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Folha de S.PauloEconomy & business

Vídeo que supostamente noticia a criação de um programa do governo federal chamado “Ceia para Todos”. O programa promoveria descontos de até 90% na compra de produtos para a ceia de Natal em parceria com a Seara.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerned a video announcing that Brazil’s federal government had created “Ceia para Todos” with Seara, supposedly offering discounts of up to 90% on Christmas-dinner products. The investigation found that no such program had been created: the video used footage from a Jornal da Globo report about a different subject and combined it with supermarket images from other reports. The original footage was from Jornal da Globo on October 11, 2023, and concerned the repatriation of Brazilians who were in Israel. The review reports that a forensic expert consulted by the investigators found that only the first four seconds of the audio came from that original report; the rest was made using artificial-intelligence software to reproduce the reporter’s voice. The investigators also noted audio edits and visual elements from different broadcasters, including a CNN header over footage that begins with Jornal da Globo presenter Renata Lo Prete. The video directed viewers to click a link and enter their CPF to check whether they qualified. The review says this could lead viewers into scams. Its evidence therefore indicates that the supposed government announcement was fabricated by altering and combining unrelated news material, rather than reporting a real discount program.

Boatos.orgEconomy & business

Importante: PROCON determina venda de celulares de última geração por menos de R$ 179: unidades disponíveis para compra.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim is that Procon ordered Havan, the retailer owned by Luciano Hang, to sell Samsung S22 phones for less than R$179. The review investigates the associated video, which purportedly shows Hang saying Havan had to sell 200 phones after a pricing error. It concludes that the offer and the alleged order were part of a scam, not a genuine Procon decision. The review reports that Havan issued an official statement denying the promotion. The statement said that scammers had used part of an older Hang video and, with artificial intelligence, reproduced a similar-sounding voice. Havan also said customers had gone to its stores looking for the nonexistent offer, and advised them to verify promotions through its official social-media accounts or website. The review traces the video’s opening to a 2018 post in which Hang said he had been summoned by the TRT-SC. It says the later promotional announcement uses an imitated voice; the review notes that Havan attributed the imitation to AI but that it could not independently confirm that detail. It also describes the purported Procon notice as false and says it found no reliable sources reporting such an order. The linked page presented as CNN was described as fake and directed users to an e-commerce site; the review warns that attempting the purchase would result in a loss of money. The article’s headline refers to less than R$179, while its discussion and conclusion describe the advertised price as R$197.

PA MediaEconomy & business

The UK's autumn statement provided the "largest ever tax cut for workers".

Publisher’s rating: Evaluation: Missing context While it is correct to say that this was the largest single decrease to the part of national insurance that workers pay, there have been larger cuts to both national insurance and income tax in the past. The Chancellor’s claim of this being the biggest ever cut for workers is predicated on income tax not just affecting workers, while national insurance is only paid by people in work. The claim is also based on the cut being to the part of national insurance that workers pay. In the past there have been larger cuts to the part of national insurance paid by employers.