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
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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→ Old photos of Aung San Suu Kyi shared in false posts about her ‘showing support for Thai pro-democracy protesters’
Two photos of Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show her raising a three-fingered salute in support of Thai pro-democracy protesters. The claim is false
WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump tweets string of falsehoods about Wisconsin absentee voters
The president is casting doubt on Wisconsin’s election results, but every part of his claim is false.
Liste→ Doctored weather forecast circulates in false Facebook posts about tropical cyclones hitting the Philippines
A photo has been shared repeatedly on Facebook alongside a claim it shows a series of tropical cyclones set to hit the Philippines immediately after Typhoon Vamco made landfall in November 2020. The claim is false: the photo has been digitally altered
Liste→ Online posts falsely portray Pope Francis and other world leaders as making “devil horns” gesture
Images showing religious leaders and US politicians, including President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, have circulated in numerous social media posts claiming they all are flashing "devil horns", which some consider to be Sat
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
FactCheck.org→ Website Concocts False Story of Soros Arrest
Quick Take A bogus social media story uses a doctored image of an indictment to falsely claim George Soros has been arrested in the U.S. “for election interference.” The actual charges are against six Russian nationals for cyberattacks. Fu
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/
WaPo Fact Checker→ Giuliani keeps peddling debunked falsehoods on behalf of Trump
A key talking point about Michigan has been completely discredited, but that doesn't stop Trump's attorney from repeating it.
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
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
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→ 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
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
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Falsehoods about the 2020 election run rampant on the world stage
Fact-checkers outside the United States were not spared the onslaught of both mis- and disinformation that followed the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Asia, Europe and Latin America all had to contend with a tidal wave of false claims about voting Su
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
Liste→ Team Trump’s dead voters in Georgia: 3 falsehoods, 1 truth
As President Donald Trump unsuccessfully fights the results of the presidential election in courts, his campaign released the names of four dead Georgians who allegedly voted, suggesting fraud. This is false in three of the cases because the people
Liste→ Clickbait Pakistani news articles falsely suggest Jemima Goldsmith, ex-wife of PM Imran Khan, gave birth to baby girl
Clickbait headlines on several Pakistani news articles published in November 2020 claim that British film producer Jemima Goldsmith, ex-wife of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, has given birth to a baby girl. The articles were shared hundreds of ti
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→ Cleveland NBA celebration photos falsely shared as pro-Trump rally
Photos of dense crowds lining city streets were shared alongside the claim that they depicted the pro-Trump rally that took place in Washington DC on November 14, 2020. While the rally gathered thousands of people in the US capital, some of the photos
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→ Fact-checking Trump’s election fraud falsehoods in White House remarks
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/06/fact-checking-falsehoods-trumps-nov-5-election-rem/ In h
WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump lost. But his Twitter feed keeps giving supporters false hope.
All week, the president has been tweeting madly. But many of his claims are mindless.
Liste→ Trump spreads false claim of Pennsylvania vote switching
US President Donald Trump tweeted a claim that 221,000 votes were switched from him to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, and that others were changed or deleted elsewhere. This is false; Pennsylvania’s Department of State
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Check: More False Claims About Dominion Voting Systems
A viral Facebook post shows two maps: one purporting to show states in which Dominion Voting Systems’ vote-tabulating software is in use and the other showing states in which President Donald Trump is contesting the results through lawsuits. The
WaPo Fact Checker→ Four viral videos falsely suggest ‘voter fraud’ led to Biden’s victory
Election day was over a week ago, but misleading video clips claiming to be evidence of 'voter fraud' continue to circulate through social media. Here are four of the worst examples.
Liste→ Old storm footage circulates in false social media posts about Typhoon Molave lashing Vietnam
A video montage has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts which claim it shows Typhoon Molave making landfall in Vietnam in October 2020. The claim is false; the video consists of clips that have all circulated online in reports
Liste→ Indian media and politicians amplify false claim that Pakistani lawmakers chanted in favour of Narendra Modi
A television news segment in India reporting that slogans favoring Prime Minister Narendra Modi were chanted by lawmakers in Pakistan has been shared extensively on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The claim was widely amplified by prominent Indian pol
Snopes→ False Claims of Voting Fraud, Pushed by Trump, Thrive Online
Trump and his supporters are pointing to debunked claims on social media as reason to not accept that Democrat Joe Biden won the election.
FactCheck.org→ Falsehood Tells of Withdrawn Pennsylvania Projection
Quick Take Viral social media posts claim that the website RealClearPolitics rescinded a projection that Joe Biden had won Pennsylvania. But the website never called the state in the first place; many other media outlets have made that call. Full Stor
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Check: Explaining the False Allegations About Dominion Voting Systems
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Fact-Checking – Poynter→ FactChat is now stuffed with false claims about ballots
No, neither the Department of Homeland Security nor the military printed non-radioactive isotope watermarks on “official ballots.” No, there wasn’t “ballot stuffing” in Flint, Michigan, and it’s definitely false that truckloads of Trump vot
Liste→ False claims of dead voter in Michigan sparked by ‘clerical error’
Social media posts claim a ballot was cast in the 2020 US election on behalf of a deceased Michigan man born in 1902, pointing to the case as evidence of fraud. This is false; votes determined to be from dead people would not be counted, and the city o
Snopes→ Georgia Poll Worker in Hiding After False Claims Online
A video that has racked up millions of views on Twitter claims to show a poll worker crumpling up an absentee ballot.
Liste→ Outdated voter registration figures fuel false fraud claims
Social media posts shared thousands of times claim voter fraud took place in eight US states during the 2020 presidential election because the number of votes exceeded the number of registered voters. But the graphic used in the posts relies on old
Liste→ Detroit lawsuit from 2019 used to falsely claim 2020 voter fraud
A screenshot summarizing a Detroit voter roll fraud lawsuit from 2019 was shared as proof of misconduct in the state of Michigan during the 2020 general election. This is misleading; the lawsuit is real, but the issues it raised about Detroit’s voter
WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump’s White House statement: falsehood upon falsehood
With his re-election odds dwindling, the president spoke from the White House podium and said little that was true.
WaPo Fact Checker→ President Trump’s false claims of vote fraud: A chronology
As the election returns have come in, the president has flooded the zone with false and misleading claims about the results.
Liste→ False claims about Georgia ballot issues circulate online
Social media posts claim that there are tens of thousands of ballots in Georgia’s DeKalb County that have issues needing to be fixed, or “cured.” This is false; the county’s election board said the number was around 200 as of November 4, 2020.