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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Billboard Is NOT Promoting An Entirely Underground Apartment Complex — It’s Ad For TV Show
Is this an advertisement for an entirely underground apartment building in Los Angeles? No, that's not true: This billboard is a promo for an Apple TV show. The URL seen on the billboard leads to a website that tells readers the TV show h
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Bird flu is not a pandemic, and Bill Gates didn’t say children are being targeted
"The NEXT pandemic is here and children are the target, says Bill Gates.”
Full Fact→ Pfizer hasn’t been fined $2.3 billion for fraud relating to Covid vaccines
An out-of-context video has been liked more than 28,000 times on Instagram.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Connecticut bill won’t protect child sex offenders
A bill in Connecticut that changes the definition for “sexual orientation” would protect “minor attracted persons” from discrimination.
Truth or Fiction?→ Disney ‘Pulls Plug’ on Billion Dollar Florida Campus
On May 18 2023, a flurry of posts about Disney “pulling the plug” on a billion-dollar planned investment began appearing across social media, with popular posts on r/politics and r/LeopardsAteMyFace (twice): Disney Pulls Plug on
Full Fact→ Would a 35% pay uplift for junior doctors cost £1 billion or £2 billion?
A Labour MP quoted BMA figures claiming junior doctor “pay restoration” would cost £1 billion, but the health secretary said it would cost £2 billion.
FactCheck.org→ Post Mischaracterizes GOP Opposition to Oregon Bill on Reproductive Health Care for Minors
Quick Take An Oregon bill that would eliminate parental consent for minors to access reproductive health care, including abortion, has been criticized by conservatives. But a liberal social media post mischaracterizes their opposition by claiming R
Logically→ Posts falsely claim billionaire financier George Soros died of a heart attack
Logically→ Bill Gates’ remarks taken out of context to claim he admitted to injecting GMOs into children
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Pfizer’s $2.3 billion settlement was not related to COVID-19 vaccines
Video shows Pfizer agreed to pay $2.3 billion in a health care fraud settlement involving COVID-19 vaccines.
Logically→ Support Bill HB1169 is not aimed at vaccinating cattle with mRNA jabs
Full Fact→ Fact checkers and leading health organisations urge Government to take health misinformation seriously in Online Safety Bill
Open letter warns that the Online Safety Bill does not offer sufficient protection to prevent a surge of harmful health misinformation
PolitiFact→ Will Cain – Democratic bill doesn’t ban detaining LGBTQ+ immigrants, but sets criteria DHS must meet to do so
Democrats “introduced a bill that would ban detaining gay illegal immigrants.”
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Were Florida lawmakers dancing after passing anti-trans bills? No, social media claims lack context
Florida lawmakers danced “after passing anti-trans legislation.”
Logically→ Dr. Bharat Pankhania is not the CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Ni Apeel es una compañía fundada por Bill Gates, ni vas a enfermar por consumir sus productos
Apeel “es una compañía fundada por Bill Gates que utiliza mono y diglicéridos tóxicos para enfermarte”.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Yes, a Texas bill would give GOP power to call election do-overs in left-leaning Harris County
“Texas Republicans just voted to give a Republican appointee the power to single-handedly CANCEL election results in the state’s largest Democratic county.”
AllSides→ Donald Trump distorts Florida elections bill in attacking Ron DeSantis
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/03/donald-trump/in-attack-on-desantis-trump-distorts-florida-elect/
AllSides→ Republicans Push Back on Democratic Claims of Veterans’ Health Care Cuts in GOP Debt Limit Bill
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/05/republicans-push-back-on-democratic-claims-of-veterans-health-care-cuts-in-gop-debt-limit-bill/
FactCheck.org→ Republicans Push Back on Democratic Claims of Veterans’ Health Care Cuts in GOP Debt Limit Bill
House Republicans narrowly passed a bill late last month that would temporarily suspend or raise the federal debt limit while significantly reducing caps on discretionary spending for the next 10 years. The legislation does not identify which discreti
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Minnesota bill does not create a protected class for child sex offenders
A Minnesota lawmaker introduced a bill that would make it “illegal to discriminate against child rapists.”
