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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Grindr didn’t threaten to identify Republican politicians who use its app

2023-03-28 “The gay dating app Grindr says if Florida doesn’t stop passing homophobic and transphobic laws, they’ll reveal every Republican legislator and party official who secretly uses the app.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, your sexual partner’s mRNA vaccine will not vaccinate you

2023-03-22 “You can get vaccinated by sleeping with somebody who is already jabbed” with an mRNA vaccine. “It’s called shedding.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Now you know: ‘ABCs test’ for presidents isn’t real

2023-03-21 Joe Biden was the first president in 100 years to unsuccessfully sing the alphabet song. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No arrest pending for Dr. Anthony Fauci; these posts are part of a clickbait scheme

2023-03-20 “BREAKING: ANTHONY FAUCI is set to be arrested!!!” Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Instagram post’s claims about myocarditis in children not supported by official data

2023-03-17 Social media claims that 1 in 40 children now get myocarditis are based on limited evidence—and ignore official evidence to the contrary. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Statue of Liberty photos don’t tell the story of rising sea levels in New York

2023-03-14 Photos of the Statue of Liberty taken in 1920 and 2020 show that the sea level hasn’t changed. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Ashli Babbitt died in fatal U.S. Capitol shooting Jan. 6, 2021; she’s not alive as posts claim

2023-03-09 “Ashli Babbitt is alive and well.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bill Gates isn’t wanted for ‘premeditated murder’ in the Philippines

2023-03-08 “Bill Gates arrest warrant issued in Philippines for ‘premeditated murder’ linked to vaccine roll out.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – A social post says Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman resigned. He didn’t.

2023-03-06 “Breaking: John Fetterman RESIGNATION Announcement” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Medical IDs in East Palestine, Ohio, do not track residents. No one has one yet.

2023-03-02 Digital IDs were given to residents in East Palestine, Ohio, “to track long term health problems like difficulty breathing” before the Feb. 3 train derailment. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Woody Harrelson’s ‘SNL’ pandemic monologue not selectively edited by NBC

2023-02-28 "Woody Harrelson’s 60 seconds in the middle of his monologue was cut out of the edits released after the show.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Nothing to back up claim that constipation killed seven times more people than rifles in US

2023-02-28 Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Kid Rock didn’t tweet this about tyranny and face masks

2023-02-27 Kid Rock tweeted, “Some people wouldn’t recognize tyranny if it slapped a mask on their face, made them stand 6 feet apart, and forced them to take a vaccine for a virus with a 99.8% survival rate.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Claim twists U.N. resolution, smart city concept and the Ohio train derailment into baseless plot

2023-02-24 "The laws governing Agenda 2030 land development allows the government to seize polluted lands and move their residents to … smart cities.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Think a $700 payout from Apple for a slow iPhone seems too good to be true? You’re right, it is

2023-02-24 Apple will pay customers $700 for a slowed-down iPhone. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, President Joe Biden didn’t admit the 2020 presidential election was stolen

2023-02-23 “President Joe Biden admits to faking the election.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – COVID-19 vaccines did not cause a 17% increase in deaths in Australia in 2022

2023-02-23 In Australia, a “17% increase in heart attack deaths” in the first eight months of 2022 is linked to COVID-19 vaccination. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, President Joe Biden didn’t change the name of Black History Month

2023-02-23 “Joe Biden changes the name of Black History Month.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Purported voicemail from President Joe Biden about government records isn’t authentic

2023-02-23 Audio is a “record of Biden trying to cover up his stolen documents crime.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media posts say online influencer Andrew Tate is out of Romanian custody. He’s not.

2023-02-23 Andrew Tate was released from prison and “proven not guilty.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Winston Churchill’s World War II memoirs aren’t evidence that the Holocaust didn’t happen

2023-02-23 Winston Churchill didn’t mention the Holocaust in his memoirs because it didn’t happen. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – FDA approval is required for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to change ingredients in shots

2023-02-22 “Because the Covid shots are still manufactured under the Emergency Use Authorization, they can change up to 49% of the ingredients without FDA approval." Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – WHO pandemic accord doesn’t replace U.S. sovereignty

2023-02-21 "Biden admin negotiates deal to give WHO authority over US pandemic policies.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – M-I-C you later? No. Mickey Mouse will stay as Disney mascot

2023-02-20 “Mickey Mouse to be replaced as official Disney mascot.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Moderna CEO didn’t ‘admit’ company produced 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2019

2023-02-17 At the World Economic Forum, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel admitted that his company produced 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2019, before the pandemic started. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Mother Teresa did not sell babies, as social media post says

2023-02-15 "Mother Teresa sold babies.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Do magnetic pole shifts cause modern climate change and earthquakes? Science says no

2023-02-15 “Humans are not causing climate change.” Magnetic pole shifting “is causing havoc worldwide in weather, climate, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – We know all about pants. Doctored image falsely shows Joe Biden wearing his backwards

2023-02-10 “Joe Biden put his pants on backwards” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – The earthquake in Syria and Turkey was a real natural disaster, and not a political attack

2023-02-09 Earthquake in Turkey and Syria is "a systemic attack against Kurdish people." Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Undersea sounds for wind farms killing whales off Jersey Shore? No evidence of that

2023-02-08 Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Photo shows Game of Thrones characters, not victims of earthquake in Turkey, Syria

2023-02-08 Photo showing Game of Thrones characters depicts victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Balloon-powered satellites? Space conspiracies flourish after Chinese spy balloon discovery

2023-02-07 “‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video doesn’t prove claims that Pfizer conducted ‘gain of function’ COVID research

2023-02-06 “Pfizer just got caught doing gain of function to mutate covid intentionally for vaccines.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Joe Biden has offered support for transgender Americans, unlike what deepfake video shows

2023-02-06 Joe Biden said to transgender women, “you will never be a real woman.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – The US government, not a vigilante, shot down a Chinese balloon

2023-02-06 A vigilante “shot down the Chinese spy balloon in an extraordinary act.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Microwave ovens aren’t causing colon cancer, despite social media claims

2023-02-01 "Doctors say colon cancer is on the rise due to toxins absorbed while cooking food (in) the microwave.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t tweet this demand that Instagram delete a conservative account

2023-01-31 U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Instagram needs to “TERMINATE…a right-wing media page posting CONSERVATIVE content.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Final frontier? No, NASA didn’t stop studying oceans, it’s exploring in ocean depths and from space

2023-01-30 “NASA stopped exploring the ocean.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – U.S. spending in Afghanistan dwarfs aid to Ukraine

2023-01-27 The amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – WHO vaccine research aimed for contraception, not sterilization

2023-01-27 “The World Health Organization has been working since 1974 on vaccines to create permanent sterility.” Go to site post…»

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