A Silicon Valley Bank logo in Tempe, Arizona, on March 14, 2023. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/AFP/Getty Images) Claims are circulating online that Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) donated more than $73 million to the Black Lives Matter nonprofit organization befo
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Full Fact→ The government doesn’t spend £17 million a year subsidising food in Parliament
Thousands of people have shared a claim about cheap food in the House of Commons on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lauren Boebert Satirical Tweet About ‘Millions Of Boating Accidents’ Caused By ATF Pistol Braces Ban Widely Misinterpreted
Did Rep. Lauren Boebert literally mean that banning pistol braces is causing "millions of boating accidents" when she posted a tweet critical of "Biden's ATF rule"? No, that's not true: The term "boating accident" is a well-known in-joke
Poynter→ Claims that Silicon Valley Bank donated $73 million to Black Lives Matter are unsupported
Newsmax, Tucker Carlson and Jesse Watters suggested without evidence that 'woke' investments contributed to the bank's collapse.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim that Silicon Valley Bank donated $73 million to Black Lives Matter is unsupported
Silicon Valley Bank “donated $73M to 'BLM Movement'”
Truth or Fiction?→ Alex Jones’ $43 Million Bankruptcy Payment Plan Rejected: Report
Conspiracy theorist broadcaster Alex Jones must provide thorough financial records in response to a judge’s order by the end of March 2023, after the bereaved families of victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting attack rejected his attorneys’
Logically→ Pressure on the U.K.’s asylum system has resulted in hotel accommodation for migrants costing taxpayers close to £7 million per day.
PolitiFact→ Stanley Litow – Strong support for notion that a bachelor’s degree means $1 million more in lifetime income
“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Moon Is NOT Inhabited By 250 Million ‘Humanoid Aliens’
Did a "confidential source" find more than 250 million "humanoid aliens" living on the moon? No, that's not true: NASA told Lead Stories they have not yet found any sound evidence of extraterrestrial life. The key word "humanoid" implies
Full Fact→ Who are the 100 million displaced people Suella Braverman said could qualify for UK protection?
We’ve looked into the figures after the Home Secretary claimed 100 million people could be eligible for protection under current UK laws.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Bombshell New Study’ Does NOT Prove That mRNA ‘Jabs’ Have Caused ‘Tens Of Millions Of Serious New Health Problems Worldwide’
Did a "bombshell new study" prove that mRNA "jabs" have "caused tens of millions of serious new health problems worldwide," including a condition known as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)? No, that's not true: The 2022 stu
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – ‘Millions’ of Muslims converting to Christianity? Available data doesn’t support that claim
“Muslims by the millions are converting to Christianity.”
The Dispatch→ Millions May Lose Their Pandemic Medicaid Coverage
A notice from the state of Arkansas stating an enrollee is ineligible for Medicaid benefits. (Photo by Brandon Dill for The Washington Post via Getty Images)The expiration of a temporary pandemic measure could cause headaches for states and Medicaid en
Logically→ Trucks carrying 1.5 million Chadians attempting to vote were blocked at the Nigerian border.
The Facebook page that shared this story has repeatedly spread misinformation; no reputable sources have corroborated this story.
PolitiFact→ Robin Vos – Vos is mostly right on claim about multimillionaires and BadgerCare
In Wisconsin, even multimillionaires can be on BadgerCare "because we don't even ask people what their income level is to qualify for free healthcare."
Full Fact→ £7 million daily cost of hotel accommodation includes cost of housing Afghan refugees
Articles in the Daily Express and Daily Mail wrongly claimed that almost £7 million a day is being spent on hotels for people who either arrived in the UK illegally or are awaiting deportation.
PolitiFact→ As pandemic-era provisions lapse, millions of Americans to lose Medicaid
States are preparing to remove millions of people from Medicaid as protections installed early in the COVID-19 pandemic expire. Millions of low-income Americans may be at risk of losing health coverage, having less access to care or facing large medica
Full Fact→ Claims 18 million Americans ‘seriously injured’ by Covid-19 vaccines are misleading
Serious adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccinations are rare.
