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Snopes→ Did Former NYPD Officer Say Police, FBI Conspired In Assassination of Malcolm X?

2021-02-25 For decades, activists have maintained prosecutors convicted the wrong men in the murder. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Former Aide Says Cuomo Kissed Her, Suggested Strip Poker

2021-02-24 A former member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration who previously accused him of sexual harassment has offered new details, saying he once kissed her on the lips without consent after a private meeting. Go to site post…»

Liste→ This photo actually shows former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha with a Tamil writer

2021-02-23 Multiple Facebook posts have shared a monochrome photograph of two women alongside a claim that it shows late regional politician Jayaram Jayalalitha sitting with India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party politician and current Finance Minister Nirmala Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Biden’s 1st Month Was About Erasing the Mark of ‘Former Guy’

2021-02-20 Biden is out to demonstrate that the days of a seat-of-the-pants presidency are over. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Images show a former church turned into a mosque in Hamburg, Germany

2021-02-19 A Facebook post shared in Kenya purports to show images of a church in Washington DC being converted into a mosque. But the claim is false: AFP Fact Check found that while the photos do show a church that was turned into a mosque, the building is l Go to site post…»

Liste→ This image has been digitally manipulated to insert the face of former adult film actress Mia Khalifa

2021-02-19 Soon after former adult film actress Mia Khalifa tweeted her support for protesting farmers in India, an image circulated online that purported to show a group of men feeding a photo of her on a poster. The image circulated alongside a claim that the Go to site post…»

Liste→ Old photo of former Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni circulates online with false claims

2021-02-18 An image showing former Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni standing on a tractor has circulated online in social media posts that claim that he is supports a tractor rally organised by protesting Indian farmers in January 2021. The claim is false: Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Senate Panels Call Former Capitol Police Chief to Testify

2021-02-16 The Senate has announced its first hearings to examine the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol. 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→ This photo shows former US President Donald Trump working in Florida in 2017, not 2021

2021-02-10 A photo has been shared thousands of times on Twitter alongside a claim it shows former US President Donald Trump working in his office in the US state of Florida in 2021, shortly after President Joe Biden was inaugurated. The claim, however, is false Go to site post…»

Liste→ This video shows a hoax report and police denied that the former Philippine senator was arrested

2021-02-08 A video that claims former Philippine Senator Mar Roxas was arrested for illegal drug possession has been viewed thousands of times in multiple YouTube and Facebook posts. The claim, however, is false; the video is a hoax news report and police denied Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Former President Donald Trump was offered money in exchange for pardons.

2021-02-03 There is no direct evidence that former president Trump was offered money in exchange for a pardon but his close aides were paid to lobby for clemency Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Former QAnon Believer Apologize to Anderson Cooper for Thinking He Ate Babies?

2021-01-31 "You actually believe that I was drinking the blood of children?" Anderson Cooper asked the guest. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Trump Open an ‘Office of the Former President’ in Palm Beach?

2021-01-26 The former president may be looking for something to do with his free time. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Hoax news reports claim Pakistani government hired former army general to head medical regulatory body

2021-01-26 Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim that the Pakistani government has appointed a retired army general as the head of the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC), a regulatory agency that oversees the county’s entire medical profession. The claim, Go to site post…»

Snopes→ No, Obama and Former Italian Prime Minister Renzi Didn’t Rig US Election

2021-01-15 A viral story going around social media builds on debunked mass voter fraud conspiracy theories. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Former presidents George Bush and Barack Obama have been arrested and sentenced to death.

2021-01-15 There is no evidence to support this claim and the former presidents have not been arrested. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Edited, manipulated clip of former Pakistani diplomat discussing 2019 Indian air strike circulates on social media and in mainstream Indian press

2021-01-15 A purported clip of a Pakistani TV programme that appears to show a former Pakistani diplomat admitting that India’s air strike against the country in February 2019 killed at least 300 people has been viewed tens of thousands times in Facebook, Twi Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Former President Barrack Obama was arrested for espionage.

2021-01-12 The article copied segments of a press release from the Department of Justice on the arrest of a former CIA official and edited the name. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Stefan Serafini,’ An Alleged Foreign Service Officer, Did NOT Work With Barack Obama, Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi And Others To Rig The 2020 Election

2021-01-07 Did "Stefan Serafini," a purported foreign service officer in Rome, work with Barack Obama, former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and others to rig the 2020 election? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support the internatio Go to site post…»

Liste→ Video of former China CDC director criticising China-made vaccines in 2010 is recirculated in misleading social media posts

2020-12-31 A news clip has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter in December 2020 alongside a claim it shows the former Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) criticising the quality of China Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Did NOT Urge That Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn Be Put On ‘Military Trial For Sedition’

2020-12-30 Did former Secretary of State and retired Army General Colin Powell urge "the U.S. military to recall [retired Army Lieutenant General] Michael Flynn and put him on military trial for sedition?" No, that's not true: There is no record of Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Trump Pardons Former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort

