195524/https://www.vox.com/2020/6/18/21295826/coronavirus-us-update-trump-wsj-interview-masks-tests", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.vox.com/2020/6/18/21295826/coronavirus-us-update-trump-wsj-interview-masks-tests" } ], "question": "Did Trump say that testing is making the US look bad?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "“When you do testing to that extent, you’re gonna find more people, you’re gonna find more cases. So I said to my people ‘slow the testing down, please,’” Trump said at the rally.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115744/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/22/white-house-testing-coronavirus-333803", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/22/white-house-testing-coronavirus-333803" } ], "question": "Did Trump say slow the testing down?" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Satirical Source Identification" ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "“Our government is broke. And it’s official.” This was the alarming opening of Dr Obadiah Mailafia’s regular “Scenarios” column in Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper for 22 June 2020. \n\nTitled “When government goes for broke”, the column was republished in other dailies and made a fascinating read as the former Central Bank of Nigeria deputy governor added his voice to a growing debate on debt in Africa’s largest economy. \n\nMailafia is an economist who ran for president in 2019, coming fourth. He gave debt and revenue figures for the first three months of 2020 as evidence for his claim.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210720231105/https://archive.is/ScTQa", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210720231105/https://archive.is/ScTQa" } ], "question": "What is Nigeria's economic situation?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Some cities experienced long lines tovote.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115838/https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2020/04/08/coronavirus-green-bay-city-used-1-national-guard-poll-worker-tuesdays-election/2967783001/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://eu.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2020/04/08/coronavirus-green-bay-city-used-1-national-guard-poll-worker-tuesdays-election/2967783001/" } ], "question": "Were there long lines to vote at the US elections?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There were some worker shortages which caused the consolidation of polling places, and also cut short the absentee voting window in Wisconsin.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115838/https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2020/04/08/coronavirus-green-bay-city-used-1-national-guard-poll-worker-tuesdays-election/2967783001/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://eu.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2020/04/08/coronavirus-green-bay-city-used-1-national-guard-poll-worker-tuesdays-election/2967783001/" } ], "question": "Was there limited voting time at the US election?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "GOP encouraged early and absentee voting but also limited the absentee voting time.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201214113622/https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/04/06/tony-evers-issues-order-shutting-down-tuesdays-election/2954626001/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201214113622/https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/04/06/tony-evers-issues-order-shutting-down-tuesdays-election/2954626001/" } ], "question": "Did GOP push for longer lines and chaos at the US elections?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Despite the revenue shortfalls recorded, government recurrent expenditure (debt and non-debt) remained in line with budgetary expectations. According to the data, debt service for the first quarter of the year rose to N943.1 billion divided into domestic debt (N594.23 billion), Foreign Debt (N129.51), and Interest on Ways and Means (219.38 billion) respectively.   Recurrent non-debt expenditure was N1.1 trillion, largely in line with budget expectations a common feature over the last two decades. However, capital expenditure was N139.7 billion, a whopping 71.3% off target as much needed capital expenditure suffered yet another decline.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115939/https://nairametrics.com/2020/06/13/nigeria-records-debt-service-to-revenue-ratio-of-99-in-first-quarter-of-2020/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://nairametrics.com/2020/06/13/nigeria-records-debt-service-to-revenue-ratio-of-99-in-first-quarter-of-2020/" } ], "question": "What was Nigeria's debt-servicing-to-consolidated revenue for June, 2022?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "This was contained in a communiqué by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) after its monthly meeting for July 2020 held through virtual conferencing; chaired by the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris FCNA\nThe gross statutory revenue available in June 2020 was N524.526 billion; the gross revenue from the Value Added Tax (VAT) was N128.826 billion and the revenue from the Exchange Gain was N42.832 billion. This brought the total revenue for the month to N696.184 billion. From this total, the sum of N45 billion was saved in the Excess Non-Oil Revenue Account and the balance of N651.184 billion was shared to the three tiers of government and relevant agencies.\nThe balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) as at 16th July, 2020 was $72.407 million. The gross statutory revenue of N524.525 billion available in June was higher than the N413.953 billion received in the previous month by N110.573 billion. Also, the gross revenue of N128.826 billion available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) was higher than the N103.873 billion in the previous month by N24.953 billion.\nThe communiqué indicated that from the total revenue, the Federal Government received N266.131 billion, the State Governments received N185.774 billion, and the Local Government Councils received N138.974 billion. The Oil Producing States received N28.496 billion as 13% derivation revenue, N76.809 billion was given to revenue / Relevant Agencies as follows,\nCost of collection…..24.047,\nTransfer to NEDC…..3.865,\nPTF….3.897,\nTransfer to Excess non oil…..45.000\nTOTAL……76.809\nThe Federal Governm", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.nta.ng/news/2020/07/20-faac-shares-n651-184-billion-june-2020-revenue-to-fg-states-an-lgs/#more" } ], "question": "How much was the Federal Government Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocation for the month of June, 2020 ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The rising cost of Nigeria’s debt profile breached a new milestone with the country’s debt service as a percentage of revenue rising to 99% in the first quarter of 2020. This is contained in the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy (MTEF/FSP) report recently released by the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning. A cursory review of the data obtained from the MTEF/FSP report shows that in Q1 2020, Nigeria incurred a total sum of N943.12 billion in debt service while the federal government retained revenue was put at N950.56 billion. This implies Nigeria’s debt service to revenue is estimated to be 99% during the period.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510115939/https://nairametrics.com/2020/06/13/nigeria-records-debt-service-to-revenue-ratio-of-99-in-first-quarter-of-2020/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://nairametrics.com/2020/06/13/nigeria-records-debt-service-to-revenue-ratio-of-99-in-first-quarter-of-2020/" } ], "question": "How much did the Federal Government of Nigeria spent on debt servicing for the month of June, 20202 ?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No. Medical masks, including surgical masks, are routinely worn by healthcare workers throughout the day as part of their personal protective equipment (PPE) ensembles and do not compromise their oxygen levels or cause carbon dioxide buildup.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210224200529/https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/faqs#cloth-face-coverings", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210224200529/https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/faqs#cloth-face-coverings" } ], "question": "Do masks violate the US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Deaths have been recorded in all age groups, albeit a definite trend that more older people have died as a result compared to young people.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201107193450/https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201107193450/https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics" }, { "answer": "Deaths have been recorded in all age groups, albeit a definite trend that more older people have died as a result compared to young people, but the deaths are not limited to old people.