Did Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf finalize and issue on October 27, 2020, a list of 13 rules for Thanksgiving household visits? No, that's not true: The document offered in support of the claim is not an official state document. It is design
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Snopes→ Did Jeff Foxworthy Make a Joke About Democrat Governors and Trump?
It was the latest in a long litany of quotations falsely attributed to the famous Georgia comedian.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Georgia Governor And Secretary Of State Took Money From China To Steal Election From Trump
Did the governor and secretary of state in Georgia take money from China to steal the election from Donald Trump? No, there's zero proof that's true. Lead Stories reached out to the person making the accusation, radio host Hal Turner, to
Snopes→ Biden Transition Gets Govt OK After Trump out of Options
The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, formally starting the transition of power.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT True That The U.S. Government Has ‘Never Forced Anyone To Stop Smoking’ To Save Lives
Is it true that the U.S. government has "never forced anyone to stop smoking" to save lives? No, that's not true: There are many places where smoking is prohibited to preserve the health of others. The claims appeared from a post (archive
Full Fact - All content→ The government plans to monitor potential adverse reactions to a Covid-19 vaccine, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be safe
We’ve been asked by our readers to check claims on whether the government has awarded a contract to create an AI software tool to “process the expected high volume of Covid-19 vaccine Adverse Drug Reaction (ADRs)”. This is correct&mda
TruthOrFiction→ Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Win Emmy for Use of Television to ‘Inform and Calm People Around the World’
On November 20 2020, “Emmy” trended on Twitter due to tweets asserting that New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo was the unlikely recipient of an Emmy award: NOT A JOKE: Andrew Cuomo to Receive International Emmy for ‘Masterful Use’ of T
Full Fact - All content→ Bringing together the UK government, Facebook, and others to combat misinformation crises
In September we announced that Full Fact was convening a range of experts to develop a new collaborative model for tackling misinformation crises, with funding support from Facebook. While information producers have responded to the coronavirus p
Liste→ False claim circulates online that Australian government cut funding for New South Wales fire service in 2020
Multiple posts shared hundreds of times on Facebook and Twitter claim the Australian government cut AUD 200 million from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) in the state’s 2020-21 budget. The claim is false; NSW RFS told AFP that budget
Snopes→ Does a Photograph Show Michigan Gov. Whitmer Without a Mask?
Whitmer has a gold-colored jacket that she frequently wears, a fact that was exploited to spread misinformation.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Did Gov. Cuomo Say It Was ‘Bad News’ Pfizer Vaccine Progress Came Under Trump?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cuomo-vaccine-bad-news-trump/ In November 2020, a raft of Republican
Liste→ False claim recirculates in New Zealand that government revoked ‘human right to grow food’
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim New Zealand’s government passed legislation that revoked residents’ “human right to grow food”. The claim is false; the New Zealand Department of Primary Industries told AFP that “there i
Snopes→ Did Gov. Cuomo Say It Was ‘Bad News’ Pfizer Vaccine Progress Came Under Trump?
Republican lawmakers and right-leaning commentators seized upon remarks made by the New York Democrat during an interview on "Good Morning America."
Snopes→ Governors Ratchet Up Restrictions Ahead of Thanksgiving
A record-breaking nearly 70,000 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus in the U.S. as of Nov. 15, 13,000 more than a week earlier, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
Snopes→ Michigan Governor Says She Has Authority for Stay-Home Order
The Democratic governor spoke with Capitol reporters a day after announcing limits amid a surge of COVID-19 cases that has led to increased hospitalizations and deaths.
Liste→ The footage has been edited and does not accurately depict the press conference in which Imran Khan criticised the French government
A clip from a news broadcast has been shared in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts that claim it shows Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan blaming Muslims for recent acts of terrorism in France. But the claim is misleading: the posts share a short, ed
Full Fact - All content→ The government is not proposing to make a Covid-19 vaccine mandatory
We’ve seen a number of posts on Facebook that suggest a government document indicates that the Covid-19 vaccine will be mandatory and the government will use the Mental Health Act to section people who refuse the vaccine. This is not the case. Th
Liste→ Misleading claim circulates online that Seoul government has introduced a scheme allowing bicycles on all buses city-wide
Multiple Korean-language posts published on various social media platforms in November 2020 claim that South Korea’s Seoul Metropolitan Government has introduced a new scheme that allows bicycles on all buses. But the claim omits important context;
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gov. Whitmer Did NOT Say ‘I Will Not Certify The Vote In My State For Donald Trump, No Matter The Outcome’
Did Gov. Gretchen Whitmer say "I will not certify the vote in my state for Donald Trump, no matter the outcome"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence the Michigan governor ever said that. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archive
Top Fact Checks→ Donald Trump maintained a stake in Trump Tower when he became president, and with it, a financial connection to the Chinese government.