2020-12-24 President Donald Trump has issued pardons and sentence commutations for 29 people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ownership of Jeffrey Epstein’s Former Island Was NOT Traced To the Clinton Foundation

2020-12-23 Does the ownership of the late pedophile financier Jeffery Epstein's island also have ties to the Clinton Foundation? No, that's not true: This is an entirely false claim from a known satire site. The claim appeared an article published b Go to site post…»

Liste→ Image shows former head of Rwanda’s presidential guard being arrested, not a TPLF leader

2020-12-18 After Ethiopia’s government announced it had stripped immunity from prosecution for officials of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), an image of a man in handcuffs was widely shared on social media with claims that it showed a leader of Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ Former Houston Police Captain Arrested, Allegedly Paid $266,400 by ‘Liberty Center for God and Country’ to ‘Investigate Electoral Fraud’

2020-12-16 In an unnerving example of how disinformation can erupt into the real world, former Houston police captain Mark Aguirre was arrested on December 15 2020 in connection with a strange, sprawling conspiracy theory involving political megadonors and fanta Go to site post…»

Liste→ This image has been doctored to include more medals on former Thai army chief’s uniform

2020-12-15 A purported image of General Apirat Kongsompong, former Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army and a controversial public figure in Thailand, shaking hands with the chief of staff of the U.S. Army has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook and T Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did a Former Disney World Princess ‘Reveal the Truth’?

2020-12-11 Disney theme parks have been the subject of countless rumors since Disneyland first opened in Anaheim in 1955. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President Barack Obama Was NOT Arrested For Espionage — It’s A Made-Up Story

2020-12-01 Was former President Barack Obama arrested for espionage? No, that's not true: A website completely made up the claim that Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was arrested on November 28, 2020. The article used direct quotes f Go to site post…»

Liste→ This image has circulated in reports since 2018 about Sri Lanka’s former prime minister opening a restored Buddhist temple

2020-11-27 A photo showing former Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe pouring water into a pond has been shared multiple times in Facebook posts that claim it shows him performing a ritual for re-election in 2020. The posts circulated online after Go to site post…»

Liste→ Former Indian prime minister has not been invited to Biden’s inauguration

2020-11-20 Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts claim that former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been invited to be “chief guest” at US President-elect Joe Biden’s swearing-in ceremony. The claim is false; Singh’s office denied receiving any such Go to site post…»

Liste→ This altered photo does not show the arrest of Ethiopia’s former head of intelligence

2020-11-20 A photograph has been shared over a hundred times on Facebook with claims that it shows the arrest of Getachew Assefa, Ethiopia’s fugitive ex-intelligence chief and a leading member of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). This is false; t Go to site post…»

Liste→ This image has been doctored to include a photo of former Thai King Rama IX’s dog

2020-11-18 An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter that purports to show a group of Thai people paying their respects to the dead dog of former Thai King Rama IX alongside a claim that suggests it is a genuine phot Go to site post…»

Liste→ The placard in this photo of a former Miss Universe Thailand winner has been doctored

2020-11-13 A photo has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook posts that claim it shows a former Thai beauty pageant winner holding a sign declaring she will refuse to accept any job until Thailand "doesn't have a monarchy". The posts circulated online after Go to site post…»

Liste→ This video shows the funeral of former Nigerian leader Yar’Adua – not President Buhari, who is alive

2020-11-11 A video showing a body wrapped in a Nigerian flag and carried by military officers through a crowd has been shared thousands of times online, with claims that it documents the funeral of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. This is false; the footage c Go to site post…»

Liste→ Misleading claim circulates on Facebook that the former Philippine human rights chief defended an Islamic State-linked militant group

2020-11-11 A photo showing former Philippine human rights chief Etta Rosales speaking to reporters has been shared several times on Facebook alongside a purported quote by her, in which she says the Islamic State-linked Maute group are “defenceless” and “pi Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Former DHS Official Says He Wrote ‘Anonymous’ Trump Critique

2020-10-28 A former Trump administration official who penned a scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book under the pen name “Anonymous” has made his identity public. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Misleading claim circulates that World Bank and IMF were established by former dictator Ferdinand Marcos and Filipino nationalist

2020-10-28 Multiple posts shared repeatedly on Facebook claim the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were established by former dictator Ferdinand Marcos and Filipino nationalist Jose Rizal. The claim is misleading; the World Bank and the IMF we Go to site post…»

Liste→ This video shows a former Indonesian fisheries minister speaking to fishermen in 2018, not to workers in 2020

2020-10-26 A video that shows a former Indonesian fisheries minister giving a speech to a crowd has been viewed almost 1.5 million times in multiple YouTube and Facebook posts that claim she was addressing a protest by students and workers in October 2020. The Go to site post…»

Liste→ Photo of former Thai PM’s ex-wife wearing pro-monarchy yellow shared in misleading context after pro-democracy protests

2020-10-22 A photo that shows the ex-wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra wearing yellow -- a colour associated with the monarchy -- has been shared repeatedly on Facebook in October 2020. The posts, published shortly after large pro-democrac Go to site post…»

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