Do two separate images show professional soccer player Lionel Messi holding up a Palestinian flag and an Israeli flag, seemingly in support of both? No, that's not true: Both the images are altered to show Messi with the respective flags.
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PolitiFact→ Viral image – Pro-Palestinian protest video shows flags of an Indian political party, not Italy’s
“Protesters in Kerala India accidentally brought the Italian flag instead of the Palestine flag to pro-Hamas protest.”
Logically→ Claims about the Israeli and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus flags are not true
Logically→ Video doesn’t show Palestinians waving Indian flags to evade Israeli forces
Full Fact→ Video does not show Irish football fans waving Palestinian flags
A video circulating online does not depict football fans in Ireland showing “support for Palestine”.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – It’s Pride Month, but the United Nations didn’t replace its country flags with LGBTQ flags, contrary
“The United Nations replaces all 193 country flags with LGBT flags.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: United Nations Did NOT Replace Nation Flags With Rainbow Flags — Photo Shows Rockefeller Center Pride Month Celebration
Did the United Nations Headquarters in New York City replace the iconic display of flags from the 193 member nations with rainbow flags for Pride Month? No, that's not true: The mislabeled photo included in a tweet does not depict the Uni
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walt Disney World Did NOT Replace US Flags With LGBTQ+ Pride Flags — It’s A Satirical Post
Did Walt Disney World remove "all American flags" and replace them with "the Pride flag" to honor lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights? No, that's not true: As of May 25, 2023, the Walt Disney Company had not annou
Logically→ Disney World is not replacing American flags with Pride flags
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Free Tickets Promotion On Facebook Is NOT Sponsored By Six Flags
Is Six Flags amusement park corporation sponsoring a promotion on Facebook that offers up to eight complimentary Six Flags tickets? No, that's not true: In 2016 Six Flags posted a "Fraud Alert" on its website warning of social media posts
The Dispatch→ White Flags and Olive Branches
Kevin's playing with live ammunition. Continue reading White Flags and Olive Branches »
Logically→ Qatar included the “Syrian Revolution Flag” with other countries’ flags on the poster of the 2022 FIFA World Cup logo.
The image in question was created by a cartoonist and is not the official 2022 FIFA World Cup logo released by FIFA or Qatar Authorities.
Snopes→ Wis. School Board: Pride Flags, Pronouns Included in ‘Political Messaging’ Ban
The policy applies to teachers and other school employees.
Truth or Fiction?→ Twitter Wrongfully Flags Stories on COVID-19 Research as ‘Misleading’
Social platform Twitter has started to flag articles about COVID-19 as “potentially misleading,” despite the articles being based on actual research and legitimate reporting, with no explanation. One such article, posted by the Internation
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This is NOT Russian Flagship Moskva (Moscow) Sinking In Black Sea
Is this video of the Russian warship, Moskva -- the English-letter spelling of the Russian term for Moscow -- sinking in April 2022 after an ammunition explosion while being towed back to Sevastopol, a major maritime port in the Black Sea
Snopes→ Red Flags: How to Identify Suspicious Rumors
For International Fact-Checking Day, we look at common techniques used to identify dubious stories online.
Lead Stories→ Several Red Flags Raised Over New Russian ‘Fact Checking’ Site WarOnFakes.com
Is the new Russian website "War on Fakes" a real and reliable fact checking website run by "experts and journalists"? We have questions. The site appeared to spring up almost overnight in early March 2022 in the wake of the Russian invasi
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Soviet Flags in Texas’ Meme
On March 14 2022, an Imgur account shared the following meme, which purportedly showed “Texans” flying Soviet flags — in ostensible support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Titled “Deplorable,” the post showed five
Snopes→ Swastikas and Confederate Flags Seen at Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’
These were the sightings of swastikas and other symbols of hate at "Freedom Convoy" protests in Canada alluded to by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Poynter→ False flags are real, but far less widespread than social media suggest
Citing newly acquired intelligence, the U.S. in early February accused Russia of plotting a fake attack by Ukrainian forces as a pretext for invading the neighboring country. U.S. officials provided few details […] The post False flags are real
PolitiFact→ False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest
The U.S. has accused Russia of planning a false flag operation to spur an invasion of Ukraine. Don’t assume that means other false flag accusations are real.
