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Claim: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. (South West News Service, 2020-04-24)
Evidence (2020-04-25): Animal rights activists are saying that black cats are being killed and turned into a paste before being sold as a coronavirus cure in Vietnam. Fake news was spread in the country that the black cat paste could cure the coronavirus. Disturbing images are also circulating showing the cats being ground before being packed in containers to be sold. The gruesome and barbaric practice is centered around the city of Hanoi, but the concoction also is being sold online, the local news outlet reported. NEW VICTIMS OF COVID-19: BLACK CATS IN VIETNAM After new ridiculous claims that the boiled carcasses of black cats,turned into a paste can prevent or cure covid-19,black cats mortality in Vietnam is rapidly soaring The useless black cat concoction is sold in the city of Hanoi pic.twitter.com/FOaAfhhYFO — Roberto Cardella (@Robert0Guiscard) April 24, 2020 One stomach-churning image purportedly shows the mixture being fed to a baby. Horrific video obtained by the group shows rows of dead cats drying in the sun after being slaughtered, as well as a live cat being boiled.
Claim: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. (South West News Service, 2020-04-24)
Evidence (2020-04-24): Animal rights activists are saying that black cats are being killed and turned into a paste before being sold as a coronavirus cure in Vietnam. Fake news was spread in the country that the black cat paste could cure the coronavirus. Disturbing images are also circulating showing the cats being ground before being packed in containers to be sold. The No to Dog Meat charity reportedly talked to the media about the abominable practice in Vietnam. Reports suggested that the fake medicine was largely seen in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. Horrific images obtained by the charity show dead skinned cats being kept in the sun and other cats being killed and turned into paste.
Claim: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. (South West News Service, 2020-04-24)
Evidence (2023-01-13): Explanation: Cat meat is consumed in Vietnam, but there is no evidence of widespread killing and consuming of black cats as a treatment for COVID-19. The news service that first published a story on the claim withdrew its story after questions were raised about how widespread any such practice is.
Claim: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. (South West News Service, 2020-04-24)
Evidence (2020-04-24): Black Cats Killed En Masse In Vietnam According to reports by animal rights activists, black cats are being subjected to atrocious cruelties in Vietnam. They are being skinned, boiled, and cooked to prepare a paste that is being fed to people as a remedy to keep COVID-19 in check. For decades, Vietnam has been under the radar of organizations dealing with illegal wildlife trade. The widespread belief in traditional medicines that often use body parts of animals keeps the trade alive in the country. Now, in addition to wildlife, black cats are also victims of this belief system. Charity "No to Dog Meat" says that the practice of using black cat paste as a COVID-19 remedy is centered in Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, but bottles of the purported cure are being sold online as well. Footages showing the killing of black cats in Vietnam will give nightmares to any sentient person. Campaigners have captured the horrendous images of rows of dead black cats left to dry in the sun. One heart-wrenching video shows boiling water being poured on a live black cat placed in a cooking pot.
Claim: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. (South West News Service, 2020-04-24)
Evidence (2020-04-24): Black Cats Are Boiled Into Paste And Sold As Coronavirus Remedy In Vietnam Black cats are being killed and boiled into a paste in Vietnam amid rumours claiming that their ground-up bodies can cure coronavirus. According to an animal rights charity organization, No To Dog Meat, black cats are being boiled, skinned, cooked then turned into a paste. The charity says the practice is centred around the capital Hanoi but packaged in containers to be sold online.
Claim: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. (South West News Service, 2020-04-24)
Evidence (2023-12-11): An estimated one million cats a year are killed for meat in Viet Nam, all stolen pets and strays snatched from the streets. Traders use food baits to lure the cats into homemade spring-loaded snares. Polls show that an astonishing 87% of people have either had a pet stolen or have an acquaintance whose pet has been stolen. Pet theft is becoming a growing societal issue in Viet Nam, with the increasing animal-loving and pet owning population frustrated with the lack of law enforcement to protect their animals from unscrupulous thieves and traders. In addition to pet theft, truckloads of both live and slaughtered cats have also been reported coming across the China border. Cats (and dogs) are frequently trafficked incredible distances across Viet Nam, even in the baggage hold of passenger buses, often travelling for more than 24hours without rest, food or water in suffocating conditions, with many dying along the way.
Claim: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. (South West News Service, 2020-04-24)
Evidence (2020-10-07): Right now, pet and community cats are being captured, tortured, brutally killed, and sold for human consumption in many parts of Asia.