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201107193450/https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201107193450/https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics" } ], "question": "What age groups are included in covid deaths?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "There's a definite trend in more people dying that are older from covid.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201107193450/https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201107193450/https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics" } ], "question": "Are older people more likely to die of Covid?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "there is no evidence to support this.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510120329/https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=realdonaldtrump", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=realdonaldtrump" }, { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There is no evidence to support this.", "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com/archive" } ], "question": "Did President Trump tweet \"Anyone who ordered a ticket to my (Tulsa) rally and didn't attend should be arrested and face very powerful charges.\"?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is referred to as MoitY.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117031832im_/https://thelogicalindian.com/h-upload/2020/06/20/175450-moity.jpg", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117031832im_/https://thelogicalindian.com/h-upload/2020/06/20/175450-moity.jpg" } ], "question": "How does the memorandum, claimed be from India's National Informatics Centre, restricting Chinese applications from Google and Apple stores, refer to India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The usual abbreviated word for referring to India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is MeitY.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117031832im_/https://thelogicalindian.com/h-upload/2020/06/20/175442-of1.PNG", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117031832im_/https://thelogicalindian.com/h-upload/2020/06/20/175442-of1.PNG" } ], "question": "What is the usual abbreviated word for referring to India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "India's National Informatics Centre retweeted the PIB Fact Check post in which it verified that the order was not issued by NIC.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117031832im_/https://thelogicalindian.com/h-upload/2020/06/20/175448-retweet-1.jpg", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117031832im_/https://thelogicalindian.com/h-upload/2020/06/20/175448-retweet-1.jpg" } ], "question": "What was the response from India's National Informatics Centre about the claim that a memorandum had been issued by them restricting Chinese applications from Google and Apple stores?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "This is totally not true and a fake news.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://perma.cc/747H-GS45?type=image", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://perma.cc/747H-GS45?type=image" } ], "question": "Did Alex Jones claim on the InfoWars website that hospitals received $52,000 for every Covid-19 patient and knowingly misdiagnosed patients during the pandemic?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Masks are designed to be breathed through and can protect against respiratory droplets, which are typically much larger than tiny carbon dioxide molecules. Consequently, most carbon dioxide molecules will either go through the mask or escape along the mask's loose-fitting perimeter. Some carbon dioxide might collect between the mask and the wearer's face, but not at unsafe levels.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230505050541/https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/faqs/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/faqs" } ], "question": "Do face masks trap air?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Well-fitting disposable surgical masks offer more protection than cloth or other woven masks, but less protection than respirators but cloth masks are better for the environment as they are reusable and do not contribute to landfill and useful when there is a mask shortage", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230318014229/https://dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/mask.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/mask.htm" } ], "question": "Why are cloth masks worn?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "There is evidence to suggest that use of cloth face coverings by the public during a pandemic helps reduce disease transmission. Their primary role is to reduce the release of infectious particles into the air when someone speaks, coughs, or sneezes, including someone who has COVID-19 but feels well. Cloth face coverings are not a substitute for physical distancing, washing hands and staying home when ill, but they may be helpful when combined with these interventions.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230318014229/https://dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/mask.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/mask.htm" }, { "answer": "Dr. Jonathan Karn, of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and director of the Cleveland COVID Task Force, pointed to a study that found cloth barriers to be beneficial in protecting mice from droplet spread.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201221234605/https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.06.028688v1", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201221234605/https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.06.028688v1" } ], "question": "Are cloth masks effective in preventing the spread of viruses?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "yes he said “The world is going into an artificial financial collapse,” Jones says at the start of the video. “The head of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Organization said last week that’s a good thing and they’re using Covid to lower our standard of living to save the planet.”", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210517181013/https://perma.cc/2CST-FFKR?type=image", "source_medium": "Video", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210517181013/https://perma.cc/2CST-FFKR?type=image" } ], "question": "Is Alex Jones quoted as saying the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic was ‘a good thing'." } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Broadcaster and conspiracy theorist.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510120934/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/30/us/alex-jones-psychosis-sandy-hook", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/30/us/alex-jones-psychosis-sandy-hook" } ], "question": "Who is Alex Jones?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Other Extremists—but Not as Planned.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230221064547/https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-bans-alex-jones-extremists/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-bans-alex-jones-extremists/" } ], "question": "Has Alex Jones been banned from Facebook because of extremist views?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No they said that 'Californians are now REQUIRED to wear face coverings in public spaces'.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/Guidance-for-Face-Coverings_06-18-2020.pdf" } ], "question": "Did Democratic-led areas tell people to ‘never’ remove their masks?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is serving as national agency for responding to cyber security incidents as per provisions of Section 70B of Information Technology Act, 2000. CERT-In receives inputs from its situational awareness systems and threat intelligence sources about malware infections in networks of entities across sectors. Whenever any incident comes to the notice of CERT-In, it issues alerts and advisories to the entities concerned and sectoral Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) for remedial measures.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230320010541/https://loksabhaph.nic.in/questions/QResult15.aspx?qref=23441&lsno=17", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://loksabhaph.nic.in/questions/QResult15.aspx?qref=23441&lsno=17" } ], "question": "What is CERT-in?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "India's cyber security nodal agency, CERT-In has issued an advisory warning that the potential phishing attacks could impersonate government agencies, departments and trade bodies that have been tasked to oversee disbursement of government fiscal aid.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510121700/https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/cert-in-warns-of-cyber-attack-via-emails-516176.