An article claiming that billionaire financier George Soros was arrested for interference in the 2020 US election has received hundreds of shares and thousands of views on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The report includes an image of a purported indic
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Liste→ Chinese social media posts falsely claim Joe Biden ‘listed as wanted on Class A felony charges in Ukraine’
Part of a news report by US right-wing television network One America News (OAN) has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that US President-elect Joe Biden is “wanted on Class A fel
Liste→ Regulators and health experts refute false claim about toxic fluoride levels in tap water and toothpaste
An image purporting to show the dangers of fluoride in tap water by comparing it to the fluoride concentration in inedible toothpaste has been shared on Facebook. The claim is false; experts say that only a very high level of fluoridated tap water or t
Liste→ Misleading claim circulates on Korean social media that ‘Germany closed 66 Chinese Confucius Institutes’
Multiple posts on Facebook and Korean social media platforms claim that Germany closed 66 Chinese government-funded Confucius Institutes. The claim is misleading; the article referenced in the posts reports that 66 organisations in “the Western sta
Liste→ No evidence for lawyer’s claim that ‘rigged’ election cost Trump victory
Videos viewed hundreds of thousands of times claim President Donald Trump won the election in a landslide but it was rigged so that he lost by millions of votes. This is false; Democrat Joe Biden is projected to have won the Electoral College and the p
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Check: Addressing President Trump’s Claims About Rejected Georgia Ballots
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Liste→ Facebook posts falsely claim that bacterial meningitis vaccine, not H1N1 virus, caused 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic was actually “not a flu at all” but was instead “caused by random dosages of an experimental 'bacterial meningitis vaccine'”. The claim is false; experts agree
Liste→ Misleading claim circulates online that Philippine Supreme Court justice has been ‘removed’ from participating in poll dispute case
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on YouTube and in multiple online posts which claim it shows that a Philippine Supreme Court justice has been "removed" from participating in a vice presidential poll dispute case. The claim is mis
Snopes→ Why Trump’s Election Fraud Claims Aren’t Showing Up in His Lawsuits
There seems to be a real disconnect between the claims of widespread fraud, a stolen election and illegal voting made by President Donald Trump and his allies and the actual claims formally made by his lawyers in court.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Claims on Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court and role in election are partly false
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/21/fact-check-its-unlikely-supreme-court-decide-election/6357180002/
Liste→ Facebook posts falsely claim US oil magnate coined term ‘fossil fuels’ to introduce ‘idea of scarcity’, boosting oil prices
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim that a late US oil magnate, John D. Rockefeller, coined the term “fossil fuels” in order to “induce the idea of scarcity, allowing for the increase on the price of oil.” The posts go on to
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Rudy Giuliani, Trump legal team push conspiracy theories, baseless claims about 2020 election
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/20/giuliani-trump-legal-team-push-conspiracy-theories/ Duri
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Report Claims Philly Mob Boss Stuffed Ballot Boxes
Quick Take A dubious website claims without evidence that Philadelphia mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino stuffed ballot boxes for Joe Biden and the Democrats — and would testify about the scheme in exchange for a presidential pard
Liste→ Claims of pandemic spike in suicides are not backed by data
Posts spread by celebrities and liked about 250,000 times on Instagram claim suicides have risen 200 percent since pandemic-linked lockdowns in America began. This is false; there is no data to support such a statement, the timing of which coincides w
Full Fact - All content→ Baseless claims about vaccine safety go viral on Facebook
A screenshot of a tweet making various claims about Covid-19 and a possible vaccine has been going viral on Facebook. It starts by claiming that Covid-19 “does NOT kill 99.99% of us.” This suggests Covid-19 is much less deadly than it is. T
Liste→ Hoax tweets falsely claim support from Biden, Obama for Ugandan presidential challenger
A Facebook post shared more than a hundred times claims to show tweets from US president-elect Joe Biden and former president Barack Obama calling for the release of Ugandan opposition politician Bobi Wine who was detained on November 18, 2020. Howe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Staffer Did NOT Claim A Dominion Vote Server Was Seized In Germany
Did a Trump staffer confirm that a computer server belonging to Dominion Voting Systems containing all of the U.S. votes was seized by the U.S. in Germany? No, that's not true. The person who was purportedly a "Trump staffer" who made the
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as lockdowns and wearing face masks, are effective measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission, contrary to claims in viral video
REVIEW This video, published on 13 November 2020 by the student activism organization Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), features the historian Tom Woods in a 7 November symposium in Texas. In it, Woods presents the COVID-19 pandemic and the public
Liste→ False claim circulates online that Australian government cut funding for New South Wales fire service in 2020
Multiple posts shared hundreds of times on Facebook and Twitter claim the Australian government cut AUD 200 million from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) in the state’s 2020-21 budget. The claim is false; NSW RFS told AFP that budget
Liste→ Five days before deadline, Trump claims Michigan cannot certify vote
