Did a photographer capture a scene showing a group of people gathered to march who were carrying Nazi, Confederate and Israeli flags? No, that's not true: This photo has been edited to add the flag of Israel. The original photo was taken
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 2024 Solar Eclipse — It’s From 2017 Eclipse
Does a viral image on social media show the 2024 solar eclipse? No, that's not true: The photo appeared online almost seven years before the April 9, 2024, solar event. It was taken by an astrophotographer who captured the previous eclips
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – This photo doesn’t show the Smokehouse Creek fire in Texas; it was posted in 2017
Photo shows the Smokehouse Creek fire in Texas.
Full Fact→ Image of babies in incubator in Gaza is from 2017
The photo has been shared alongside a caption implying it was taken during the current conflict.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Tell Widow Of Soldier ‘He Knew What He Signed Up For’ in January 2024 — Supposed Similar Quote Goes Back To 2017 When Trump Was President
Did the president of the United States "just" tell a widow of a soldier in January 2024 that "he knew what he signed up for"? No, that's not true: This quote has been traced back to 2017, when Donald Trump was the president of the United
Logically→ Image from 2017 anti-corruption raid in Nigeria falsely shared as smuggled goods in aid trucks heading to Gaza
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Man Entering Store Empty Of Shoppers On Black Friday Was NOT In Biden’s Economy — This Was UK In 2017
Was a Black Friday video of a lone man entering a store empty of shoppers taken in the U.S. in 2023, reflecting the U.S. economy under President Joe Biden? No, that's not true: This video was shot in the United Kingdom in November 2017. A
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, esta imagen no muestra terremoto en Filipinas, es del 2017
Imagen muestra "potente terremoto … en medio de una tormenta solar" en Filipinas.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Black Friday a bust under Biden? No, video of lone shopper is from London in 2017
Video shows Black Friday shoppers “in Biden’s thriving economy.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US National Debt Was NOT Paid Off In 2017 — Last Time Was 1835
Does a viral video show proof that the U.S. national debt was paid off in 2017? No, that's not true: The U.S. Treasury website shows the current U.S. national debt, which is about $33.7 trillion, a number accepted by U.S. financial market
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Swastika On Door Of Stabbed Jewish Woman In France In 2023 — It’s From The US In 2017
Does an image shared on social media document a 2023 attack on a French Jewish woman in her home during this year's escalation of Israeli-Palestinian tensions in the Middle East? No, that's not true: The photo predates the 2023 Hamas-Isra
Logically→ 2017 video misrepresented as recent attack by Houthis on U.S. Navy destroyer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Palestinians Are Faking Injuries In October 2023 Hamas-Israel Conflict — It Shows A Makeup Artist In A 2017 Documentary
Does a video prove Palestinians are faking injuries in the October 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: The footage shown is from a 2017 documentary about film production in Gaza. The people appearing to be bloody are showcasi
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video doesn’t show Palestinian crisis actors. It’s from a 2017 film project
Video shows crisis actors in Palestine “working overtime to fool the world” during the current Israel-Hamas war.
Logically→ Filmgoer’s criticism of 2017 Shah Rukh Khan movie passed off as Jawan’s review
Logically→ ২০১৭ চনৰ ভিডিঅ’ পশ্চিমবংগত ‘ৰোহিংগীয়াই হিন্দু মহিলাক বন্দী কৰা’ বুলি মিছাকৈ শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence North Korea is evacuating its capital. Claim stems from unconfirmed 2017 report
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “just ordered the evacuation of the capital city.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – ‘Breaking’ news about U.S. Navy destroyer firing at Iranian ship is from 2017
U.S. destroyer recently fired at an armed Iranian ship.
Logically→ Video from 2017 falsely shared as ‘Rohingyas capturing Hindu women’ in West Bengal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show A ‘Recently Unveiled’ Oxford Statue — It Has Been In The Hague Since 2017
Does a photo show a sculpture named "Woman of our times" in Oxford, UK? No, that's not true: The artwork, which has a different name, has been displayed on streets of The Hague, Netherlands, since 2017. There is no evidence that it was re
Logically→ Claim that no riots took place in Uttar Pradesh since Yogi Adityanath became CM in 2017 is not backed by data
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Photos Do NOT Disprove Rising Sea Levels In New York Between 1898 And 2017
Do the photos in a post that purportedly depict the Statue of Liberty in 1898 and 2017 prove that sea levels aren't rising? No, that's not true: Without detailed information about tides and sea conditions at the moment each photo was take
Full Fact→ Dog supposedly hit by a car in south London actually died in the US in 2017
A Facebook post features an image of a dog that was fatally injured in Newport News, Virginia.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Photo from 2017 used in false post alleging a recent New York bombing
"New York is bombed. At this moment, there are many injured.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video of Elon Musk uses 2017 interview about the future of transportation
Video shows Elon Musk talking about what “every failed leader” he met had in common.