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/cert-in-warns-of-cyber-attack-via-emails-516176.html" } ], "question": "Did CERT-in issue a warning about a potential cyber attack in June 2020?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "\"It has been reported that malicious actors are planning a large scale phishing attack campaign against Indian individuals and businesses... The emails are designed to drive recipients towards fake websites where they are deceived into downloading malicious files or entering personal and financial information,\" the advisory issued by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on Friday said.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510121837/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/indian-govt-warns-against-major-upcoming-phishing-attack-which-promises-free-covid-19-testing/articleshow/76469119.cms", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/indian-govt-warns-against-major-upcoming-phishing-attack-which-promises-free-covid-19-testing/articleshow/76469119.cms" } ], "question": "Have cities in India been attacked by a phishing scheme?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "A controversial press conference by Doctors Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi of Accelerated Urgent Care, Bakersfield.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510122311/https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/coronavirus/accelerated-urgent-care-provides-statistical-update-on-covid-19", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/coronavirus/accelerated-urgent-care-provides-statistical-update-on-covid-19" } ], "question": "What does this claim refer to?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Joint Statement issued on April 27, 2020:\n\nThe American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) jointly and emphatically condemn the recent opinions released by Dr. Daniel Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi. These reckless and untested musings do not speak for medical societies and are inconsistent with current science and epidemiology regarding COVID-19. As owners of local urgent care clinics, it appears these two individuals are releasing biased, non-peer reviewed data to advance their personal financial interests without regard for the public’s health.\n\nCOVID-19 misinformation is widespread and dangerous. Members of ACEP and AAEM are first-hand witnesses to the human toll that COVID-19 is taking on our communities. ACEP and AAEM strongly advise against using any statements of Drs. Erickson and Massihi as a basis for policy and decision making.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230306182836/https://www.acep.org/corona/COVID-19-alert/covid-19-articles/acep-aaem-joint-statement-on-physician-misinformation/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.acep.org/corona/covid-19-alert/covid-19-articles/acep-aaem-joint-statement-on-physician-misinformation/" } ], "question": "How did the US medical authorities react to the press conference?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "they talked about the coronavirus pandemic both at the state and local levels.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210425222643/https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/coronavirus/accelerated-urgent-care-provides-statistical-update-on-covid-19", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210425222643/https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/coronavirus/accelerated-urgent-care-provides-statistical-update-on-covid-19" } ], "question": "Did Doctors Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi call the pandemic a hoax?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "It has been removed for violating YouTube's community guidelines.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230310151524/https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=xfLVxx_lBLU&app=desktop", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&feature=youtu.be&v=xfLVxx_lBLU" } ], "question": "Is the press conference video still available on YouTube?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Surgical face masks are fairly loose-fitting, disposable masks approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as medical devices. Doctors, dentists, and nurses often wear them while treating patients.\n\nThese masks prevent large droplets of bodily fluids that may contain viruses or other germs from escaping via the nose and mouth. They also protect against splashes and sprays from other people, such as those from sneezes and coughs.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230309234532/https://www.healthline.com/health/cold-flu/mask", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.healthline.com/health/cold-flu/mask#types-of-masks" } ], "question": "How do surgical masks work?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Generally, one time use (one patient encounter)", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510122517/https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/prevention/ppe/surgical_mask.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/prevention/ppe/surgical_mask.html" } ], "question": "How often should surgical masks be changed?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "This is misleading. The person wearing the mask is breathing/coughing/sneezing into the mask and prevents the spread of virus.Surgical masks do not need to be changed out every 20-30 minutes. They need to be changed when they are noticeably dirty or damaged.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230428034507/https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html" } ], "question": "Do we need to change the the surgical masks every 20-30 minutes as it traps the covid virus and we can breath as well as spread it ?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The United States is to deploy military hospital ships to fight the coronavirus", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210728211709/https://news.yahoo.com/trump-deploys-hospital-ships-coronavirus-war-192532654.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210728211709/https://news.yahoo.com/trump-deploys-hospital-ships-coronavirus-war-192532654.html" } ], "question": "Were warships deployed during the pandemic" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "But hospital admissions came in much lower than expected and the ship's crew only treated 182 patients, of which around 70 percent had COVID-19, the navy said in a statement Wednesday.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210915171633/https://news.yahoo.com/military-hospital-ship-leaves-york-virus-cases-decline-192930937.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210915171633/https://news.yahoo.com/military-hospital-ship-leaves-york-virus-cases-decline-192930937.html" } ], "question": "Did the hospital ships have patients to treat" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The United States is to deploy military hospital ships to fight the coronavirus", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210728211709/https://news.yahoo.com/trump-deploys-hospital-ships-coronavirus-war-192532654.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210728211709/https://news.yahoo.com/trump-deploys-hospital-ships-coronavirus-war-192532654.html" } ], "question": "Were warships deployed during the pandemic?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "But hospital admissions came in much lower than expected and the ship's crew only treated 182 patients, of which around 70 percent had COVID-19, the navy said in a statement Wednesday.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210915171633/https://news.yahoo.com/military-hospital-ship-leaves-york-virus-cases-decline-192930937.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210915171633/https://news.yahoo.com/military-hospital-ship-leaves-york-virus-cases-decline-192930937.html" } ], "question": "Did the hospital ships have patients to treat?" } ]