Claim: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. (South West News Service, 2020-04-24)
Evidence (2020-04-24): It’s very bad luck to be a black cat in Vietnam, where the poor animals are being killed and eaten amid rumors their ground-up bodies can treat the coronavirus, animal rights activists said. The No to Dog Meat charity said the black felines are boiled, skinned and cooked before being turned into paste and sold as medicine to fight COVID-19, according to South West News Service. [...] "In Vietnam and Indonesia, the practice of eating dogs and cats and exotic wildlife is still highly prevalent. Traders have been promoting ‘exotic’ meats as a cure to coronavirus."
Claim: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. (South West News Service, 2020-04-24)
Evidence (2023-11-21): According to FOUR PAWS and Change For Animals Foundation, over one million cats are killed for their meat every year, part of a nationwide cruel and hidden trade 12 August 2020 – While the trade and consumption of dog meat in Asia is increasingly being discussed in public, the equally brutal cat meat trade is still relatively unknown. Global animal welfare organisations FOUR PAWS and Change For Animals Foundation have now released the findings of their nationwide investigations into the country’s illicit cat meat trade, exposing the true extent of the hidden trade: In Vietnam alone, an estimated one million cats every year – including strays and pets – are stolen from the streets and even from people’s homes, trafficked across the country and brutally slaughtered. Locally known as 'Little Tiger', whilst once centered in Northern provinces, the dish is spreading in popularity nationwide despite increasing pet ownership. The trade is not only a threat to animal welfare but also to human health with the risk of rabies and zoonotic diseases.
Claim: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. (South West News Service, 2020-04-24)
Evidence (2024-09-03): August 12, 2020 – While the trade and consumption of dog meat in Asia is increasingly being discussed in public, the equally brutal cat meat trade is still relatively unknown. Global animal welfare organizations FOUR PAWS and Change For Animals Foundation have now released the findings from their investigations into the country’s illicit cat meat trade, exposing the true extent of the hidden trade. In Vietnam alone, an estimated one million cats every year – including strays and pets – are stolen from the streets and even from people’s homes, trafficked across the country and brutally slaughtered. [...] In contrast to the local dog meat trade, the hunting, slaughtering and consumption of cats was explicitly illegal in Vietnam until January 2020. However, the law has been revoked and there is now more demand than ever for cat meat. This is particularly true in the north of the country, but its popularity is also spreading to other parts of Vietnam as far south as Ho Chi Minh City. The investigations by FOUR PAWS and Change For Animals Foundation identified Hanoi and the Thai Binh province as Vietnam's cat meat hotspots, with their large networks of hundreds of restaurants, holding areas and slaughterhouses. To meet the increasing demand, free roaming stray and pet cats are captured and sold alive to wholesalers or directly to restaurants for slaughtering. According to the organizations, there are no farms in Vietnam where cats are bred specifically for the meat trade.
Claim: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. (South West News Service, 2020-04-24)
Evidence (2020-04-24): Black cats are being killed & eaten in Vietnam after fake news spreads that their ground up bodies cure coronavirus BLACK cats are being killed and eaten in Vietnam after fakes news spread claiming grounding up their bodies could cure coronavirus. [...] "In Vietnam and Indonesia, the practice of eating dogs and cats and exotic wildlife is still highly prevalent. Traders have been promoting ' exotic' meats as a cure to coronavirus."