PolitiFact→ Peggy Hubbard – At least three Martha’s Vineyard towns adopted sanctuary policies in 2017
Martha's Vineyard declared itself as a sanctuary city until the buses arrived.
PolitiFact→ Democratic Party of Wisconsin – Yes, a tax break Ron Johnson pushed for in 2017 has benefited America’s wealthiest more
"The tax carve out (Ron) Johnson spearheaded overwhelmingly benefited the wealthiest, over small businesses."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Protesters Did NOT Chant ‘Lock Her Up’ At Speaker Nancy Pelosi At 2017 Press Conference
Did protesters shout "Lock her up!" when confronting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the Congress floor? No, that's not true: This interaction took place between pro-immigration protesters and Pelosi at a press conference in San Francisco o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Mass Shootings DID Increase More Than 90% From 2017
Did mass shootings in the United States increase more than 90 percent from 2017? Yes, that's true: While there are various definitions for what is considered a mass shooting, the Gun Violence Archive recorded a 98.9 percent increase in ma
Full Fact→ There were not 65,000 flu deaths in the winter of 2017/18
A video on Facebook claims that 65,000 people in the UK died “of the winter flu” during the two-month period of December 2017 and January 2018. This isn’t correct. The total number of flu deaths can be difficult to count, but the best
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Donald Trump, not Elon Musk, was topic of discussion in 2017 MSNBC video
MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski said, “Elon Musk is trying to control how people think. That’s our job.”
Snopes→ Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Case over 2017 Hit ‘Shape of You’
The British pop star and his co-writers had denied allegations that the song copied part of 2015's “Oh Why” by Sami Chokri.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukrainian Soldiers Leaving Their Wives For War In 2022 – It’s From 2017 Documentary
Does a video show Ukrainian soldiers leaving their wives for war in 2022? No, that's not true: The footage is from a 2017 Ukrainian documentary film titled, "The War of Chimeras." The claim appeared as a video (archived here) on Facebook
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Footage Of Train Carrying Tanks Is NOT Headed To Ukraine — Shows California In 2017
Does this video show a train carrying tanks to Ukraine? No, that's not true: This train was filmed from several locations as it was crossing through the Tehachapi Mountains in California on April 22, 2017. The video was originally posted
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social posts mislead by sharing 2017 movie clip of Ukrainian soldiers saying goodbye to loved ones
Video shows Ukrainian soldiers saying goodbye to loved ones amid Russia’s 2022 invasion.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Qantas CEO was pied in the face in 2017, not related to COVID-19 mandates
“Airline CEO gets pied for forcing vaccinations”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Liberty To Preach Gospel’ Was NOT Just Granted In Ukraine — Miscaptioned 2017 Photo
Did the president of Ukraine recently make it legal to preach the Gospel and did a crowd of hundreds of thousands gather to celebrate? No, that's not true: This photo shows a Ukrainian Thanksgiving celebration that took place on Khreshcha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Mass Romanian Resistance Against Vaccination — It’s From 2017 Anti-Corruption Protests
Did the Romanian government close all vaccine centers because 70% of "epic" resistance from citizens? No, that's not true: The claim offers as proof a video taken at a 2017 political protest in Bucharest that had nothing to do with the vi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Mixing False Swine Flu Prophecy With Inaccuracies About 2017 Oklahoma Law Does NOT Document COVID-19 Mandates
Does a 2017 Oklahoma state law pave the way for vaccination mandates and are there plans to sort people at roadblocks, fit them with tracking chip bracelets and send the unvaccinated to FEMA camps? No, that's not true: This video is made
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Giant U-Shaped Skyscraper Is Not Real — It’s Just A Proposed Design From 2017
Is there a giant U-shaped skyscraper in New York that is so big a plane can easily fly between its uprights? No, that's not true: This image of a large building in Manhattan is just an architectural design for a proposed building that had