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Liste→ Indian social media posts, media reports falsely claim WHO approved herbal medicine as Covid-19 treatment

2021-02-26 Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared hundreds of times claim the World Health Organization (WHO) approved Coronil, an Indian herbal medication, as a Covid-19 treatment. The claim was also shared in multiple Indian news reports. The claim is fals Go to site post…»

Liste→ Social media posts falsely claim footage shows Trump delivering supplies to Texas after storm

2021-02-26 After a major winter storm hit the US state of Texas in February 2021, a video was shared repeatedly in Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows former US President Donald Trump delivering supplies to desperate Texans. The claim is false: Go to site post…»

Liste→ Social media posts falsely claim Vietnam has recorded no deaths from Covid-19

2021-02-23 Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim that Vietnam has recorded no deaths from Covid-19 due to widespread consumption of hot lemon tea in the population. The claim is false: as of February 22, 2021, Vietnam has recorded 35 coronavirus deaths. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Facebook posts falsely claim Australian PM’s Covid-19 vaccination was ‘faked’

2021-02-23 Multiple Facebook posts claim Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Covid-19 vaccination -- broadcast live on national television on February 21, 2021 -- was faked. The posts claim the doctor who vaccinated Morrison left the cap on the syringe Go to site post…»

Liste→ Facebook posts falsely claim bicycles must be registered for new nationwide scheme in the Philippines

2021-02-22 Multiple Facebook posts shared in February 2021 claim that cyclists in the Philippines must register their bicycles as part of a new nationwide scheme. The claim is false: the posts shared a screenshot from an article published in June 2020 about Go to site post…»

Liste→ Fabricated report falsely claims Italian police ‘arrested scores of paedophile cardinals’ in Vatican

2021-02-19 Social media posts circulating online in February 2021 have shared a purported report stating Italian law enforcement "arrested scores of paedophile cardinals" in Vatican City. The claim is false: the purported report is not a genuine news article. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Posts falsely purport to show ‘precious footage’ of Chairman Mao Zedong

2021-02-19 A video has been shared thousands of times in posts on Twitter and Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili purporting to show “precious historical footage” of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong exercising outdoors. The claim is false: the video in fa Go to site post…»

Liste→ Posts falsely claim minority jobless rate lowest under Trump

2021-02-18 A Facebook post shared tens of thousands of times claims unemployment for minorities hit an all-time low under Donald Trump, and that Joe Biden “killed” 135,000 jobs. This is false; Black men over the age of 20 did not enjoy record employment under Go to site post…»

Liste→ Posts falsely claim Facebook shut down Philippine polling company’s account after positive Duterte survey

2021-02-18 Social media posts shared hundreds of times claim that Facebook shut down an account for a Philippine polling company after it published a survey indicating an overwhelmingly positive approval rating for President Rodrigo Duterte. The claim is false: Go to site post…»

Liste→ New Zealand Facebook users falsely claim WHO says ‘child’s presence in school’ equates to vaccination consent

2021-02-18 Facebook posts claiming the World Health Organization says a “child’s presence in school counts as ‘informed consent’ for vaccination” have been shared repeatedly in New Zealand. The posts are misleading: New Zealand's Ministry of Health s Go to site post…»

Liste→ Texas pastor falsely accused of failing to provide shelter from cold

2021-02-17 Social media posts shared thousands of times claim Texas pastor Joel Osteen has not opened his massive Lakewood Church to those in need of shelter, despite a big freeze paralyzing the state. This is false; both the church and the city of Houston have s Go to site post…»

Liste→ Fabricated news report falsely claims South Korea PM threatened to arrest people who refuse Covid-19 vaccination

2021-02-17 A fabricated news report shared repeatedly on Facebook states South Korea's Prime Minister threatened to arrest citizens who refuse to receive a Covid-19 vaccination. The report, however, is not a genuine article from a South Korean media outlet. A  Go to site post…»

Liste→ Video falsely claims an airport in the Philippines was renamed in February 2021 to remove reference to former senator

