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2024-12-05 10:55:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 85E9C398E90079BC7C8BD0556FC8CEAF780806DFC39A610FA2AB999DB9520BA6
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More disinformation. The hoax was that Haitians were eating pets and they used this case as “proof”. The woman, Allexis Ferrell is a native-born United States citizen and resides in Canton, Ohio, over 170 miles away from Springfield, where the hoax was based. https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/ohio-woman-who-sparked-election-disinformation-after-eating-a-cat-is-sentenced-b2658296.html
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