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[ "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Vijaya Hospital Group runs Vijaya Hospital and Vijaya Health Centre at Vadapalani in Chennai. The group is founded by B. Nagi Reddy, publisher of children’s magazine ‘Chandamama’, founder of Vijaya Vauhini Studios. One of Nagi Reddy’s sons, Viswanatha Reddy is the chief administrative officer of the hospital while other family members are trustees,", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230507055052/https://vijayahospital.org/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "http://vijayahospital.org" } ], "question": "Who runs the Vijaya hospital?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Sarath Reddy, son of B. Viswanatha Reddy and grandson of B. Nagi Reddy", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200913080602/https://www.123telugu.com/mnews/legendary-producer-b-nagi-reddys-grandson-passes-away-due-to-covid-19.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200913080602/https://www.123telugu.com/mnews/legendary-producer-b-nagi-reddys-grandson-passes-away-due-to-covid-19.html" } ], "question": "Who is the person who died?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "B. Sarath Reddy died of Coronavirus on June 19. Jeeva said that Sarath Reddy was infected by the virus a few days ago and put on a ventilator at Vijaya Health Centre before he breathed his last.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200913080602/https://www.tupaki.com/movienews/article/Sad-Moment--For-Legendary-Producer/250637", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200913080602/https://www.tupaki.com/movienews/article/Sad-Moment--For-Legendary-Producer/250637" } ], "question": "How did he die?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "B. Viswanatha Reddy is the Chief Administrative Officer.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510122640/https://vijayahospital.org/about-us/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://vijayahospital.org/about-us/" } ], "question": "Does B. Viswanatha Reddy work at B. Nagi Reddy Hospital?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Chinese laws and regulations prohibit the export of products brandished with anti-China content and graphics", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220908114708/https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192453.shtml", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192453.shtml" } ], "question": "What is the Chinese law regarding the legality of China manufacturing Boycott China merchandise for the Indian market?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The image in the report has a watermark of 'The Fauxy' in the bottom left corner.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510123105/https://www.digitalphablet.com/news/china-manufacturing-boycott-china-caps-shirts-india/", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://www.digitalphablet.com/news/china-manufacturing-boycott-china-caps-shirts-india/" } ], "question": "What logo is reflected on the image of the Boycott China merchandise accompanying the report in \nDigital Phablet?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Fauxy is a Satire Web Portal. The content of this website is a work of fiction. Readers are advised not to confuse the articles of The Fauxy as genuine and true.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510123607/https://thefauxy.com/china-manufactures-boycottchina-t-shirts-and-banners-anticipating-the-boycott-china-campaign/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://thefauxy.com/china-manufactures-boycottchina-t-shirts-and-banners-anticipating-the-boycott-china-campaign/" } ], "question": "What is The Fauxy?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "N943.12 billion\n99.2% of revenue", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510123757/https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/resources/internal-resources/budget-documents/2020-budget", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/resources/internal-resources/budget-documents/2020-budget" } ], "question": "How much was spent on servicing Nigeria's debt in the first quarter of 2020?" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Satirical Source Identification" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Bustatroll.org", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210518042553/https://bustatroll.org/2019/08/07/kamala-harrisafter-we-impeach-we-round-up-the-trump-supporters/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210518042553/https://bustatroll.org/2019/08/07/kamala-harrisafter-we-impeach-we-round-up-the-trump-supporters/" } ], "question": "Where did the claim originate from" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "It is a satirical website", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210518042553/https://bustatroll.org/2019/08/07/kamala-harrisafter-we-impeach-we-round-up-the-trump-supporters/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210518042553/https://bustatroll.org/2019/08/07/kamala-harrisafter-we-impeach-we-round-up-the-trump-supporters/" } ], "question": "What kind of website is Bustatroll.org" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "N2.2 trillion.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210720231105/https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/addendum-to-the-2020-2022-mtef-and-fsp?task=document.viewdoc&id=803", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210720231105/https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/addendum-to-the-2020-2022-mtef-and-fsp?task=document.viewdoc&id=803" } ], "question": "What was Nigeria's revenue for the first quarter of 2020?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "2.37 trillion.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210724070829/https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php?option=com_users&view=login&return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnVkZ2V0b2ZmaWNlLmdvdi5uZy9pbmRleC5waHAvYWRkZW5kdW0tdG8tdGhlLTIwMjAtMjAyMi1tdGVmLWFuZC1mc3A/dGFzaz1kb2N1bWVudC52aWV3ZG9jJmlkPTgwMw==", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210724070829/https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php?option=com_users&view=login&return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnVkZ2V0b2ZmaWNlLmdvdi5uZy9pbmRleC5waHAvYWRkZW5kdW0tdG8tdGhlLTIwMjAtMjAyMi1tdGVmLWFuZC1mc3A/dGFzaz1kb2N1bWVudC52aWV3ZG9jJmlkPTgwMw==" } ], "question": "How much did Nigerian Government spend by March 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "943.12 billion", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210724070829/https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php?option=com_users&view=login&return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnVkZ2V0b2ZmaWNlLmdvdi5uZy9pbmRleC5waHAvYWRkZW5kdW0tdG8tdGhlLTIwMjAtMjAyMi1tdGVmLWFuZC1mc3A/dGFzaz1kb2N1bWVudC52aWV3ZG9jJmlkPTgwMw==", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210724070829/https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php?option=com_users&view=login&return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnVkZ2V0b2ZmaWNlLmdvdi5uZy9pbmRleC5waHAvYWRkZW5kdW0tdG8tdGhlLTIwMjAtMjAyMi1tdGVmLWFuZC1mc3A/dGFzaz1kb2N1bWVudC52aWV3ZG9jJmlkPTgwMw==" } ], "question": "How much of the Government spending went into repaying debt?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "(Jan-Mar) 2020", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/addendum-to-the-2020-2022-mtef-and-fsp?task=document.viewdoc&id=803#page=9" } ], "question": "Over what period do the figures refer to?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Disinformation is false information shared to deliberately deceive others.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510033009/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation" } ], "question": "What is disinformation?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Disinformation has existed long before COVID-19 and has been used to falsely discredit politicians and vaccinations.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210121152350/https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2019/07/helping-citizens-critically-assess-and-become-resilient-against-harmful-online-disinformation.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210121152350/https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2019/07/helping-citizens-critically-assess-and-become-resilient-against-harmful-online-disinformation.html" } ], "question": "Prior to COVID-19 was there a lot of disinformation?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In April 2020 alone, Facebook had 50 million reports of misleading content, and fact checking requests have increased significantly.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201230220812/https://ai.facebook.com/blog/using-ai-to-detect-covid-19-misinformation-and-exploitative-content/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201230220812/https://ai.facebook.com/blog/using-ai-to-detect-covid-19-misinformation-and-exploitative-content/" } ], "question": "Has there been a rise in disinformation since the COVID-19 Pandemic?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "According to a study conducted by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism on misinformation around COVID-19, between January 2020 and March 2020, the number of pieces of information fact-checking in English increased by 900%", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210116190943/https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/types-sources-and-claims-covid-19-misinformation#sources", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210116190943/https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/types-sources-and-claims-covid-19-misinformation#sources" } ], "question": "Did fact check requests increase during the pandemic?" } ]

[ "Position Statement" ]

