Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
CBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
5
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Robot controlled by 2 men gropes teen girl in Germany.
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Robot → control → Germany
Police call it 'new territory'
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Police → call → it
Robot's owner, 16, and friend, 19, reportedly filmed alleged assault
German authorities opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment after a robot controlled by two young men touched the buttocks of a 16-year-old girl and made thrusting movements toward her, police said.
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police → film → her
Police in the western city of Cologne responded after the incident overnight Saturday to Sunday in which the robot’s suspected 16-year-old owner and a 19-year-old companion were said to have filmed the alleged assault.
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owner → respond → assault
They were said to have streamed the incident and commentated on it online.
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They → say → it
Cologne police spokesman Christoph Bermel said the two male teenagers have not been charged but are considered suspects, and investigators were examining whether the robot’s movements were pre-programmed or controlled in real time.
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movements → say → time
Police were unfamiliar with this type of incident, he said.
"We have not been aware of this phenomenon so far," Bermel told The Associated Press, saying it was "new territory for us."
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Emergency teams that were dispatched to the scene near a fast-food restaurant found the robot in the trunk of a vehicle, Cologne police said in a statement on Monday.
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police → say → Monday
The robot and the two young men’s mobile phones were confiscated.
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robot → confiscate → ?
North Rhine Westphalia Police Cologne, on Facebook, posted an image of the red-and-gold robot lying on the ground.
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Cologne → post → ground
The robot, said to be almost four feet tall, was dressed in a white tank top, black sweatpants and wearing a gold chain and sunglasses.
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robot → say → chain
It also had what appears to be a fake moustache.
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what → have → ?
Videos circulated on the internet show two young men escorting the robot toward a group of women, bumping into one and hugging others, on a lively nighttime street.
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men → circulate → street
One of the men repeatedly shouts at the robot and pulls it backward after it makes sexual gestures, prompting laughter among people in the area.
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it → shout → area
On the police’s Facebook account on Tuesday, officers criticized inappropriate comments and warned that sharing or joking about such incidents can worsen the impact on any victim.
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sharing → criticize → victim
The Aporia