FactCheck.org→ Online Claims Misrepresent Washington Bill Aimed at Runaway Transgender Youth
Q: Does a proposed law in Washington state say that the government can take children away from parents who don’t agree to gender transition surgery? A: No. Under the bill, licensed youth shelters no longer have to report the location of a run
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump distorts Florida elections bill in attacking Ron DeSantis
A Florida elections bill “guts everything” “instead of getting tough, and doing what the people want (same day voting, Voter ID, proof of Citizenship, paper ballots, hand count, etc.).”
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Is Nikki Haley right that $500 billion in COVID-19 funding could be rescinded? It’s not that simple
There is “$500 billion of unspent COVID money” that can be rescinded.
PolitiFact→ The battle over the debt limit: What to know after the House GOP passed its bill
This week’s passage of a House bill to raise the debt limit and enact Republican priorities is another milepost along the uncertain road to avoiding national default. Here’s an update on what the debt limit is, why it’s important, and what could
Full Fact→ Suella Braverman did not claim parliamentary expenses to pay her parents’ utility bills
The claims related to her London home and were within the rules governing such payments.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Is Israel banning Christianity? No, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to block bill
Israel is banning Christianity.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘lol CRYBABIES’ Billboard Is NOT A Real Bud Light Promotion — Edited Video Hoax
Did Bud Light introduce a new "lol CRYBABIES" billboard campaign as a response to recent backlash over the brand's association with transgender social media personality Dylan Mulvaney? No, that's not true: This is not a real ad campaign f
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bill Gates is not poisoning your produce with Apeel
Bill Gates is coating your organic produce with a “dangerous chemical.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Would the RESTRICT Act criminalize the use of VPNs? Here’s what to know about the bill
The RESTRICT Act would allow the U.S. government to “charge you with a felony and $1 million for having a VPN.”
Logically→ Video showing donation billboard in Milan featuring Zelenskyy ‘snorting’ money is fake
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Washington State Bill Does NOT Allow ‘Government To Take Minor Children Away From Parents If They Refuse To Agree To Gender Transition Surgery’
Does a bill passed by the Washington State Legislature allow the "government to take minor children away" from their parents if "they refuse to agree to gender transition surgery"? No, that's not true: The legislation has no provision for
Truth or Fiction?→ Proposed Bill Would ‘Fine Texans for Multiple Environmental Complaints’ That Don’t Result in ‘Enforcement’
On April 17 2023, posts about purported proposed environmental legislation in Texas circulated on social media: A bill proposed in TX would allow TCEQ to fine *residents* for complaining too much about facilities that pollute their air/water/land. E
Full Fact→ No evidence Bill Gates talked about putting ‘vaccines in our food supply’
There’s no record of him tweeting it and his foundation says he never did.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines didn’t cause injuries and disabilities that cost the economy billions of dollars; vaccines benefited the economy
REVIEW Deployment of COVID-19 vaccines began in December 2020 in several countries. However, groups opposing COVID-19 vaccination continue to claim that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for health and have negatively impacted society, which isn’
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Did Canada make it illegal to protest LGBTQ+ people? No, here’s what a proposed bill would do
“Canada just made it illegal to protest against the LGBT!”
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Misleading Claims About Bill to Protect LGBTQ+ Events in Ontario
Quick Take Four members of a minority party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario introduced a bill on April 4 that would create temporary community safety zones around drag performance venues to prevent “acts of intimidation.” But onl
Full Fact→ The Government did not spend £37 billion on the NHS Test and Trace app
A post on Instagram has claimed that £37 billion was “wasted” on the NHS Test and Trace app when it actually cost about £35 million in its first year.
Full Fact→ Energy bills, retirement age and pensions in the UK compared to France
A Facebook post claims people in France are “better off” because “they strike”.