[ "Satirical Source Identification" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "She has her own twitter account", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510123952/https://www.gq.com/story/melania-trump-twitter-fave", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gq.com/story/melania-trump-twitter-fave" } ], "question": "Does Melania Trump have an official twitter account." }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The tweet lacks the blue tick verifying it's from her official account", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230507203431/https://twitter.com/MELANIATRUMP", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/melaniatrump" } ], "question": "Did this tweet come from her official account?" } ]

[ "Position Statement" ]

[ "Satirical Source Identification" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Tweets in support of India were made from fake Twitter accounts, not from the original Twitter accounts of the Trumps.", "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/realDolandTmp" } ], "question": "Did Donald and Melania Trump tweet in support of India, following the Indo-China clash at Galwan Valley?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Tweets in support of India were made from fake Twitter accounts, not from the original Twitter account of Angela Merkel.", "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/AngalaNotMerkal/status/1273644125238124549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" } ], "question": "Did Angela Merkel tweet in support of India, following the Indo-China clash at Galwan Valley?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Tweets in support of India were made from fake Twitter accounts, not from the original Twitter account of Benjamin Netanyahu.", "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/netyanyahu/status/1273289199886589954" } ], "question": "Did Benjamin Netanyahu\ntweet in support of India, following the Indo-China clash at Galwan Valley?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Frequencies of the carrier state determine the prevalence of sickle-cell anaemia at birth. For\nexample, in Nigeria, by far the most populous country in the subregion, 24% of the population are\ncarriers of the mutant gene and the prevalence of sickle-cell anaemia is about 20 per 1000 births. This\nmeans that in Nigeria alone, about 150 000 children are born annually with sickle-cell anaemia.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510125229/https://apps.who.int/gb/archive/pdf_files/WHA59/A59_9-en.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://apps.who.int/gb/archive/pdf_files/WHA59/A59_9-en.pdf" }, { "answer": "We have prevalence of 20 per cent of sickle cell disease in Nigeria.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230327090852/http://www.premiumtimesng.com/health/health-news/273006-world-sickle-cell-day-why-disease-remains-endemic-in-nigeria.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/health/health-news/273006-world-sickle-cell-day-why-disease-remains-endemic-in-nigeria.html" }, { "answer": "The researchers used estimates of national SCA frequencies and data on projected birth rates to calculate that the number of newborns with SCA will increase from about 305,800 in 2010 to about 404,200 in 2050. They estimated that Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and India accounted for 57% of newborns with SCA in 2010, and that Nigeria and the DRC will probably still be the countries most in need of policies for the prevention and management of SCA in 2050.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510125325/https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001484", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001484" } ], "question": "What percentage of the global sickle cell burden is borne by Nigeria?" } ]

[ "Position Statement", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "National Informatics Centre", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510125357/https://solapur.gov.in/en/national-informatics-centre-nic/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://solapur.gov.in/en/national-informatics-centre-nic/" } ], "question": "What is the NIC" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "LiveMe\nBigo Live\nVigo Video\nBeautyPlus\nCamScanner\nClash of Kings\nMobile Legends\nTik Tok\nClubFactory\nShein\nRomwe\nAppLock\nClubFactory\nVMate\nGame of Sultans", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220808181104im_/https://images.thequint.com/thequint/2020-06/05ff91d3-3da7-4fdc-b0f5-662798b8658c/1.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&format=webp&w=720&dpr=1.0", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220808181104im_/https://images.thequint.com/thequint/2020-06/05ff91d3-3da7-4fdc-b0f5-662798b8658c/1.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&format=webp&w=720&dpr=1.0" } ], "question": "Which apps are mentioned in this claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "IT Act 2000", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220808181104im_/https://images.thequint.com/thequint/2020-06/05ff91d3-3da7-4fdc-b0f5-662798b8658c/1.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&format=webp&w=720&dpr=1.0", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220808181104im_/https://images.thequint.com/thequint/2020-06/05ff91d3-3da7-4fdc-b0f5-662798b8658c/1.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&format=webp&w=720&dpr=1.0" } ], "question": "What act in question is mentioned here?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Chapter 2.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220808181104im_/https://images.thequint.com/thequint/2020-06/05ff91d3-3da7-4fdc-b0f5-662798b8658c/1.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&format=webp&w=720&dpr=1.0", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220808181104im_/https://images.thequint.com/thequint/2020-06/05ff91d3-3da7-4fdc-b0f5-662798b8658c/1.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&format=webp&w=720&dpr=1.0" } ], "question": "What is the Chapter in question?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "To begin with, the IT Act 2000 is not divided into volumes but into Chapters and has nothing to do with functioning of mobile applications. Contrary to what the letter claims, Chapter 2 of the Act deals with “authentication of electronic records and electronic signatures.”", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210404063322mp_/https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1999/3/A2000-21.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210404063322mp_/https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1999/3/A2000-21.pdf" } ], "question": "Does this deal with functioning of mobile applications?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "NIC officials confirmed this was fake.", "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Is there any evidence this is real?" } ]

[ "Position Statement", "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "It seems the accounts are fake, the twitter account mentions India as a location, which is not likely.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://archive.ph/yd4TD", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://archive.ph/yd4TD" }, { "answer": "The claims also do not have a blue tick, so this shows they are not authenticated by Twitter", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://archive.ph/yd4TD", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://archive.ph/yd4TD" }, { "answer": "Plus the amount of followers is low compared to what you would expect from a leader of a country.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://archive.ph/yd4TD", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://archive.ph/yd4TD" } ], "question": "Are the accounts that published the claim genuine?" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "In late May, Chinese forces objected to Indian road construction in the Galwan river valley.[40][41] According to Indian sources, melee fighting on 15–16 June 2020 resulted in the deaths of Chinese and Indian soldiers", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424021135/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%93India_skirmishes", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%93India_skirmishes" } ], "question": "When was the Galwan Valley Faceoff" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "China has not released any information about Chinese casualties.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230310012703/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53118473", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53118473" } ], "question": "Did China release names of the casualties from the Galwan Valley faceoff" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Government sources, also, confirmed that no such guidelines have been released by the government and the claims are baseless.\n\nIn fact, the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Telangana, in a tweet, explicitly clarified that this information is untrue.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510125440/https://factcheck.newsmobile.in/fake-alert-telangana-govt-has-not-released-any-guidelines-to-reopen-schools-in-the-state/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://factcheck.newsmobile.in/fake-alert-telangana-govt-has-not-released-any-guidelines-to-reopen-schools-in-the-state/" } ], "question": "Did Telangana govt release any guidelines to reopen schools in the state during Covid in 2020-21 ?" } ]