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2021-02-01): Dominion Voting Systems technology has never been used in Myanmar, according to the company. Voters in Myanmar used paper ballots. We found no evidence to support this claim.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2021-02-03): Now, similar assertions are being made on social media that military leaders in Myanmar arrested Suu Kyi and other political leaders for election fraud and that Dominion Voting Systems were used in the country's parliamentary election in November. [...] However, there is no evidence to back this claim. Fact-checking website Snopes also confirmed that Dominion Voting Systems were not used in Myanmar during the election process. [...] Another fact-checking website, Politifact, also reached out to Dominion for a statement and a spokesperson for the company categorically denied the claims. "This is a completely false claim. Dominion systems have never been used in Myanmar at any time," the spokesperson said.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2020-11-17): Dominion Voting Systems has released a statement saying: "Claims about Dominion switching or deleting votes are 100% false." Trump: "Radical Left owned Dominion Voting Systems." [...] Dominion Voting has released a statement saying it is a non-partisan US company and has no company ownership relationships with any member of the Pelosi family or the Clinton Global Initiative.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2018-05-10): Claims about hacked Dominion Voting Systems machines even extended to Myanmar’s election, although those rumours were even more quickly debunked – the country used an entirely paper-based voting system. But in Myanmar too, smarter use of technology in elections could minimise the (already tenuous) grounds on which its military challenged the outcome. Tackling messy voter registration rolls using smart phones would be a valuable improvement to election credibility, and give Myanmar’s electoral commission a stronger basis on which to reject claims of fraud. Over 80% of Myanmar’s population has access to a smartphone (not far behind Australia, at 90%), meaning most households could confirm or update their voting details via an app in advance of election day. This would allow authorities to easily remove duplicate entries and the names of those who have died from the electoral roll before election day.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2024-10-03): Dominion Voting Systems Corporation is a North American[2] company that produces and sells electronic voting hardware and software, including voting machines and tabulators, in Canada and the United States.[3] The company's headquarters are in Toronto, Ontario, where it was founded, and Denver, Colorado.[4] It develops software in offices in the United States, Canada, and Serbia.[5] Dominion produces electronic voting machines, which allow voters to cast their votes electronically, and optical scanning devices used to tabulate paper ballots.[6][7] Dominion voting machines have been used in countries around the world, primarily in Canada and the United States. Dominion systems are employed in Canada's major party leadership elections, and across the nation in local and municipal elections. [...] Company [edit]Dominion Voting Systems Corporation was founded in 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by John Poulos and James Hoover,[27] and was incorporated on January 14, 2003.[28] The company develops proprietary software in-house and sells electronic voting hardware and software, including voting machines and tabulators, in the U.S. and Canada and employs a development team in its Serbian office.[5] The company maintains headquarters in Toronto and in Denver, Colorado.[4] Its name derives from the Dominion Elections Act.[29][30] [...] - ^ a b "Dominion Voting Systems". Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2024-10-04): Republicans have continued to claim without proof that Dominion voting systems were exploited in previous elections, resulting in mass manipulation and vote-flipping by a nefarious actor.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2023-12-05): They have not been charged. Among the 22 people who signed the letter to the federal agencies was Douglas W. Jones, a computer scientist who said the effects of the various breaches were not limited to the local election offices where they occurred because the voting system software involved is used by many offices across the country. The letter says those involved accessed equipment made by two of the leading manufacturers, Dominion Voting Systems and Election Systems & Software. "In 2024, no matter which way the election goes, election deniers on one side or the other could easily grasp on the breaches following the 2020 election and suggest that those breaches allowed the 2024 results to be cooked," he said. Election technology expert Kevin Skoglund, who also signed the letter, said a federal probe was necessary because many of those involved have not been investigated or been asked to give up their copies of the election software. "Every software copy that is reclaimed reduces the risks of further distribution, disinformation and harm to the security of future elections," Skoglund said.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2021-04-30): CLAIM: Myanmar used the election technology firm Dominion Voting Systems for its recent elections. [...] "Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems," read a Facebook post on Monday shared hundreds of times. [...] Any claims about Dominion in Myanmar’s elections are also false, because the company has no relationship with Myanmar whatsoever, Fratto confirmed to the AP.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2021-02-03): Social media posts falsely claim that the November election in Myanmar was conducted using Dominion Voting Systems, the company that was the focus of bogus theories about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The company said its systems aren’t used in Myanmar, and there’s no indication that the country uses any voting machines. [...] "The White House is freaking out after Myanmar Military arrests political leaders for Election Fraud in their November 8 elections. Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems," a Facebook post reads. The post included a 2012 photo of former President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meeting with Suu Kyi. [...] There is also no evidence that Myanmar used technology from Smartmatic, another election systems company that was the focus of baseless allegations about vote switching, as we’ve reported. One viral tweet claimed "Myanmar’s Nov election: Used Dominion & Smartmatic" — and seemed to suggest the U.S. should have taken steps similar to Myanmar’s coup.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2021-02-01): No, Myanmar didn’t use Dominion Voting Systems for its election If Your Time is short - Dominion Voting Systems technology has never been used in Myanmar, according to the company. [...] In a statement, a spokesperson for Dominion told PolitiFact: "This is a completely false claim. Dominion systems have never been used in Myanmar at any time."
