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Snopes→ Former Aide Says Cuomo Kissed Her, Suggested Strip Poker
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.
Liste→ This photo actually shows former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha with a Tamil writer
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
Snopes→ Biden’s 1st Month Was About Erasing the Mark of ‘Former Guy’
Biden is out to demonstrate that the days of a seat-of-the-pants presidency are over.
Liste→ Images show a former church turned into a mosque in Hamburg, Germany
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
Liste→ This image has been digitally manipulated to insert the face of former adult film actress Mia Khalifa
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
Liste→ Old photo of former Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni circulates online with false claims
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:
Snopes→ Senate Panels Call Former Capitol Police Chief to Testify
The Senate has announced its first hearings to examine the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol.
Liste→ Video falsely claims an airport in the Philippines was renamed in February 2021 to remove reference to former senator
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
Liste→ This photo shows former US President Donald Trump working in Florida in 2017, not 2021
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
Liste→ This video shows a hoax report and police denied that the former Philippine senator was arrested
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
Top Fact Checks→ Former President Donald Trump was offered money in exchange for pardons.
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
Snopes→ Did Former QAnon Believer Apologize to Anderson Cooper for Thinking He Ate Babies?
"You actually believe that I was drinking the blood of children?" Anderson Cooper asked the guest.
Snopes→ Did Trump Open an ‘Office of the Former President’ in Palm Beach?
The former president may be looking for something to do with his free time.
Liste→ Hoax news reports claim Pakistani government hired former army general to head medical regulatory body
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,
Snopes→ No, Obama and Former Italian Prime Minister Renzi Didn’t Rig US Election
A viral story going around social media builds on debunked mass voter fraud conspiracy theories.
Top Fact Checks→ Former presidents George Bush and Barack Obama have been arrested and sentenced to death.
There is no evidence to support this claim and the former presidents have not been arrested.
Liste→ Edited, manipulated clip of former Pakistani diplomat discussing 2019 Indian air strike circulates on social media and in mainstream Indian press
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
Top Fact Checks→ Former President Barrack Obama was arrested for espionage.
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.
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
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
Liste→ Video of former China CDC director criticising China-made vaccines in 2010 is recirculated in misleading social media posts
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
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’
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
Snopes→ Trump Pardons Former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort
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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ownership of Jeffrey Epstein’s Former Island Was NOT Traced To the Clinton Foundation
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
Liste→ Image shows former head of Rwanda’s presidential guard being arrested, not a TPLF leader
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
TruthOrFiction→ Former Houston Police Captain Arrested, Allegedly Paid $266,400 by ‘Liberty Center for God and Country’ to ‘Investigate Electoral Fraud’
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
Liste→ This image has been doctored to include more medals on former Thai army chief’s uniform
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
Snopes→ Did a Former Disney World Princess ‘Reveal the Truth’?
Disney theme parks have been the subject of countless rumors since Disneyland first opened in Anaheim in 1955.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President Barack Obama Was NOT Arrested For Espionage — It’s A Made-Up Story
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
Liste→ This image has circulated in reports since 2018 about Sri Lanka’s former prime minister opening a restored Buddhist temple
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
Liste→ Former Indian prime minister has not been invited to Biden’s inauguration
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
Liste→ This altered photo does not show the arrest of Ethiopia’s former head of intelligence
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
Liste→ This image has been doctored to include a photo of former Thai King Rama IX’s dog
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
Liste→ The placard in this photo of a former Miss Universe Thailand winner has been doctored
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
Liste→ This video shows the funeral of former Nigerian leader Yar’Adua – not President Buhari, who is alive
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
Liste→ Misleading claim circulates on Facebook that the former Philippine human rights chief defended an Islamic State-linked militant group
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
Snopes→ Former DHS Official Says He Wrote ‘Anonymous’ Trump Critique
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.
Liste→ Misleading claim circulates that World Bank and IMF were established by former dictator Ferdinand Marcos and Filipino nationalist
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
Liste→ This video shows a former Indonesian fisheries minister speaking to fishermen in 2018, not to workers in 2020
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
Liste→ Photo of former Thai PM’s ex-wife wearing pro-monarchy yellow shared in misleading context after pro-democracy protests
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