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Snopes→ High Court Sides with Google in Copyright Fight with Oracle
To create Android, Google wrote millions of lines of new computer code. But it also used 11,330 lines of code and an organization that’s part of Oracle’s Java platform.
Snopes→ Was Raiders’ Bruce Campbell Involved in a Walmart Fight?
A third-party's misidentification caused a false rumor to go viral.
Snopes→ Georgia Governor Vows a Fight After MLB Yanks All-Star Game
“Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola and Delta may be scared of Stacey Abrams, Joe Biden and the left, but I am not,” Gov. Brian Kemp said.
Snopes→ MMA Fighter Has Finger Severed in Match; Doctors Reattach It
A mixed martial arts fighter had his finger severed during a match in Philadelphia, but doctors were eventually able to reattach it.
Snopes→ Off-Duty Firefighter Gets Swarm of Bees Out of Shopper’s Car
A Las Cruces firefighter who is also a beekeeper is credited with safely removing a swarm of bees found inside a parked car.
Snopes→ Justice Department to Review How Best to Fight Hate Crimes
Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered a review of how the Justice Department can best deploy its resources to combat hate crimes during a surge in incidents targeting Asian Americans.
Snopes→ Are Suit Jackets Oppression? Lawmakers Fight Own Dress Codes
With women and people of color elected in larger numbers in many states, legislatures are being forced to confront longstanding dress codes that are increasingly viewed as sexist and racist.
Top Fact Checks→ Robert Aaron Long said the U.S. must “fight back” against China on Facebook.
A screenshot of a Facebook status supposedly written by Robert Aaron Long, the suspected Atlanta gunman, is a hoax.
Snopes→ Nurses Fight Conspiracy Theories Along with Coronavirus
Much of the job of correcting misinformation about COVID-19 has fallen to the world’s front-line medical workers.
Snopes→ Fighting Biden Virus Aid, GOP Rekindles Obama-Era Strategy
Senate Republicans prepared to vote lockstep against the relief bill, taking the calculated political risk that Americans will sour on the big-dollar spending.
Snopes→ Does a Video Show a Fighter Jet Breaking the Sound Barrier?
It's common to mistake a vapor cone for a sonic boom.
Snopes→ Manhattan Prosecutor Gets Trump Tax Records After Long Fight
The Manhattan district attorney’s office enforced a subpoena on Trump’s accounting firm within hours of a Supreme Court ruling and now has the documents in hand.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Article Titled ‘To Fight White Supremacy, Coca-Cola Discontinues Vanilla Coke’ Is Satire
Did the Coca-Cola company discontinue "Vanilla Coke" in an effort to fight white supremacy? No, that's not true: This story, a satirical spin-off of a real controversy regarding online diversity training and Coca-Cola, was published origi
Liste→ The video clip shows a church group performing a street play, not a real couple fighting
Footage of a wedding party arguing in the street has been circulated in multiple social media posts purporting to show a bride confronting the groom for cheating on her with one of the bridesmaids. This is false; this video clip is actually a scene fr
Snopes→ Fight Over Witnesses Could Delay Trump Trial Conclusion
The proceedings came to abrupt halt Saturday morning, with even senators seemingly confused about next steps.
Snopes→ Calls Grow for US to Rely on Rapid Tests to Fight Pandemic
Most experts agree that the current U.S. system, which relies heavily on lab testing, is still incapable of containing the virus that is killing more than 3,000 Americans per day.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Fact-checkers are already fighting the spread of falsehoods from Telegram
Fact-checkers in Ukraine, Germany and India were already contending with the spread of mis- and disinformation on the encrypted messaging app Telegram. Then the app’s popularity got a huge boost in early 2021 following the deplatforming of former U.S
Snopes→ Did Foo Fighters Play an Inauguration Show on ‘The West Wing’?
Fans of the show "The West Wing" saw some familiar musical acts during President Joe Biden's inaugural ceremonies.
TruthOrFiction→ How to Fight Disinformation: Part II — Gaslighting
This is part of an ongoing series about how communities can fight back and protect themselves against weaponized disinformation. You can read Part I here. On January 6 2021, a mob of Donald Trump supporters, enraged by corrosive rhetoric and lies fr
Snopes→ Woman Ruled Dead in 2017 Fights to Be Declared Alive
Frenchwoman Jeanne Pouchain has an unusual problem. She's officially dead. She has been trying for three years to prove that she is alive.
Snopes→ Oaths Questioned As Trump’s Backers Fight Against Loss
Before they take office, elected officials swear to uphold the U.S. Constitution. But what happens when they are accused of doing the opposite?