2021-02-16 A video has been viewed more than one hundred thousand times on social media in February 2021 which claims the Philippines changed the name of its biggest international airport in Manila to remove a reference to a former senator. The claim is false Go to site post…»

Liste→ Doctored photo falsely purports to show President Biden surrounded by scores of executive orders

2021-02-16 A photo purportedly showing US President Joe Biden surrounded by huge piles of executive orders has been shared repeatedly on Facebook and in South Korean online forums. The image, however, has been doctored: the original photo shows Biden sitting in Go to site post…»

Liste→ Doctored photo falsely purports to show US Democrats wearing outfits emblazoned with swastikas

2021-02-16 An image shared hundreds of times on Facebook purports to show prominent US Democratic Representatives, including Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, wearing outfits emblazoned with swastikas. The image, however, has been doctored from a photo  Go to site post…»

WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump attorneys falsely claim he was denied ‘due process’

2021-02-13 Due process is a bedrock protection for anyone facing a loss of “life, liberty or property” — not public office. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones falsely claims Australia and France ditched coronavirus vaccination drives

2021-02-12 A video of far-right broadcaster Alex Jones claiming that Australia and France have suspended Covid-19 vaccination campaigns because the jab “does not work” has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook in February 2021. The claim is misleading: a Go to site post…»

Liste→ US rapper Pitbull falsely claims Covid-19 pandemic was planned

2021-02-11 In a video clip viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media, US rapper Pitbull repeats the false assertion that the Covid-19 pandemic was planned. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Facebook posts falsely claim hydroxychloroquine can be homemade as treatment for Covid-19

2021-02-11 Multiple Facebook posts shared repeatedly in January 2021 claim to reveal a recipe for hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug. The posts claim the drug is an alternative treatment for Covid-19, negating the need for Covid-19 vaccines. The posts g Go to site post…»

Liste→ Facebook posts falsely report ‘arrest’ of discredited US researcher who featured in ‘Plandemic’ video

2021-02-09 Multiple Facebook posts shared in February 2021 claim police have detained discredited US researcher Judy Mikovits for "discovering evidence that deadly retroviruses are transmitted through vaccines". This is false: Mikovits has not been arrested in Go to site post…»

Liste→ Social media posts falsely claim old video shows Covid-19 vaccine side effects

2021-02-08 A video has been shared in multiple social media posts that claim it shows a girl suffering from severe side effects after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. The claim is false: the clip has circulated since at least 2015 in reports about a girl in Kazakhs Go to site post…»

Liste→ Doctor with expired license falsely claims masks don’t work

2021-02-06 A YouTube video and social media posts claim a man blowing vape smoke through various face masks shows that they do not help prevent the spread of coronavirus. This is false; experts agree that while the virus itself is small enough to fit through mask Go to site post…»

Liste→ Facebook posts falsely claim to show suicide of Cameroonian man in Sydney

2021-02-04 Widely shared Facebook posts purport to show the suicide of a Cameroonian engineer in Sydney, Australia after his wife cheated on him. But the claim is false: the videos and photos seen in the posts were taken in Baku, Azerbajan, and show a woman who Go to site post…»

Liste→ Social media posts falsely claim that coughing vigorously can stop heart attack

2021-02-04 Multiple posts shared repeatedly on Facebook claim that coughing vigorously can avert the onset of a heart attack. A similar claim, shared on South Korean social platforms Daum Cafe and Naver Blog, advises people to "keep coughing every two seconds" Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Tie Myanmar Election to Dominion Voting Systems

2021-02-03 Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim that the November election in Myanmar was conducted using Dominion Voting Systems, the company that was the focus of bogus theories about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The company said its systems aren Go to site post…»

Liste→ Posts falsely claim face mask use harms children

2021-02-03 A post spreading on social media claims that wearing face masks to help stop the spread of Covid-19 will cause children physical and psychological problems. But medical and psychological experts say the claims it makes about masks are false, and the po Go to site post…»

