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Snopes→ Can Everyone Who’s Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Go Anywhere Maskless Now?
If you're planning to travel or visit a doctor, the CDC says cover your face regardless of your vaccination status.
Snopes→ Is the Internet Trying To ‘Cancel’ Snow White?
We found reactions to the supposed anti-Snow White backlash ... but not the backlash itself.
Snopes→ Mom Who Gave Birth on Flight Didn’t Know She Was Pregnant
Lavinia “Lavi” Mounga had no idea a baby was coming when she went into labor on a flight from her home in Utah to Honolulu last week.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Hey Facebook, why wait six months? Just ban Trump permanently now
Earlier this week, while appearing on his own network, CNN’s Jake Tapper said why even interview some guests if they are just going to lie? He’s right. If certain conservative lawmakers are going to perpetuate wild conspiracy theories, including th
Snopes→ 76,000 California Inmates Now Eligible for Earlier Releases
California is giving 76,000 inmates, including violent and repeat felons, the opportunity to leave prison earlier as the state aims to further trim the population of what once was the nation’s largest state correctional system.
Full Fact - All content→ Claims 163 million people searched ‘how to hit a woman so no one knows’ are untrue
A screenshot of an article claiming “‘How To Hit A Woman So No One Knows’ Was Googled 163 Million Times During 2020” has been widely shared online. One reshare of this headline has been liked more than 200,000 times on Ins
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘How To Hit A Woman So No One Knows’ Was NOT Googled 163 Million Times During 2020
Was the phrase "How To Hit A Woman So No One Knows" Googled 163 million times during 2020 as reported in an article in The Journal of General Psychology and subsequent articles about those findings? No, that's not true: The author of the
Snopes→ Is a Chinese Rocket Falling to Earth, and ‘No One Knows’ Where It Will Crash?
An astrophysicist said the landing could "be the equivalent of a small plane crash scattered over 100 miles."
TruthOrFiction→ Was Snow White ‘Cancelled’?
On May 3 2021, social media rumors that Snow White was “cancelled” by “woke mobs” began circulating, pushed along by the usual disinformation purveyors: Disneyland Revamps Snow White Ride, Adds Prince Waking Her With A Kiss. F
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Was Andrew Brown Jr. a ‘Known Drug Dealer’ Before NC Deputies Killed Him?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/andrew-brown-jr-background/ What's True: On more than a dozen occasio
Snopes→ Was Andrew Brown Jr. a ‘Known Drug Dealer’ Before NC Deputies Killed Him?
As police reform advocates searched for answers in the killing of Andrew Brown Jr., others focused on his past arrests and incarcerations.
Lead Stories→ Attention Mike Lindell: What You May Want To Know About The ‘Data’ Used In Your Stolen Election Claims
Snopes→ Was a Woman Shouted at by Sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
Stay behind the rail unless you want to get yelled at by The Old Guard.
Top Fact Checks→ Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal is now the effective in-charge of Delhi.
Delhi's elected government will now have to seek Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's opinion before taking an executive decision.
Snopes→ Was ‘How To Hit a Woman So No One Knows’ Googled 163M Times in 2020?
A researcher looking into the trend said the purported findings shocked her.
Snopes→ US ‘Real ID’ Deadline is Now May 2023 Because of COVID-19
Congress passed the Real ID Act in 2005 to establish minimum security standards for state-issued driver’s licenses and ID cards following a recommendation from the 9/11 Commission.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Why and how to proactively incorporate public health knowledge into fact-checking
Long before 2003, when Brooks Jackson and I launched FactCheck.org, I stumbled into adjudicating political misrepresentations by happenstance when editors and producers drew me into the 1988 electoral fray because I had written a book titled “Packagi
Snopes→ CDC Says Many Americans Can Now Go Outside Without a Mask
The change comes as more than half of U.S. adults have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine, and more than a third have been fully vaccinated.
Full Fact - All content→ There were nowhere near one million people at the anti-lockdown march
Following the anti-lockdown protest in London on Saturday 24 April, claims that up to one million people attended have been shared widely. Crowd sizes are difficult to estimate accurately. Nevertheless one million is an implausible estimate. One video
Snopes→ The Big Pentagon Internet Mystery Now Partially Solved
After weeks of wonder by the networking community, the Pentagon has now provided a very terse explanation for what it’s doing.
