Trump's Suspension from Facebook and Instagram Ends in 'Coming Weeks,' Meta Announces

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Advertisment:Meta has announced that former U.S. President Donald Trump's suspension from Facebook and Instagram will end "in the coming weeks," according to a Meta Newsroom article penned by Nick Clegg, the company's president of global affairs. Trump was originally suspended on Jan. 7, 2021, just one day following the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. According to the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department, 140 law enforcement officers were injured on Jan. 6. Fast-forward to Jan. 25, 2023, and Meta has announced that Trump would be let back onto Facebook and Instagram. "We indefinitely suspended then-U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts following his praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol on January 6, 2021."
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Is this Real Footage From Inside Plane Just Before it Crashed in Nepal?

Advertisment:Claim: A Facebook live video taken by a passenger in a Nepal Yeti Airlines flight captures the moments right before the crash in mid-January 2023. Harrowing footage authentically depicts the final moments of an airplane crash in Nepal on Jan. 15, 2023, from a Facebook Live video taken by a passenger. A group of Indian friends appeared to be enjoying themselves as they recorded the plane's descent into the town of Pokhara. Nepal Fact Check also shared a passenger list of the foreigners who were on the flight, and the names of the Indian friends were confirmed there. Rajat Jaiswal , Sonu Jaiswal's cousin, reportedly confirmed to Indian media that the latter did the Facebook Live feed.

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Do Vice Presidents Not Have Authority To Declassify Documents?

Advertisment:Claim: Federal law does not give U.S. vice presidents authority to declassify government documents. Rating: About this rating False Context Under an Obama-era executive order, vice presidents have the authority to classify and declassify documents — just like presidents. However, the claim that federal law does not give vice presidents the power to declassify government documents, and reserves that authority for presidents, is false. Before the 2009 executive order, vice presidents could only classify and declassify documents under certain conditions. In sum, under an Obama-era executive order, vice presidents have the authority to classify and declassify documents — just like presidents.

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Hunter Biden's Lawyer Requests Investigations over Laptop

The letters served as an apparent acknowledgement that the computer in the much-talked-about saga of Hunter Biden's laptop belonged to U.S. President Joe Biden's son. One news headline highlighted this item, and read, "Hunter Biden finally admits infamous laptop is his as he pleads for criminal probe." The Associated Press reported that the requests for the investigations were happening as Hunter Biden faced a DOJ investigation of his own involving tax evasion. The letter cites passages from Mac Isaac's book in which he admitted reviewing private and sensitive material from Biden's laptop, including a file titled "income.pdf." Hunter Biden never consented to any of his personal information being accessed or shared in that manner, his lawyer says.

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Advertisment:On Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 — the day before Election Day 2022 — the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it would be "monitor[ing] polls in 24 states for compliance with federal voting rights laws." Despite the fact that this sort of monitoring occurs during every election, pro-Trump social media users used the announcement to suggest pro-Biden federal interference is occurring at the polls. Andrew Torba, the CEO of the social network Gab, posted the press release suggesting the DOJ's public announcement of vote monitoring was suspicious. These are not "federal agents" or law enforcement officers — they are DOJ attorneys in the civil rights division, as well as lawyers from the Office of Personnel Management. The reality is that federal election monitoring is nothing new or shocking.

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Did Elon Musk Buy Google?

Advertisment:Claim: Elon Musk bought Google. The rumor about Musk buying Google started on Jan. 8 when the user or users behind a YouTube channel named Elon Musk Zone posted a new video with the title, "Elon Musk: 'I OFFICIALLY Bought Google.'" The video began by announcing, "Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has shocked many after he officially bought Google." Join me today in this video where we will explore how Elon Musk has officially bought Google. In your wildest dreams, would you have ever thought that Elon Musk could buy the world's largest search-engine company, Google?

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Why Do Milk Jugs Have Circle Indentations?

Advertisment:The existence of circle indents on plastic milk containers is a recurring source of internet speculation. In July 2021, as another example, USA Today covered a viral Facebook claim about those circular indentations. Indentations Cannot Be Related to Milk ExpirationThe assertion that plastic milk container indents "pop" when milk expires relies on the flawed assumption that the process of milk spoilage produces gas. Indentations Provide Structural Support While Lowering Production CostsPlastic milk containers are created by blowing plastic resin into a mold. This quick flexibility is significant, USA Today explained, "because if jugs shrink too much, milk could overflow, but if jugs are too large, they will appear underfilled, even though the amount of milk is the same."

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