PolitiFact→ False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest
The U.S. has accused Russia of planning a false flag operation to spur an invasion of Ukraine. Don’t assume that means other false flag accusations are real.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Trucks With Brazilian Flags NOT Linked To Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’
Is a video of several trucks driving on a road and displaying Brazilian flags linked to the Canadian "Freedom Convoy" held in 2022? No, that's not true: The video was taken in May 2021 and shows a rally in support of Jair Bolsonaro, presi
Snopes→ Does Photo Show Official ‘Trump 2024’ Flags Made in China?
The slogan on the "Trump 2024" flags read, "Save America Again!"
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘When We Were Young’ Festival’s ‘Red Flags,’ Astroworld Connection
On January 18 2022, posts about a “When We Were Young” festival created social media hype across platforms with a virally popular promotional flyer; KnowYourMeme.com described the event as an “Emo Fyre Festival”: When
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flags Were NOT Left At Top Of Federal Flagpoles In Wake Of Kabul Airport Attack
Did the U.S. government fail to lower flags to half-mast in honor of the Marines who lost their lives in the August 2021 bombing at Kabul airport? No, that's not true: The claim was made without supporting evidence and President Joe Biden
FactCheck.org→ Biden Issued Proclamation to Fly Flags at Half-Staff
Quick Take President Joe Biden issued a proclamation honoring those who died in the attack at the Kabul airport Aug. 26 and calling for flags to be flown at half-staff. But a meme has been circulating on Facebook with the false claim that no such order
Snopes→ Palm Beach County Refuses to Lower Flags to Half-Staff for Rush Limbaugh
The Florida county refused to lower its courthouse flags to half-staff in honor of the late conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh.
Logically→ Pakistani flags waived at an INC rally in Kerala.
The green flag waved in the 2019 Wayanad Congress roadshow is the Indian Union Muslim League party's flag and not Pakistan's flag.
Logically→ Deep Sidhu instigated a section of the protesters to hoist religious flags atop the Red Fort.
Deep Sidhu handed over the Nishan Sahib flag to one of the protesters to hoist it atop the red fort and later termed the act a 'symbolic protest.'
Logically→ Biden removed military flags from the Oval Office on the first day as president.
The Oval Office is redecorated by every new president and military flags are not traditionally displayed in the Oval Office.
AllSides→ Did President Biden Remove Military Flags From the Oval Office?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-biden-flags-removed-oval/ Whenever a new U.S. president tak
Snopes→ Did President Biden Remove Military Flags From the Oval Office?
The Oval Office is redecorated by every new president.
Lead Stories→ Merry Christmas From Lead Stories Despite Erroneous Automated Facebook Flags
Several people reported to us that Facebook erroneously added a "Missing Context" warning notice to posts wishing people a "Merry Christmas". The notice included a link to our fact check about certain items that were supposedly in the "St
Snopes→ Are These Nazi/American Flags Real?
Neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups have a long history in the United States.
Snopes→ Did McDonald’s Remove American Flags Nationwide?
Repeating a lie ad nauseam does not make it any more true.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Did NOT Remove American Flags In Support Of Antifa And BLM
Did McDonald's remove American flags in support of Antifa and Black Lives Matter? No, that's not true: The fast food company denied the claim in a statement to Lead Stories. The claim appeared as a post (archived here) published by Facebo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Democratic Governor Of New Jersey Did NOT Have All The American Flags Taken Down From Highway Overpasses
Did the Democratic governor of New Jersey have all the American flags taken down from highway overpasses? No, that's not true: Gov. Phil Murphy was against the flag ban, which was proposed by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the ban
Snopes→ Did Portland Protesters Burn Bibles and American Flags?
The allegations come after more than two months of escalating protests in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Snopes→ Twitter Flags Trump’s Tweet of Doctored ‘Racist Baby’ Video
After President Trump tweeted the video, Twitter took the rare step of adding a warning saying the video is "manipulated media."