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2024-12-04 06:34:59 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E848DB71A10D211C7BC9CC031153C01CD56F146C772D005AAC3C220FBCA8ECBC
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A screenshot purporting to show a (BBC) website with a headline reading: “Tom Hanks Arrested on 135 Counts of Child Porn Possession” was digitally manipulated. The BBC confirmed it did not publish the story in 2021, recycled old fake news fact checked multiple times https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/the-bbc-did-not-publish-false-story-on-tom-hanks-arrest-idUSL1N2PG20A/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bbc-tom-hanks-arrested-child-porn-hoax/ https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-image-bbc-report-tom-hanks-abuse-allegations-1763230
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