Donald Trump, seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election, tweeted that the state of Michigan cannot certify the ballot count. This is false; the state’s county canvassing boards had to certify their results by November 17, 2020 whic
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Article claiming that “masks don’t work” misleads readers by inaccurately interpreting a withdrawn study and a published study conducted on U.S. Marine Corps recruits
REVIEW This article, written by Daniel Horowitz and published by The Blaze on 16 November 2020, claims that “masks don’t work.” To support its claim, it cites the withdrawal of a preprint (a study that has not yet been peer-reviewed or publish
Liste→ Hoax Facebook posts circulating in November 2020 claim inquiry was launched in Myanmar to investigate election fraud
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times on Facebook in November 2020 claim an inquiry has been set up to investigate fraud in Myanmar’s election, and that Myanmar’s army will soon announce the “true” election results. The claim is f
Liste→ False claim recirculates in New Zealand that government revoked ‘human right to grow food’
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim New Zealand’s government passed legislation that revoked residents’ “human right to grow food”. The claim is false; the New Zealand Department of Primary Industries told AFP that “there i
FactCheck.org→ Fabricated Claim of Biden Campaign Official’s Arrest
Quick Take A viral tale on social media falsely claims that a campaign official for President-elect Joe Biden was arrested in an illegal ballot-harvesting scheme in Texas. He has not been charged or arrested. The false claim stems from unverified alle
Liste→ “World Doctors Alliance” shares false and misleading claims about the Covid-19 pandemic
A video shared hundreds of times on Facebook shows a panel of medical practicioners presenting various claims about Covid-19, with one denying that the pandemic exists and calling the virus “normal flu”. Experts have used scientific evidence repeat
Liste→ Report falsely claims that US health protection agency ‘admits’ Covid-19 does not exist
A photo of an article reporting that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “admits there is no Covid-19” has been shared in multiple Facebook posts. The report cites an agency document which explains how a virus test works as its
Snopes→ About 90K Sex Abuse Claims Filed in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy
The proceedings in federal bankruptcy court will lead to the creation of a compensation fund to pay out settlements to abuse survivors whose claims are upheld.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fox News host Tucker Carlson apologizes for erroneously claiming a dead man voted in Georgia
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/11/15/fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-apologizes-false-claim-voter-fraud/6303120002/
Snopes→ Trump Campaign Retreats from Key Claim in Pennsylvania Suit
Trump’s campaign dropped the allegation that hundreds of thousands of mail-in and absentee ballots — 682,479, to be precise — were illegally processed without its representatives watching.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Giuliani’s fantasy parade of false voter-fraud claims
Over and over, the former New York City mayor makes claims that have been debunked by judges and the federal government
Liste→ Tweets falsely claim photo of Nazi flag is from pro-Trump March
A photo shared thousands of times on Twitter and claimed to be from a November 14, 2020 rally in Washington, DC to support President Donald Trump after his election defeat is in fact a two-month old image from a flea market in Pennsylvania.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Evidence undermines Trump campaign’s claims of dead people voting in Georgia
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/trump-campaign-georgia-dead-voters-fact-check/index.html With C
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Check: Addressing Yet More Claims About Dominion Voting Systems
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FactCheck.org→ Bogus Theory Claims Supercomputer Switched Votes in Election
Quick Take A baseless conspiracy theory claims that a secret supercomputer was used to switch votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Experts — and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — have said the theory is a hoax
Snopes→ Military Voters Fear They’re Part of Unsupported Fraud Claim
There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election despite President Donald Trump's claims.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ US election 2020: Five viral vote claims fact-checked
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54811410 As President Trump continues to dispute the result o
Liste→ Misleading claim circulates online about Supreme Court warning to Philippine Vice President Robredo over poll dispute case
Multiple Facebook posts shared in November 2020 claim that the Philippine Supreme Court has warned Vice President Leni Robredo to stop publicly discussing a poll dispute case filed against her by losing opponent Bongbong Marcos. The posts are misleadin
Liste→ Korean social media posts share misleading claim about ballots ‘found in trash’ in Pennsylvania
Multiple posts shared hundreds of times across social media platforms in South Korea in November 2020 claim military ballots cast for US President Donald Trump were found in a dumpster in the US state of Pennsylvania. Comments on the posts by some Kore
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Microsoft Is Investigating Claim Of Smoking Xbox Series X, But Company Doubts It Is Real
Is Microsoft investigating the claim made by some Xbox Series X owners that the console is emitting smoke from the top vent? Yes, it's true: the company is looking into the claim, even though its engineering teams haven't encountered smo
FactCheck.org→ Pennsylvania Postal Worker Waffles on Election Fraud Claim
Quick Take A postal worker in Erie, Pennsylvania, claimed that his superiors were backdating postmarks on ballots, then told federal investigators that he didn’t actually know that — and then went back to his original position. Despite the