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2021-02-06): CLAIM: Myanmar used the election technology firm Dominion Voting Systems for its recent elections. THE FACTS: Dominion has never done business in Myanmar, according to a company spokesperson, and the country used paper ballots — not machines — to vote in its November 2020 election. Social media posts making the false claim about Dominion followed a coup on Monday by Myanmar’s military. The military seized power after making unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the country's November elections. It detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won by a landslide, along with other senior politicians. Social media users falsely linked the situation to baseless claims of election fraud from the United States. "Well, well, well: Soros-Dominion machines were used in Myanmar to steal the election for The Lady," said a Facebook post on Tuesday. In fact, voters used only paper ballots to vote in Myanmar’s general elections, according to a 2020 report funded by the European Union. The 28-page report, which detailed the country’s election process, did not mention Dominion or any other electronic voting system. An AP photographer who voted in the Myanmar election confirmed the voting process was entirely manual. AP video of voters casting their ballots and poll workers counting ballots shows no machines were involved. "No machines in Myanmar, no business in Myanmar," said Tony Fratto, a partner with the public relations firm Hamilton Place Strategies, who spoke to The Associated Press on behalf of Dominion.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2021-02-05): CLAIM: Myanmar used the election technology firm Dominion Voting Systems for its recent elections. THE FACTS: Dominion has never done business in Myanmar, according to a company spokesperson, and the country used paper ballots — not machines — to vote in its November 2020 election. [...] Social media users falsely linked the situation to baseless claims of election fraud from the United States. "Well, well, well: Soros-Dominion machines were used in Myanmar to steal the election for The Lady," said a Facebook post on Tuesday. In fact, voters used only paper ballots to vote in Myanmar's general elections, according to a 2020 report funded by the European Union. The 28-page report, which detailed the country's election process, did not mention Dominion or any other electronic voting system. An AP photographer who voted in the Myanmar election confirmed the voting process was entirely manual. AP video of voters casting their ballots and poll workers counting ballots shows no machines were involved. "No machines in Myanmar, no business in Myanmar," said Tony Fratto, a partner with the public relations firm Hamilton Place Strategies, who spoke to The Associated Press on behalf of Dominion.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2021-02-03): Posts Falsely Tie Myanmar Election to Dominion Voting Systems Social media posts falsely claim that the November election in Myanmar was conducted using Dominion Voting Systems, the company that was the focus of bogus theories about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The company said its systems aren’t used in Myanmar, and there’s no indication that the country uses any voting machines.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2020-11-11): Dominion Voting Systems was only used in a few counties that experienced minor problems that were quickly resolved, and were either the result of human error or temporary malfunctions. [...] Dominion Voting Systems, which makes software and hardware for election officials to use around the country, is at the center of baseless claims that say "glitches" from its machines caused mistakes in vote tallies to favor Joe Biden in several states. [...] "No credible reports or evidence of any software issues exist," Dominion says on its website. "While no election is without isolated issues, Dominion Voting Systems are reliably and accurately counting ballots. State and local election authorities have publicly confirmed the integrity of the process."
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2021-02-03): The claim: Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems in fraudulent election [...] Dominion machines were not used in Myanmar’s 2020 election, according to a statement from Dominion Voting Systems issued to USA TODAY. The statement described the claim as "completely false" and noted that the company's machines have never been used in Myanmar. [...] We rate the claim that Dominion Voting Systems was used to commit election fraud in Myanmar FALSE because the voting software was not used in Myanmar's 2020 election. Reports confirm that Myanmar used paper ballots and hand counted votes, which rendered a majority vote that opposed the military-backed candidate. Myanmar's election commission and world leaders hold that the countries election results were authentic.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2021-01-22): Electoral Democracy in Myanmar, 6 August 2019; 155, Building a Better Future for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh, 25 April 2019; 154, A New Dimension of Violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, 24 January 2019; 153, Bangladesh-Myanmar: The Danger of Forced Rohingya Repatriation, 12 November 2018; 151, Myanmar’s Stalled Transition, 28 August 2018; 149, Myanmar’s Peace Process: Getting to a Political Dialogue, 19 October 2016; and 147, The Myanmar Elections: Results and Implications, 9 December 2015; and Richard Horsey, "Myanmar at the International Court of Justice", Crisis Group Commentary, 10 December 2019.Hide FootnoteFollowing independence from the British in 1948, many of the conflicts were ideological in nature – with a number of political factions taking up arms on behalf of different socialist and communist visions for the country’s future.
Claim: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” (Facebook posts, 2021-02-01)
Evidence (2015-11-12): Critics, however, point to the military’s engineering of the electoral system to weight it in its favor and say that shows the reform process in Myanmar is not as clear a triumph as Clinton might like to portray it.