These posts claim that a man has gone missing in several different UK locations, but use photographs of different men from the US.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Speedway NOT Offering Consumers $500 Gift Card As ‘Settlement’ for High Prices — It’s Hoax
Is the Speedway gas and convenience store chain giving $500 gift cards to consumers who answer three questions as part of a price-gouging lawsuit settlement? No, that's not true: The post is a hoax. There is no evidence on Speedway's offi
Full Fact→ Facebook post about missing autistic boy and his dog is a hoax
The post includes a picture of a boy who it says is from Derbyshire and called Brayden. In fact the picture shows an American boy called Kai seven years ago.
Truth or Fiction?→ Tennessee Lawmaker Switches From School ‘Litter Box’ Hoax to ‘Leashes’ Narrative
When asked to admit her claims of “litter boxes” in schools were a hoax, a right-wing Tennessee lawmaker instead shifted to claiming she was told about “leashes” instead. The Tennessee Holler news outlet posted footage of an int
Truth or Fiction?→ Before Being Elected, George Santos Pushed His Own ‘Stolen Election’ Hoax
Amid continuing criticism and demands — even from local party members — that he leave office, a video circulating online shows right-wing Rep. George Santos (R-New York) appearing at a January 5 2021 rally and falsely claiming that an elect
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctor Did NOT Say On Video That He Manufactured AIDS As Bio Weapon — This Is A Soviet-Era Disinformation Hoax
Did an American doctor admit on video that he created the HIV and AIDS viruses in a U.S. military medical laboratory, Fort Detrick, so that they could be used as biological weapons for depopulating the world? No, that's not true: Dr. Robe
Full Fact→ Hoax posts about missing grandfather circulating on local Facebook groups
The posts, which claim to be from someone looking for their missing grandfather, feature an image of a man who passed away earlier this year.
Full Fact→ Facebook post about dog found ‘freezing’ in Falkirk is a hoax
The picture accompanying the post was taken from an article about a dog attack in Northern Ireland.
Logically→ A 56-year high in snow cover in the northern hemisphere in November 2022 proves global warming is a hoax.
A small spike in the snow cover extent in mid-November 2022 has been misrepresented to claim that global warming and climate change are not real.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WikiLeaks Did NOT Release Video Proof That Apollo 11 Moon Landing Was Hoax Filmed In Nevada Desert
Did WikiLeaks in December of 2022 release Apollo 11 "moon landing cut scenes filmed in Nevada desert," proving that the moon landing never happened and was instead staged for filming right here on Earth? No, that's not true: The video in
Lead Stories→ Lead Stories Uncovers Network of Cambodian Websites Pushing Death Hoaxes On Facebook To Spread Malware
The celebrity death hoax has long been a clickbait staple, but recently one network has taken it to extremes, using scores of websites to host its content and an automated army of bots to push the links into Facebook groups. Many Facebook
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Outer space is not a ‘hoax’ as Instagram post claims
“If outer space was a vacuum, astronauts would train in vacuum chambers. Not in swimming pools. Outer Space is a hoax.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Unevolved’ Species Do NOT Prove Evolution Is A Hoax — Some Changes Are Visible, Some Are Not
Do the "unevolved" lifeforms shown in a social media video prove that evolution is a hoax? No, that's not true: Not all change is external and not all change happens within the time parameters outlined for the flora and fauna shown in the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Is NOT Proof That Moon Landing Was Hoax — It’s Lampoon Of Conspiracy Theories
Does a video that shows a stage-lighting support hitting an astronaut as he descends onto what appears to be the moon's surface prove that Apollo 11's July 20, 1969, moon landing was fake? No, that's not true: This video was produced as a
Snopes→ Facebook Hoax Claims Officers Found Bear Inside Car in Your Town
Facebook users who appeared to be African scammers kept changing the town name when reposting this real story about a bear being found in a car.
Snopes→ Facebook Hoax Promises Way ‘To Regain Friends and Get Rid of Ads’
If only "copypasta" worked that way.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video shows controlled burn, not climate change hoax
Video shows “California sets their own forest fires and claims them as climate change effects.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Old hoax about killer cab driver still spreading online
Photo shows a taxi driver in New York City who “drives around taking people to kill.”
Snopes→ ‘Facebook Will Start Charging This Summer’ Is an Old Hoax
Meta has never announced any plans that they would start charging users to be on Facebook.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Aldrin didn’t say the moon landing was a hoax
Buzz Aldrin admitted that the moon landing “didn’t happen.”
