Daily Maverick

Daily Maverick · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · Aug 08, 2026 · 2908 words · By Daily Maverick

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 23 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Cookie duration: 180 (days).”

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The evidence provided contains general definitions of cookies and how to clear them. There is no evidence regarding a specific cookie duration of 180 days.

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web search NEUTRAL — Websites use HTTP cookies to streamline your web experiences. Without cookies, you’d have to login every time you leave a site or rebuild your shopping cart if you accidentally closed the page. Making…
https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/cookie…

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web search NEUTRAL — How to Clear Cookies for a Specific Site – Chrome/Firefox/Safari/Opera.
https://www.lifewire.com/clear-cookies-for-one-site-4587347

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web search NEUTRAL — 2. What are cookies? A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device.
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Claim 2: “Cookie duration: 395 (days).”

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The evidence provided consists of general guides on how to clear cookies and cache. There is no evidence regarding a specific cookie duration of 395 days.

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web search NEUTRAL — Want to clear the cookies and cache for one site in Google Chrome? Here are multiple ways to achieve that on desktop and mobile.Open Chrome, visit the site, click the lock icon next to the URL, select…
https://www.guidingtech.com/clear-chrome-cookies-cache-one-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — HTTP cookies, or internet cookies, are built specifically for web browsers to track, personalize and save information about each user’s session. A “session” is the word used to define the amount of ti…
https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/cookie…

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web search NEUTRAL — How to Clear Cookies for a Specific Site – Chrome/Firefox/Safari/Opera.
https://www.lifewire.com/clear-cookies-for-one-site-4587347

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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.”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

The evidence provided contains general definitions of websites and unrelated Wikipedia entries for the number 500 and the Indy 500. There is no evidence regarding a website's use of precise geolocation data within 500 metres.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are many $500 banknotes, bills or coins, including: Nicaraguan five hundred-cordoba note One of the withdrawn Canadian banknotes One of the banknotes of the Hong Kong dollar One of the banknote…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$500

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 500 may refer to: 500 (number) 500 BC AD 500
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Indianapolis 500, commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an automobile race held annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_500

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Claim 4: “Your personal data will be processed and information from your device (cookies, unique identifiers, and other device data) may be stored by, accessed by and shared with 211 partners, or used specifically by this site.”

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The evidence provided consists of general information about '211' as a community service, a movie, and a military squadron, as well as unrelated data sharing reports about Grindr. There is no evidence confirming that a specific website shares data with '211 partners'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 211 AD is a year of the Common Era. 211 may also refer to: 211 (number) 211 BC, a year Before the Common Era
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/211_(disambiguation)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 211 (released in some territories as Code 211 or The Bank Heist) is a 2018 American crime action film directed by York Shackleton and written by John Rebus, based on a screenplay by Shackleton. The fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/211_(film)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) is a United States Marine Corps fighter attack squadron, currently consisting of F-35B Lightning II stealth STOVL strike fighter jets. Known as the "Wake …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMFA-211

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Claim 5: “Cookie duration: 730 (days).”

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Claim 6: “Cookie duration: 1827 (days).”

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Claim 7: “Cookie duration: 1830 (days).”

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Claim 8: “Cookie duration: 3650 (days).”

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Claim 9: “Cookie duration: 274 (days).”

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Claim 10: “Cookie duration: 393 (days).”

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Claim 11: “Cookie duration: 365 (days).”

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The evidence provided contains general information about cookies, a movie titled '365 Days', and Microsoft 365. There is no evidence confirming a cookie duration of 365 days for the site in question.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In finance, a day count convention determines how interest accrues over time for a variety of investments, including bonds, notes, loans, mortgages, medium-term notes, swaps, and forward rate agreemen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_count_convention

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Microsoft 365 (previously called Office 365) is a product family of productivity software, collaboration and cloud-based services owned by Microsoft. It encompasses online services such as Outlook.com…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_365

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Microsoft Copilot is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Microsoft AI, a division of Microsoft. Based on the Microsoft Prometheus large language model, it was launched in 2023 as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Copilot

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Claim 12: “Cookie duration: 90 (days).”

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The evidence provided contains dictionary definitions of the word 'certain' and unrelated song titles. There is no evidence regarding cookie durations of 90 days for any specific site.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "A Certain Romance" is a song by English rock band Arctic Monkeys written by frontman Alex Turner. It is a re-recorded version of a 2004 demo, and serves as the closing track of their 2006 debut studi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Certain_Romance

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Got to Be Certain" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue from her debut studio album, Kylie (1988). Written and produced by English songwriting and record production trio Stock Aitken Waterman…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got_to_Be_Certain

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Middle Fork Kentucky River is a river in Kentucky in the United States. It is a fork of the Kentucky River that it joins just upstream of Beattyville. It is approximately 85 miles (137 km) long. It ri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Fork_Kentucky_River

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Claim 13: “Cookie duration: 400 (days).”

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The evidence provided consists of general guides on how to clear cookies and cache. There is no evidence regarding a specific cookie duration of 400 days.

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web search NEUTRAL — How to Clear Cookies for a Specific Site – Chrome/Firefox/Safari/Opera.
https://www.lifewire.com/clear-cookies-for-one-site-4587347

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Claim 14: “Cookie duration: 720 (days).”

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Claim 15: “Cookie duration: 396 (days).”

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Claim 16: “Cookie duration: 21 (days).”

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Claim 17: “Cookie duration: 366 (days).”

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Claim 18: “Cookie duration: 750 (days).”

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Claim 19: “Cookie duration: 183 (days).”

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Claim 20: “Cookie duration: 30 (days).”

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Claim 21: “Cookie duration: 390 (days).”

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Claim 22: “Cookie duration: 1825 (days).”

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The evidence provided contains general cookie information and unrelated historical references to the year 1825. There is no evidence confirming a cookie duration of 1825 days.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brontës () were a 19th-century literary family, born in the village of Thornton and later associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Born to Patrick Brontë, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontë_family

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Crimes Act of 1825 (also known as the Federal Criminal Code of 1825), formally titled An Act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for oth…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_Act_of_1825

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of acts of the Parliament of New South Wales for the year 1825.
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Claim 23: “Cookie duration: 3653 (days).”

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