[ "Position Statement", "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "You can apply to be Twitter verified and receive a blue checkmark badge next to your name. To become verified on Twitter, you simply update your profile with current information, verify a phone number and email address, then fill out a form requesting consideration as a verified user.\n\nIf you're applying for verification of a personal profile as opposed to a business profile, you'll also need a copy of a photo ID like a passport or driver's license.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510125505/https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/how-to-get-verified-on-twitter/284244", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/how-to-get-verified-on-twitter/284244" } ], "question": "How is an twitter account is verified?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Check the spelling and structure of the username: Fake Twitter accounts often use the real name, or something very similar, and the same photo as the genuine article, but the username is marginally different. \n\nCheck the bio - what does it say?: Does it say spoof or parody or contain anything unusual that might set alarm bells ringing (see Felix Baumgartner, above)? According to Twitter’s terms of use, parody accounts are not discouraged but they are obliged to make this clear in the bio. \n\nIs the account verified?: Accounts with the official tick badge have been checked by Twitter and are who they purport to be.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510125533/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/collegeofjournalism/entries/be362724-8ae5-3107-8e84-2a212df029d4", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/collegeofjournalism/entries/be362724-8ae5-3107-8e84-2a212df029d4" } ], "question": "How do you spot a fake twitter account?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There is no blue-tick verification in the claim tweet.", "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Is there a blue-tick verification on the alleged tweet from Angela Merkel in the claim?" } ]

[ "Position Statement", "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "It has no blue tick verification.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510125612/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/twitter-verified-accounts_b_2863282", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/twitter-verified-accounts_b_2863282" } ], "question": "Did this Tweet come from an official, authenticated Twitter account?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Hermann Göring, Göring also spelled Goering, (born January 12, 1893, Rosenheim, Germany—died October 15, 1946, Nürnberg), a leader of the Nazi Party and one of the primary architects of the Nazi police state in Germany.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210129225026/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hermann-Goring", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210129225026/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hermann-Goring" } ], "question": "Who was Hermann Goering?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Beginning in 1933, the Nazis took control of and subsequently transformed the police forces of the Weimar Republic into instruments of state repression and, eventually, of genocide. They did so by Nazifying policing. \n\nThe Nazis expanded police power and used the police to target people they considered their political, racial, social, and criminal opponents.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210125150921/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-police-in-the-nazi-state?parent=en%2F6434", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210125150921/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-police-in-the-nazi-state?parent=en%2F6434" } ], "question": "Was the police department in Germany defunded by the Nazis?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The new government removed anti-Nazi police leaders, reorganized Germany’s police forces, and reoriented police culture towards Nazism.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210125150921/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-police-in-the-nazi-state?parent=en%2F6434", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210125150921/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-police-in-the-nazi-state?parent=en%2F6434" } ], "question": "Did the Nazis eliminate Germany's police departments?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Beginning in 1933, the Nazis took control of and subsequently transformed the police forces of the Weimar Republic into instruments of state repression and, eventually, of genocide. They did so by Nazifying policing. The new government removed anti-Nazi police leaders, reorganized Germany’s police forces, and reoriented police culture towards Nazism.\n\nThe Nazis expanded police power and used the police to target people they considered their political, racial, social, and criminal opponents.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210125150921/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-police-in-the-nazi-state?parent=en%2F6434", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210125150921/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-police-in-the-nazi-state?parent=en%2F6434" } ], "question": "Was the police department in Germany defunded and eliminated by the Nazis?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The account clearly states it is a parody account.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210716025148im_/https://thelogicalindian.com/h-upload/2020/06/19/175322-bf1.jpg", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210716025148im_/https://thelogicalindian.com/h-upload/2020/06/19/175322-bf1.jpg" } ], "question": "Is the Twitter account that made the claim the official account of Benjamin Netanyahu?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "He has a verified Twitter account.", "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Does Benjamin Netanyahu have a verified Twitter account, signified by a blue tick?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "He didn't take any side rather he called for a high level dialogue with his Chinese counterparts for them to move on from unfortunate past history", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510125712/https://www.scmp.com/news/article/1867651/china-and-japan-should-move-past-says-shinzo-abe-countries-agree-system-avoid", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/article/1867651/china-and-japan-should-move-past-says-shinzo-abe-countries-agree-system-avoid" } ], "question": "Whose side did Shinzo Abe take after the clash between the Indian Army and the Chinese PLA" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Lots of the tweets came from fake accounts.The tweet came from a fake Donald trump account with no blue tick to show its verified.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://archive.vn/ppOs0", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://archive.vn/ppOs0" }, { "answer": "Also shared from this fake Shinzo Abe, minister of Japan account. An unverified account with no blue tick, that has since been removed.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://archive.vn/24Ims", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://archive.vn/24Ims" } ], "question": "Is there evidence that these tweets cam from fake accounts?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "None of the tweets have a ‘blue-tick’ verification. No - (If a Twitter account is verified, it means the profile has been authenticated by Twitter and the person is who they say they are. Verified accounts are identifiable by a small blue checkmark next to the user's name.)", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://learn.g2.com/how-to-get-verified-on-twitter" } ], "question": "Do any of the tweets come from a verified account?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The account no longer exists.\nThe tweet has no blue tick and the name is incorrect.", "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/realDolandTmp" } ], "question": "Was this tweeted from Donald Trump's authentic Twitter account?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": ". On May 27, President Trump tweeted that “the\nUnited States is ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate [China and India’s] now raging border\ndispute.”", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510130127/https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/2020-06-17_IN11425_2022c40e7ed0479aa680ca7aa8a7d11a2c7b8ee8.