PolitiFact→ Public Interest Legal Foundation – Millions of California ballots were simply unused, not ‘unaccounted for,’ experts say
In California, there were “10 million mail ballots unaccounted for” in the November midterm election.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 1/4 Million Failed Voting Attempts Did NOT Result in Uncounted Arizona Votes In November 2022 Election
Did nearly a quarter of a million voting attempts fail in the November 8, 2022, election in Arizona and did that impact the vote count? No, that's not true: The communications director for the Maricopa County Elections Department called t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘FDA Chief’ Does NOT Call For Immediate End To COVID Vaccines — Millions Are NOT Dropping Dead
Did the chief of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) call for an immediate end to COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: The head of the FDA is Dr. Robert M. Califf and he is not mentioned in the article where the claim appears. The s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alyssa Milano’s ‘Temper Tantrum’ Over Elon Musk Has NOT Cost Her $13 Million — Story From Satire Website
Did Alyssa Milano's "temper tantrum" over Elon Musk cost her $13 million? No, that's not true: This satirical article was published by a website connected to the satire network, America's Last Line of Defense, which clearly identifies its
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Japan Is NOT Investigating ‘Millions Of COVID Vaccine Deaths’ — No Such Death Tolls Reported, No Investigation Launched
Did Japan launch an official investigation into "millions of COVID vaccine deaths" in December 2022 or early January 2023? No, that's not true: As of January 4, 2023, there is no available evidence to suggest that "millions" of people in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chick-fil-A Did NOT Just Donate ‘Another $1.8 Million To Anti-LGBTQ Groups’
Did Chick-fil-A just donate "another $1.8 million to anti-LGBTQ groups"? No, that's not true: The claim is a copy of a headline first published in 2019. The old story reported the fast food chain donated a combined $1.8 million to the Fel
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Influenza caused 9 million illnesses, 5,000 deaths last flu season, CDC says
There are a record high cases of flu in the U.S. this year, and “last year there were none.”
Logically→ Adani Group signed a deal with Chinese firms to invest $300 million in Gujarat despite the recent clash in Tawang.
Adani Group signed a deal with Chinese firm East Hope Group in 2017, years before the Tawang clash took place. However, the deal did not materialize.
Full Fact→ Labour’s analysis on five million ‘denied’ GP appointments fact checked
This widely reported figure is an estimate, based on several assumptions that may not be right.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say Ex-Twitter CEO Took Millions In Censorship Kickbacks From Democrats
Did Elon Musk tweet that Democrats paid former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey millions of dollars to block or delete the pages of people who posted about Hunter Biden's laptop during the 2020 election? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could fin
PolitiFact→ Bernie Sanders – Bernie Sanders said 85 million Americans have no health insurance. That includes underinsured
“We have 85 million Americans who have no health insurance.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Is NOT Calling For Slaughter Of Millions Of Pet Cats, Dogs To Fight Climate Change
Is the World Economic Forum (WEF) calling for a new initiative to "slaughter" millions of cats and dogs in order to decrease the effects of climate change? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this is a real WEF initiative. News
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, 1.1 million Americans did not die suddenly because of the COVID-19 vaccines
“Since the COVID jabs were rolled out, at least 1.1 million Americans have 'died suddenly.'”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Report Does NOT Reveal Over 1 Million Americans Have ‘Died Suddenly’ Since COVID Vaccine Roll-Out, Another Government Report Does NOT Prove Vaccines Are To Blame
Does a "secret" CDC report reveal that at least 1.1 million Americans have "Died Suddenly" since the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out? Does a separate government report from the United Kingdom prove the vaccines are to blame? No, that's not true
Logically→ Cristiano Ronaldo has completed a €200 million-a-year contract with Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr.
Cristiano Ronaldo dismissed reports that he agreed to a deal to join Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr after departing Manchester United.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Six Million’ Population Figure In Pre-WWII American News Stories About Jews Does NOT Confirm There Was No Holocaust
Does the repeated use of the figure 6 million in pre-World War II American newspaper reports about the world's Jewish communities prove there was no Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews are estimated to have died? No, that's not true: The r
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, climate activists have not vowed to slaughter millions of dogs
"Climate activists vow to slaughter millions of dogs to ‘reduce carbon pawprint.’”
PolitiFact→ Kanye West – Yes, Hitler was responsible for the deaths of six million Jewish people in the Holocaust
Hitler “didn’t kill 6 million Jews” and “the Holocaust is not what happened.”
Poynter→ Google and YouTube partner with Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network on $13.2 million grant for the global fact-checking community
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2022) – The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the nonprofit Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalistic excellence, announces a partnership with Google and YouTube […] The post Google and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 50 Million Doses Of Vaccines Were NOT Recalled, Did NOT Give People AIDS
Were 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines recalled after giving people AIDS? No, that's not true: These vaccines were from a trial in Australia, where a plan to manufacture 50 million doses was suspended in December 2020 after the vaccin
PolitiFact→ Mark Finchem – More than 1.13 million votes were counted within 24 hours of Election Day, not just 62,000
“We waited 24 hours and got a measly 62k votes" in Maricopa County
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Shapiro had more than a million votes in PA with 36% reporting, despite viral image
When 36% of the vote was in, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro had 370,706 votes and 56.6% of the vote while Doug Mastriano had 844,669 and 41.6%.