Did You Get Lost?

Nypost · Aug 17, 2026 · 1689 words

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Propaganda risk 0%

Claims checked 12

Techniques found 0

Topics 0

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks?
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Propaganda Score

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Low risk. This article shows minimal use of propaganda techniques.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks.”

SINGLE SOURCE

All provided evidence for this claim comes from a single source (Nypost).

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cross reference SUPPORTS — These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/us-news/congress-squad-could-g…

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Claim 2: “All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.”

CORROBORATED

The claim is reported by multiple independent sources: Datacentremagazine, Nypost, Sustainabilitymag, and Netwerk24.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/join-data-centre-leaders…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/us-news/congress-squad-could-g…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/meet-the-speakers-the-nat…

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Claim 3: “These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.”

PENDING

This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 4: “The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters).”

CORROBORATED

The claim is reported by three independent news organizations: Cnbc, Nypost, and Timeslive.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters).
https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/us-news/congress-squad-could-g…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters).
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/07/30/rolls-royce-cfo-orders…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters).
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/2026-08-04-watch-live-funer…

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Claim 5: “We and our service providers, such as Google Analytics, use analytics cookies to collect information about your use of the website”

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The claim is supported by a cross-reference (Nypost), official Google documentation (web search), and Wikipedia's definition of Google Analytics as a tracking service.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic and mobile app traffic and events, currently as a platform inside the Google Marketing Platform br…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Analytics

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Analytics is the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics. It is used for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data, which also falls under and dir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytics

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Urchin Tracking Module (UTM) parameters are five variants of URL parameters used by marketers to track the effectiveness of online marketing campaigns across traffic sources and publishing media. They…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTM_parameters

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Claim 6: “With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen)”

CORROBORATED

The claim is reported by two independent news organizations: Nypost and Datacentremagazine.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your s…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/world-news/iranian-protesters-…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your s…
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/join-data-centre-leaders…

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Claim 7: “These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.”

PENDING

This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 8: “These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners.”

CORROBORATED

The claim is reported by two independent news organizations: Nypost and Sustainabilitymag.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/us-news/congress-squad-could-g…

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https://nypost.com/2026/08/14/opinion/loser-leftists-dont-ch…

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https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/world-news/iranian-protesters-…

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Claim 9: “They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.”

CORROBORATED

The claim is reported by two independent news organizations: Nypost and Datacentremagazine.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/us-news/congress-squad-could-g…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — They [advertising cookies] do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/14/opinion/loser-leftists-dont-ch…

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Claim 10: “Analytics cookies collect information such as your IP address, type of device, operating system, referring URLs, country information data and time of page visits, and pages visited.”

SINGLE SOURCE

All provided evidence for this specific list of collected data comes from a single source (Nypost).

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Analytics cookies collect information such as your IP address, type of device, operating system, referring URLs, country information data and time of page visits, and pages visited.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/14/opinion/loser-leftists-dont-ch…

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Claim 11: “With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.”

CORROBORATED

The claim is reported by two independent news organizations: Nypost and Datacentremagazine. Wikipedia results provided were irrelevant.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tudors is an historical drama television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime.…
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Claim 12: “Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers, randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other information (e.g. browser type and information, language, screen size, supported technologies etc.) can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each time it connects to an app or to a website”

SINGLE SOURCE

While there are three cross-references, they all originate from the same source (Nypost), meaning there is only one independent organization reporting this specific phrasing.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers, randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other information (e.g. browser type and informatio…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/world-news/iranian-protesters-…

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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.