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/2020-06-17_IN11425_2022c40e7ed0479aa680ca7aa8a7d11a2c7b8ee8.pdf" } ], "question": "What did Donald Trump say about the dispute between China and India" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No, the account doesn't exist anymore as it was closed down", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/realDolandTmp" } ], "question": "Is there evidence to confirm whether Donald Trump stood with India" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "This is potentially a strange question, because verified accounts almost always belong to well-known people and brands.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230403230302/https://mention.com/en/reports/twitter/verified-accounts/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://mention.com/en/reports/twitter/verified-accounts/" } ], "question": "How do you identify a world leader's account on twitter" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "over 300,000 babies globally are born with severe sickle cell disease", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510130229/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/335864-world-sickle-cell-day-why-couples-should-consider-genotype-tests-before-marriage.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/335864-world-sickle-cell-day-why-couples-should-consider-genotype-tests-before-marriage.html" } ], "question": "How many babies were born worldwide with sickle cell disease in 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Nigeria in 2010 had 91,000 newborns with SC", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210322211051/https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001484", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210322211051/https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001484" } ], "question": "How many babies were born with Sickle cell disease in Nigeria in 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "About 50 million people are living with SCD globally and Nigeria is the epicentre zone with about 4-6 million people living with the disease (1 in every 4 Nigerians has a sickle cell trait)", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230409140341/https://panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/41/161/full/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/41/161/full/#:~:text=About%2050%20million%20people%20are,SCD%20children%20are%20born%20worldwide." } ], "question": "How many Nigerians are diseased with the Sickle cell disorder" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Confirmed via official release document.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210228155418im_/https://secureservercdn.net/160.153.137.14/3ge.36d.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Ghana-Health-Service-CENTRAL-REGION.jpeg", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210228155418im_/https://secureservercdn.net/160.153.137.14/3ge.36d.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Ghana-Health-Service-CENTRAL-REGION.jpeg" } ], "question": "Was mass Corona virus testing halted in Ghana?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Tony Evers has refused to identify the staff member", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210420024304/https://www.wispolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/6.17.20-GOP-Weekly-Radio-Address-Rep.-Quinn.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210420024304/https://www.wispolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/6.17.20-GOP-Weekly-Radio-Address-Rep.-Quinn.pdf" } ], "question": "Which staff member in Tony Evers' office recorded a May 14 2020 phone meeting between the governor and Republican legislative leaders?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Evers said that the discipline measures are being handled internally.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510130436/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWisconsinEye%2Fvideos%2F197273124906882%2F%3F__xts__%255B0%255D%3D68.ARAs6TFvcJApJdGRanlCUq2pgPZIYaK471YEmw3VJTJyTyCuFWJ4IQZxdFUUVUudcS4qnWJfMOLcqUAnEkRmln2YTY5JgE9ek6ch-TkT42-XIYi1C4EHtQNUbWLVDvPjt6tp6OwhXgjipbr_t1eWwfYTyNuNtP5hmqt4naebA_mmkdPdL5movXyDQEQhCBaZcCHyY0LK7mz0VIot-08nS7pn89UqUOPM_euyjdX0JzjdL6ZEVtgsThSD8XJ64L0SRcSiKLW9R0r8VBjSopFYWVgGGStLiKP0U9P8ALp9oRqbLs1uMMIGZ937F6JOnm9kT-mP5kjrjjgN9VtSw0sEVxvSGWDk2nN_EnznkjKOlZFb", "source_medium": "Video", "source_url": "https://www.facebook.com/WisconsinEye/videos/197273124906882/?__xts__[0]=68.ARAs6TFvcJApJdGRanlCUq2pgPZIYaK471YEmw3VJTJyTyCuFWJ4IQZxdFUUVUudcS4qnWJfMOLcqUAnEkRmln2YTY5JgE9ek6ch-TkT42-XIYi1C4EHtQNUbWLVDvPjt6tp6OwhXgjipbr_t1eWwfYTyNuNtP5hmqt4naebA_mmkdPdL5movXyDQEQhCBaZcCHyY0LK7mz0VIot-08nS7pn89UqUOPM_euyjdX0JzjdL6ZEVtgsThSD8XJ64L0SRcSiKLW9R0r8VBjSopFYWVgGGStLiKP0U9P8ALp9oRqbLs1uMMIGZ937F6JOnm9kT-mP5kjrjjgN9VtSw0sEVxvSGWDk2nN_EnznkjKOlZFb" } ], "question": "Has Evers disciplined or fired the staff member?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Pleurisy is swelling (inflammation) of the thin layers of tissue (pleura) covering the lungs and the chest wall.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510130459/https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/health-wellness/health-encyclopedia/he.pleurisy.tj8148", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/health-wellness/health-encyclopedia/he.pleurisy.tj8148" } ], "question": "What is pluerisy?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In young, healthy people, an infection of the lower respiratory system by a virus or bacteria may cause pleurisy. Pleurisy usually lasts a few days to 2 weeks. In very rare cases, the virus or bacteria may spread and cause pleurisy in others.\n\nOther causes of pleurisy include air leaking into the pleural cavity from a hole in a lung (pneumothorax), injury to the chest (such as a broken rib), tuberculosis or other infections, or a tumor in the pleura.\n\nOther conditions may also cause pleurisy. These include rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, sickle cell crisis, pulmonary embolism, or pancreatitis. Pleurisy may also develop as a complication of heart surgery.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510130459/https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/health-wellness/health-encyclopedia/he.pleurisy.tj8148", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/health-wellness/health-encyclopedia/he.pleurisy.tj8148" } ], "question": "What causes pleurisy?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "you would be breathing in a virus you already have.", "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Can you catch a virus by breathing in your own bacteria?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Public Health England (PHE) has updated its long-standing advice about vitamin D, stating that everyone should supplement with 10 micrograms daily, not just ‘at-risk’ groups.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510130604/https://www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2020/04/23/Public-Health-England-extends-Vitamin-D-supplement-advice-during-lockdown", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2020/04/23/Public-Health-England-extends-Vitamin-D-supplement-advice-during-lockdown" }, { "answer": "In April 2020, the NHS issued a statement, based on recommendations from Public Health England (PHE), that we should all consider taking 10 mcg/day vitamin D as a supplement, to keep our bones and muscles healthy.\n\nThis advice has been issued now, largely because of the restrictions imposed by quarantine and lockdown.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230314213108/https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/new-nhs-recommendation-uk-population-needs-extra-vitamin-d/88657/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/new-nhs-recommendation-uk-population-needs-extra-vitamin-d/88657/" } ], "question": "Did Public Health England issue new guidance about taking Vitamin D during lockdown?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Newly leaked documents highlight how Huawei Technology was secretly controlling Skycom Tech Co Ltd, contradicting the claim that they were separate companies. As such, we label the claim that Huawei Technologies was secretly in control of Iran’s Skycom Tech Co Ltd as “True”.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230409015931/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-telecommunications-conglomerate-huawei-and-huawei-cfo-wanzhou-meng-charged-financial", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-telecommunications-conglomerate-huawei-and-huawei-cfo-wanzhou-meng-charged-financial#:~:text=In%20reality%2C%20Skycom%20was%20Huawei's,the%20company%20that%20purchased%20Skycom." } ], "question": "Was Huawei Technologies secretly in control of Iran’s Skycom Tech Co Ltd ?