Snopes→ Alex Jones Testifies in Trial over His Sandy Hook Hoax Lies
More than a dozen relatives of the 26 shooting victims showed up to observe his often contentious testimony in Waterbury Superior Court.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: "Deathbed Confession" Video Does NOT Prove Moon Landing A Hoax
Does a viral video describing a father's "deathbed confession" prove the U.S. government faked the 1969 moon landing? No, that's not true: There is a significant amount of evidence that NASA landed on the moon and experts Lead Stories spo
Snopes→ Why Are Online Death Hoaxes so Popular?
Celebrities, royalty, sports personalities — all have been unwitting victims.
Logically→ The 9/11 attack was a hoax as crisis actors were hired to give their account of what happened to news reporters.
Numerous eyewitness accounts of the 9/11 attacks have been recorded in official public testimony.
Snopes→ Queen Elizabeth Death Hoaxes Accelerate as World Awaits News
As of this writing, there has yet to be an official announcement of her death.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video falsely claims monkeypox is a governmental hoax
"Monkeypox is a complete, fake sham” that’s “designed to force lockdowns, mandates and shots.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reflection In Astronaut’s Visor From Apollo 17 Moon Landing Does NOT Prove It Was Hoax
Does a reflection in an astronaut's helmet visor from the Apollo 17 moon landing prove that it was a hoax? No, that's not true: The reflection seen in astronaut Gene Cernan's helmet visor shows astronaut Harrison Schmidt standing in front
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media hoax promises cash allowance for health care
“Free health allowance is available at no cost.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Smithsonian Did NOT Destroy Giant Skeletons — It’s An Internet Hoax
Did the Smithsonian Institute admit to destroying thousands of giant human skeletons? Did the U.S. Supreme Court order the Smithsonian to release classified documents that would prove this? No, neither are true: A representative for the S
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scenes Do NOT Show Secret Moon Landing Hoax — They Are Clips Shot On A Real Movie Set
Do recently declassified behind-the-scenes film clips show that the moon landing was really a hoax -- that it was actually filmed on a movie set here on Earth? No, that's not true: This does not show the staging of a massive hoax. These c
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Don’t fall for this hoax about two men pretending to be homeless to rob you
A photo shows two men on the run who pretend to be homeless and then “attack and rob you.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Samzuki Hydaiko Was NOT Identified As Shooter Of Shinzo Abe — Yet Another ‘Sam Hyde Is The Shooter’ Hoax
Was Samzuki Hydaiko identified as the person who shot former prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe? No, that's not true: A man named Tetsuya Yamagishi was taken into custody by security officers at the scene of the shooting. A gun that appe
AllSides→ Fact check: Hoax post impersonating Mayo Clinic physician continues to circulate
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/06/28/fact-check-post-claiming-misdiagnose-trump-supporters-hoax-mayo-clinic/7637860001/
Logically→ The media claimed that the same person died at both the Sandy Hook shooting and the Boston Marathon bombing, indicating that both of those events were hoaxes.
Snopes→ Jim Carrey Is Not Dead, Despite Death Hoax in YouTube Ad
YouTube users reported seeing an ad that falsely claimed Carrey, the famous movie star and stand-up comedian, had experienced a "heartbreaking passing."
PolitiFact→ Young America's Foundation – Hoax claim about Mayo Clinic, Trump supporters and ectopic pregnancy is still false
A doctor at the Mayo Clinic is misdiagnosing pregnancies of Trump supporters so they have abortions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mermaid Washed Up On Beach In Kenya Or South Africa Is NOT Real — It’s Video Hoax
Was this an actual child mermaid who cried in distress with the voice of a pig, reeled in or washed up on a beach in Africa, amazing onlookers who poked and videoed the half-human half-fish creature without trying to help? No, that's not
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, these photos don’t prove monkeypox is a hoax
Photos of monkeypox lesions prove the current virus outbreak is a hoax.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Grand juries determined alleged sex trafficking ‘Franklin scandal’ in Omaha was a hoax
The “Franklin scandal” broke in 1989 “when hundreds of children were apparently flown around the US to be abused by high ranking ‘Establishment’ members."
Poynter→ A photo of intact windows in Bucha is being used to claim the war in Ukraine is a hoax
An image of overturned cars in front of what looks like a building is spreading online as evidence that the war in Ukraine is a hoax. “I want to buy […] The post A photo of intact windows in Bucha is being used to claim the war in Ukraine i