Did You Get Lost?

Nypost · Aug 22, 2026 · 1689 words

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Propaganda risk 0%

Claims checked 11

Techniques found 0

Topics 0

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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Common ground

Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that 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?
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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 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “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 claim comes exclusively from 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/2026/08/15/us-news/congress-squad-could-g…

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Claim 2: “They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.”

SINGLE SOURCE

All provided evidence for this claim comes exclusively from Nypost.

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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/2026/08/17/betting/draftkings-predictions…

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Claim 3: “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 sources: Nypost and Datacentremagazine. (Wikipedia results provided were irrelevant).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Falling Man is a photograph taken by Associated Press photographer Richard Drew of an unidentified man falling from the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks in New York City, United …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falling_Man

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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 is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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Claim 4: “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 exclusively from 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/2026/08/05/world-news/iranian-protesters-…

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

VERIFIED

The claim is corroborated by Nypost and strongly supported by Wikipedia entries explaining the function of Google Analytics and web analytics in general.

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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 — Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of web data to understand and optimize web usage. Web analytics is not just a process for measuring web traffic but can be used as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_analytics

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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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Claim 8: “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 multiple cross-references, they all originate from a single source (Nypost). No other independent organization is 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/2026/08/17/betting/draftkings-predictions…

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Claim 9: “All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.”

CORROBORATED

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

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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://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/2026/08/17/betting/draftkings-predictions…

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Claim 10: “These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners.”

CORROBORATED

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

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

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cross reference SUPPORTS — These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/world-news/iranian-protesters-…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners.
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/meet-the-speakers-the-nat…

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Claim 11: “These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.”

CORROBORATED

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

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cross reference SUPPORTS — These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/17/betting/draftkings-predictions…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — These cookies [strictly necessary] are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/14/opinion/loser-leftists-dont-ch…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/us-news/congress-squad-could-g…

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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.