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Caring for Women Who Are Planning a Pregnancy, Pregnant, or Postpartum During the COVID-19 Pandemic", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510130653/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767060", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767060" } ], "question": "What is this claim based on?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Since its recognition in China in December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has rapidly spread throughout the world and become a pandemic. Although considerable data on COVID-19 are available, much remains to be learned about its effects on pregnant women and newborns.\n\nNo data are currently available to assess whether pregnant women are more susceptible to COVID-19. Pregnant women are at risk for severe disease associated with other respiratory illnesses (eg, 2009 H1N1 influenza),1 but thus far, pregnant women with COVID-19 do not appear to be at increased risk for severe disease compared with the general population", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510130653/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767060", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767060" } ], "question": "What does the JAMA article say about pregnant women & Covid-19?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Pregnant women or recently pregnant women who are older, overweight, and have pre-existing medical conditions such as hypertension and diabetes seem to have an increased risk of developing severe COVID-19\nDue to changes in their bodies and immune systems, we know that pregnant women can be badly affected by some respiratory infections. It is therefore important that they take precautions to protect themselves against COVID-19, and report possible symptoms (including fever, cough or difficulty in breathing) to their healthcare provider.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230311214719/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-pregnancy-and-childbirth", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-pregnancy-and-childbirth" } ], "question": "What do the WHO guidelines say about the risks of Covid-19 for pregnant women?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Pregnant women might be at increased risk for severe COVID-19 illness. To reduce severe COVID-19–associated illness, pregnant women should be aware of their potential risk for severe COVID-19 illness. Prevention of COVID-19 should be emphasized for pregnant women and potential barriers to adherence to these measures need to be addressed.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210121160811/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6925a1.htm?s_cid=mm6925a1_w", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210121160811/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6925a1.htm?s_cid=mm6925a1_w" }, { "answer": "The overall risk of COVID-19 to pregnant women is low. However, pregnant women who have COVID-19 appear more likely to develop respiratory complications requiring intensive care than women who aren't pregnant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pregnant women are also more likely to be placed on a ventilator. In addition, pregnant women who are Black or Hispanic appear to be disproportionately affected by infection with the COVID-19 virus.\n\nRisk factors for severe COVID-19 during pregnancy include older maternal age, a high body mass index and pre-existing diabetes or hypertension.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230315075454/https://quillbot.com/grammar-check", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://quillbot.com/grammar-check" } ], "question": "Are pregnant women at risk of serious illness due to COVID-19?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "We still do not know if a pregnant woman with COVID-19 can pass the virus to her fetus or baby during pregnancy or delivery. To date, the active virus has not been found in samples of fluid around the baby in the womb or breastmilk.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210121221001/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-pregnancy-and-childbirth", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210121221001/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-pregnancy-and-childbirth" } ], "question": "Can COVID-19 be passed from mother to unborn child?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "If you share a photo on Facebook, you give us permission to store, copy, and share it with others (again, consistent with your settings) such as service providers that support our service or other Facebook Products you use. This license will end when your content is deleted from our systems.”", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230508093225/https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/" } ], "question": "Can Facebook make your photos go public?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "This means if we deactivate our account, Facebook will delete the stored data from our profile. Apart from that, the author, i.e. the one who posts the article, owns the copyright of the content.\nWe don’t sell your personal data to advertisers, and we don’t share information that directly identifies you (such as your name, email address, or other contact information) with advertisers unless you give us specific permission.\nSo posting the viral message on your wall will not change Facebook’s policies.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200716055248/https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200716055248/https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/" } ], "question": "Will posting in the post in the claim change Facebooks policies?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No. Posting a viral message will not make facebook change the privacy settings on your account.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200716055248/https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200716055248/https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/" } ], "question": "Will posting a viral message on your Facebook wall change Facebook permissions?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Facebook states \"We also collect the content you create, upload, or receive from others when using our services. This includes things like email you write and receive, photos and videos you save, docs and spreadsheets you create, and comments you make on YouTube videos.\"", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230509004300/https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US" } ], "question": "Can Facebook save images that you post on Facebook ie your photos?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Facebook settings will control what Facebook can do with your photos. You have choices regarding the information Facebook collects and how it's used. Facebook cannot override your choices.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230509004300/https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US" } ], "question": "Can Facebook use your photos for anything they like?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No recourse to public funds (NRPF) is a standard condition applied to those staying here with a temporary immigration status to protect public funds. Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) is set as the general threshold for permitting migrants to access public funds. Migrants who are here without leave are also subject to no recourse to public funds. Therefore, most migrants do not have access to public funds as a matter of course.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510130847/https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/05/05/no-recourse-to-public-funds-nrpf/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/05/05/no-recourse-to-public-funds-nrpf/" } ], "question": "What does \"no recourse to public funds\" mean?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Some of them do:-\nDuring the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, we are temporarily extending free school meal eligibility to include some children of groups who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF).\n\nThese groups are:\n\nchildren of Zambrano carers\nchildren of families with no recourse to public funds with a right to remain in the UK on grounds of private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights\nchildren of families receiving support under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 who are also subject to a no recourse to public funds restriction", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510130937/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance/guidance-for-the-temporary-extension-of-free-school-meals-eligibility-to-nrpf-groups", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance/guidance-for-the-temporary-extension-of-free-school-meals-eligibility-to-nrpf-groups" } ], "question": "During the pandemic do children from NRPF groups have access to free school meals?" } ]