Until 2019, China’s biggest state-controlled bank rented three floors in Trump Tower.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Term ‘Hungover’ Did NOT Originate From Drunken Sailors Sleeping Over A Rope
Did the term "hungover" originate from a practice of allowing drunks to drape their bodies across a rope overnight for the price of a penny in Victorian England? No, that's not entirely true: The term hungover -- and its noun form, hangov
Snopes→ Will US Govt. Force COVID-19 Vaccine on Citizens?
Epidemiologists view a COVID-19 vaccine — which isn't yet available — as one of the best ways to end the pandemic.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The U.S. Government Has NOT ‘Finally Admitted’ Marijuana Kills Cancer Cells
Has the U.S. government "finally" admitted that marijuana kills cancer cells? No, that's not true. A paper published by the government's National Institutes of Health concluded that while "cannabis and its derivatives may help to alleviat
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Argentina’s new government office is NOT a fact-checker
In early October, Argentina’s Public Defender’s Office announced the creation of a new department whose mission would be to fight the spread of online hate speech and false information. Dubbed Nodio (a combination of the Spanish words for “no”
Top Fact Checks→ The Indian government bypassed procedural obligations and proposed Anil Ambani’s Reliance for Rafale deal.
Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier had clarified that the Indian government did not dictate his decision to choose Reliance as its offset partner
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Did NOT Order Hunters To Wear An Orange Face Mask
Did New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo order all hunters in the state to wear an orange face mask while in the field? No, that's not true: There have been no announcements from the governor's office or the state agency that regulates hunters that
Top Fact Checks→ Trump administration has attacked the rights of transgender people – banning them from military service, weakening non-discrimination protection and even removing the word transgender from some govern
The Trump administration has rolled back several rights and measures against discrimination that protected the transgender community.
Snopes→ Study: Health Systems, Govt Responses Linked to Virus Tolls
The study published in Nature Medicine modeled "excess mortality" in 19 European countries, New Zealand, and Australia to compare the effectiveness of counter-measures.
Snopes→ Plot to Kidnap Michigan’s Governor Grew from the Militia Movement’s Toxic Mix of Constitutional Falsehoods and Half-Truths
The U.S. militia movement has long been steeped in a peculiar – and unquestionably mistaken – interpretation of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and civil liberties.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Pence Did NOT Sign A Bill When He Was Governor of Indiana To Jail Same-Sex Marriage Applicants
Did Mike Pence sign a bill when he was governor of Indiana to send same-sex marriage applicants to jail? No, that's not true: Pence, while a strong opponent of same-sex marriage, could not have signed any such bill because the legislation
Snopes→ Does This Photo Show Biden Meeting Government Officials Without Masks?
An image shared on social media purportedly shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Washington, D.C. without masks.
Liste→ Rwandan government rejects old claim that French no longer an official language
A Facebook post shared hundreds of times claims that Rwanda has dropped French as an official language and replaced it with Swahili. This is an old claim that was previously debunked by AFP Fact Check and has resurfaced. The Rwandan government confirme
Liste→ This footage has circulated since 2019 in reports about anti-government protests in Azerbaijan
A video has been viewed thousands of times on Twitter and Weibo in October 2020 alongside a claim it shows police in Azerbaijan arresting people during the country’s military conflict with Armenia in 2020. The claim is false; the video has circulated
Snopes→ 6 People Charged in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer
The FBI quoted one of the accused as saying Whitmer “has no checks and balances at all. She has uncontrolled power right now. All good things must come to an end."
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Is the Government Going to ‘Force a Coronavirus Vaccine on Everyone?’
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Full Fact - All content→ How the government performed on its autumn testing targets
On 30 July, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published a new series of “ambitions” for the NHS Test and Trace service. Two of these were ambitions to achieve specific goals “by September”. They were: “test
Liste→ The Eswatini government rejected claims of a new law prohibiting foreign-owned businesses
Multiple posts on Facebook claim that Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, has passed a new law that reserves all businesses for citizens and prohibits the renewal of operating permits for foreigners. The claim is false; the government has dismissed reports t
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact checking Gov. Cuomo’s false claim about Covid-positive patients and nursing homes
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/andrew-cuomo-nursing-homes-fact-check/index.html New York Gov.
Liste→ This photo shows a government office in Indonesia’s Papua province that was set on fire during a protest in 2019
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows a fire engulfing a government office in Indonesia’s Papua province following a protest in 2020. The claim is false; the government office cited in the
Snopes→ Texas Governor Restricts Mail-In Ballot Drop-Off Locations
Abbott called his order a move to enhance poll security, while Democrats blasted it as a naked effort to suppress voters.