Liste→ Posts falsely claim face mask use harms children

2021-02-03 A post spreading on social media claims that wearing face masks to help stop the spread of Covid-19 will cause children physical and psychological problems. But medical and psychological experts say the claims it makes about masks are false, and the po Go to site post…»

Liste→ Viral video falsely claims US President Biden signed blank executive orders

2021-02-03 A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook, TikTok and other platforms alongside a claim it shows US President Biden signing blank executive orders. The claim is false; while the overexposed lighting of the footage appears to show Go to site post…»

Liste→ Hoax posts falsely claim Ethiopian prime minister is either critically ill or dead

2021-02-02 Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is either dead or in critical condition and receiving care in Europe. These claims are false; Abiy’s office rejected the “fake” rumours, which included at lea Go to site post…»

Liste→ Posts falsely claim Sri Lankan opposition party launched Covid-19 charity campaign for artists

2021-01-29 Photos purporting to show members of a Sri Lankan opposition party delivering care packages to artists affected by the Covid-19 pandemic have circulated in multiple posts on Facebook. The photos, however, have been doctored; party symbols were digita Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Sen. Tom Cotton Falsely Claim to be an ‘Army Ranger in Afghanistan and Iraq’?

2021-01-24 Are "Ranger qualified" troops allowed to call themselves "Army Rangers"? Go to site post…»

AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Biden falsely claims journalists had all said his vaccination goal was impossible to meet

2021-01-23 https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/fact-check-biden-100-million-doses-vaccine-goal-media/index.html Go to site post…»

Full Fact - All content→ Video falsely claims PCR tests insert ‘nanoparticles’ into brain

2021-01-21 A viral video on Facebook promotes a number of false and potentially dangerous claims about tests for Covid-19. These claims have no evidence and should not be believed. In the video, a British man claims “they are definitely putting something in Go to site post…»

Liste→ Posts falsely claim photo shows Italian president arrested by US forces

2021-01-21 A photo has been circulating on Facebook, Twitter and Reddit alongside claims it shows Italian President Sergio Mattarella being arrested by US forces. The claim is false; the photo actually shows former US ambassador to India Kenneth Juster with a sec Go to site post…»

Climate Feedback→ Video interview of Ian Plimer at Sky News falsely claims that a new study announces an incoming ice age, partly based on an incorrect Daily Mail headline

2021-01-20 SUMMARY The video published by Sky News claims that “Earth’s climate is cyclical as new study claims an ice age is coming”, garnering more than 250 views in a few days. The video features Ian Plimer, who has repeatedly made false claims about Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Copypasta Falsely Claims Kamala Harris Is ‘Marxist by Association’

2021-01-19 Despite vague assertions in a piece of Facebook copypasta about the incoming vice president's associations, Harris isn't a Marxist. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Doctored news graphic falsely claims Filipino official branded poor people a ‘burden’ in coronavirus vaccination drive

2021-01-18 A photo repeatedly shared on Facebook purports to show a news graphic containing genuine remarks by a Philippine presidential spokesperson that poor people are a “burden” on the government's coronavirus vaccination efforts. The claim is false: the Go to site post…»

Liste→ Footage of movie props and flu shot clips used to falsely claim world leaders’ Covid-19 vaccines were ‘staged’

2021-01-18 A video has been viewed thousands of times in Facebook, Twitter and YouTube posts that claim it shows a man explaining how retractable syringes are used to stage the Covid-19 vaccinations of world leaders. The claim is false: the footage of a retra Go to site post…»

Liste→ Video falsely purports to show Indonesia plane crash

2021-01-15 A video circulating online purports to show a passenger on board the Sriwijaya Air plane that plunged into the sea off Indonesia's capital Jakarta on January 9, 2021. The claim is false; the footage was actually taken from a plane crash off the coas Go to site post…»

Liste→ Video falsely claims Marcos son ‘Bongbong’ won vice president court case

2021-01-15 A video viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple Facebook and YouTube posts in January 2021 purports to show President Rodrigo Duterte announcing that Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jnr has won a legal challenge over the 2016 election result aga Go to site post…»

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