Full Fact - All content→ Here’s what you should know about the Lobbying Act
During Prime Minister’s Questions on 14 April, the 2014 Lobbying Act, central to the controversy surrounding former prime minister David Cameron’s involvement with Greensill Capital, became a major point of contention. In response to
Snopes→ Alaska Piñata Maker Now Makes Coronavirus-Shaped Models
“Coronavirus is the perfect villain for children."
Full Fact - All content→ We don’t know if the ‘Nigerian variant’ is more deadly
The data in this piece is correct as of the time of publishing, on 21 April 2021. Articles from news outlets, and posts on social media have raised concerns about the risk posed by a Covid-19 variant which has been dubbed the “Nigerian variant&rd
Snopes→ Half of US adults now have received at least 1 COVID shot
Almost 130 million people 18 or older have received at least one dose of a vaccine, or 50.4% of the total adult population.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Did You Know Disney Once Considered Building a Park Dedicated Entirely to Villains Called the Dark Kingdom?’
On April 6 2021, a popular Imgur post involved a purported Disney fact — namely that Disney once conceived, then scrapped, plans for a “Dark Kingdom” theme park, with its branding focused around Maleficent’s castle: The Imgur P
Snopes→ Usher’s ‘Ush Bucks’: Here’s What We Know
The singer was accused of "making it rain" fake dollar bills with his face on them at a strip club.
Snopes→ Rapper-Actor DMX, Known for Gruff Delivery, Dead at 50
The Grammy-nominated performer died after suffering “catastrophic cardiac arrest,” according to the hospital in White Plains, New York, where he died.
Snopes→ Is It Snowing?
It's smart to be skeptical on April Fools', but this got weird.
Full Fact - All content→ Everything you need to know about the Home Office’s ‘eyebrow’ spending
A number of posts on Facebook have made claims about Home Office payments to a company called “Beautiful Brows Limited”, in light of an article from Byline Times. The article looked at expenses paid for on the Home Office’s procuremen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Economic Reforms Known As NESARA Were Secretly Approved by Congress And Bill Clinton
Did President Bill Clinton quietly sign into law an economic reform measure secretly passed by Congress and did President George W. Bush later orchestrate the 9/11 attacks to prevent the enactment of the law, commonly known as NESARA? No,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Charity Worker From Denmark Rescued, Then Adopted Dying-But-Now-Healthy Nigerian Child
Do these photos show a charity worker from Denmark adopted a naked and dying 2-year-old abandoned child in Nigeria? No, that's not true. Charity worker Anja Ringgren Lovén is in all of the photos in the meme, with different-colored hair.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘It’s Now Illegal to Offer Someone Water in a Voting Line in Georgia’
On March 26 2021, Imgur user ZUXUX shared a screenshot of a tweet by journalist Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller), claiming it was “now illegal to offer someone water in a voting line in Georgia”: Good morning. It’s now illegal to offer someone
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: What We Know About a Ship Blocking the Suez Canal
A wedged, skyscraper-sized container ship has blocked the entire width of the Suez Canal and created a major traffic jam on one of the world’s most crucial trade routes.
Top Fact Checks→ Tesla vehicles can now be purchased using bitcoins.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced this via a tweet on March 24, 2021, adding that the bitcoin would not be "converted into fiat currency."
Liste→ This is a photo from the Indian city of Lucknow
A photo of a traffic jam on a garbage-filled street has been shared thousands of times on Facebook with the claim that it shows a scene from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, a northwestern Pakistani province bordering Afghanistan. The claim is false; the photo was
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ No evidence that the milk protein casein causes cancer; claim is based on animal studies involving other well-known risk factors for liver cancer like hepatitis B virus infection
REVIEW An article published by Collective Evolution in January 2019 claimed that the milk protein casein is a carcinogen and “turns on cancer”. According to the article, the claim is supported by a book titled “The China Study”, authored by
Snopes→ Is Transgender Surgery Now ‘Free for the Military’ Thanks to Biden Order?
March 2021 internet outrage over a Jan. 25 executive order was more spectacle than substance.
WaPo Fact Checker→ House Republicans’ claim about ‘known or suspected terrorists’ at the border
The Trump administration often made false claims about this statistic, but Rep. Kevin McCarthy made a more limited claim.
Snopes→ Look Out, Labs: French Bulldogs Now 2nd Most Popular US Dog
After riding a rocket ship to popularity over the last quarter-century, Frenchies came in second only to Labrador retrievers.