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Posts misuse Australian news report to misrepresent Labor Party election promise


Published on 2025-04-25 04:31:29 - AFP
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  • Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government has not promised to include gender reassignment surgery and puberty blockers for minors in the country's national health insurance scheme, contrary to claims shared on social media ahead of the May 3 elections. The posts misrepresent an article in The Guardian about the ruling Labor Party pledging to train healthcare workers to make gender-affirming care more accessible and safe for gay, lesbian and gender-diverse Australians if re-elected.

The article from Yahoo News discusses how social media posts have misused a report from an Australian news outlet, 9News, to falsely claim that a video showed a "giant" or "Bigfoot" in a forest. The original 9News report actually covered a story about a man who got lost in the Blue Mountains and was found after three days. The misleading posts cropped the video to focus on a blurred figure in the background, suggesting it was a mysterious creature. However, the full context of the video and the news report clearly indicate that the figure was just another person in the search party. This incident highlights the ease with which misinformation can spread on social media platforms.

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