Presented by Kate Wilkinson and Paul McNallyProduced by Volume and Africa Check

This week on “What’s Crap on WhatsApp?” we investigated three viral messages! 1. A widely shared video shows two people with a syringe and a piece of paper with four barcode stickers. They say that South Africans will have ID chips inserted in their hands. But this is false:https://africacheck.org/spot-check/no-rfid-tag-for-lost-animals-not-your-new-injectable-id-number/2. A screenshot of a social media post claims that mouth swabs should be used to test for Covid-19. But nasal swabs are currently more effective:https://africacheck.org/fbcheck/saliva-tests-for-covid-19-exist-but-less-accurate-than-nasal-tests/3. A message circulating on WhatsAppA says a “Covid-19 sensor” has been “secretly” inserted into every phone. This is crap! Find out more: https://africacheck.org/fbcheck/google-and-apples-covid-19-notification-technology-no-secret/