Snopes→ Viral Post ‘How To Fight Covid at Home’ Provides Problematic Advice
Though not all of the post's assertions lack a theoretical basis, their applicability to COVID-19 home care is largely flawed.
TruthOrFiction→ Twisted Tea Circle K Fight Video Spreads Virally
On December 24 2020, “Twisted Tea” became a popular trending term in the wake of footage showing an altercation at an Ohio Circle-K. Footage of the incident, which involved racial slurs and a can of Twisted Tea, was shared to r/PublicFrea
Liste→ Doctored image shared alongside false claim about Indian right-wing group saluting Queen Elizabeth II during fight to end British rule
An image has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), an Indian right-wing organisation, saluting Queen Elizabeth II during the fight for independence from British rule. T
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Trump’s Failing, Monthlong Fight Against Election
President Donald Trump's frantic effort in the courts to delegitimize an election he lost has come no closer in a month to reversing any results.
TruthOrFiction→ How to Fight Disinformation — Part I: Firehosing
This is part of an ongoing series about how communities can fight back and protect themselves against weaponized disinformation. Any anthropologist can tell you that human lives are created, bounded, and defined by stories: the stories we tell ourselv
TruthOrFiction→ Neera Tanden Didn’t Tweet ‘Hitler Was Certainly Controversial But No One Gives Him Proper Credit for Fighting to the Death Against Communism’
On December 1 2020, a fabricated tweet attributed to Neera Tanden began circulating, which read, “Hitler was certainly controversial but nobody gives him proper credit for fighting to the death against Communism”: .@neeratanden, WHAT pic
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ How a team led by a journalist is fighting coronavirus misinformation in the Filipino community
Last year, Leezel Tanglao traveled to the Philippines as part of an immersion program from the Filipino Young Leaders Program, a nonprofit organization of leaders that aims to advance the Southeast Asian country and the Filipino community. Tanglao, a H
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ How a team led by a journalist is fighting coronavirus misinformation in the Filipino community
Last year, Leezel Tanglao traveled to the Philippines as part of an immersion program from the Filipino Young Leaders Program, a nonprofit organization of leaders that aims to advance the Southeast Asian country and the Filipino community. Tanglao, a H
TruthOrFiction→ How to Fight Disinformation: Introduction and Overview
This is the first of a series about how communities can fight back and protect themselves against weaponized disinformation. In 2015 and 2016, new and paranoid strains of political ideology took social media discourse by storm. The details varied by c
Snopes→ Criminal Probe, Legal Fights Await Trump After White House
New York prosecutors are grinding away at an investigation into Trump's business dealings that could shadow him long after he leaves office in January.
Snopes→ GOP Backs Trump as He Fights Election Results, Transition
Some Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have rallied behind Trump's efforts to fight the election results.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Heroic Firefighter Is NOT ‘Sebastian Gates’ And He Did NOT Die After Saving This Child
Did "firefighter Sebastian Gates" die of carbon monoxide poisoning after rescuing a young girl from a fire? No, that's not true: This meme has been circulating since 2013 and contains a mixture of several different stories. The story is s
Snopes→ Trump, Who Never Admits Defeat, Mulls How to Keep Up Fight
President Donald Trump never admits defeat. But he faces a stark choice now that Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ FactChat sent a half million messages in 46 days to fight electoral misinformation in the U.S
More than 500,000 messages were sent to 82,000 people in the last 46 days to help them sort facts from fiction using WhatsApp. The total number of messages shared by FactChat, the chatbot launched by the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter I
Snopes→ Trump Promises Court Fight Over Pennsylvania Absentee Votes
Trump and his reelection campaign are signaling they will pursue an aggressive legal strategy to try to prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election.
Top Fact Checks→ Donald Trump spent time at ground zero alongside firefighters and police officers after 9/11.
There is no evidence to suggest that President Trump spent time at ground zero alongside firefighters and police officers after 9/11.
Liste→ Hoax circulates on Facebook that Burmese mixed martial arts fighter is offering $38 million to Myanmar people
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that a well-known mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter in Myanmar is offering 50 billion kyats (US$38 million) to the people of Myanmar. The claim is false; in respon
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post Homophobic And Racist Tweet About His Call With Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
Did President Trump post a homophobic and racist tweet about his phone call with Colby Covington, an MMA fighter and fervent Trump supporter? No, that's not true: It is a fabricated tweet created by a satire site. The claim appeared in an