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Full Fact→ Fake USA Today video falsely claims Church of Satan praised Paris Olympics opening ceremony
A video appearing to be from USA Today has thousands of shares, but the clip is not a real report and it makes a number of false claims.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thomas Jolly ‘Who Created The Olympics Opening Ceremony’ Was NOT Struck By Lightning
Was Thomas Jolly, "the artist who created the Olympics opening ceremony," hospitalized after being hit by lightning? No, that's not true: The viral claim was based on a fake screenshot of a nonexistent AP article. Lead Stories found no ac
Full Fact→ Video claimed to show Iran coverage of Paris Olympics is satirical clip from 2013
A clip is being shared with false claims it is of Iranian censorship of Olympic events at Paris.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Throat-Slitting Gesture NOT Filmed At Paris Olympics — Scene Of Moroccan Footballers’ Throat Slitting Motions, Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ Is From 2023
Does a video on social media show Moroccan football players at the Paris Olympics doing throat-slitting motions and shouting "Allahu Akbar"? No, that's not true: That video was posted to Instagram in July 2023, when Morocco was participat
Full Fact→ No, the Paris Olympics is not ‘cashless’
A claim being widely shared on social media that cash is not accepted at the 2024 Olympic Games is not true.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Kamala Harris didn’t praise the Olympics’ opening ceremony in an X post
Kamala Harris’ X post said the Olympics’ opening ceremony “made France look great! America, this is what we need to strive towards!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce That He Would ‘Stop All Donations’ To Olympics — Fake Quote Is From AI-Produced Article
Did Tesla CEO Elon Musk announce on social media that he would "stop all donations" towards the Olympic Games because it's "a woke event now"? No, that's not true: There are no posts on Musk's social media making or confirming such an ann
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Irish Boxer Kellie Harrington Did NOT Say She Refuses To Compete Against ‘Biological Males’ At The Paris 2024 Olympics
Did Irish professional boxer Kellie Harrington say she would refuse to compete against "biological males" at the Paris 2024 Olympics? No, that's not true: The Olympic Federation of Ireland told Lead Stories on August 2, 2024, that Harring
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Samsung Did NOT Withdraw From $1 Billion Olympics Sponsorship — Claim From Satire Site
Did Samsung withdraw from a $1 billion Olympics sponsorship after the opening ceremony for the Paris Summer Games in July 2024? No, that's not true: The website that said so is a self-described satire site that says it brings the "freshes
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Samsung has not withdrawn its Olympics sponsorship
"Samsung drops out of $1 billion advertising campaign with Olympics."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Italian Prime Minister Scowling Over ‘Two Girls Kissing At The Olympics’
Do photos show Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni scowling in response to two female athletes kissing at the Olympics? No, that's not true: News agency video proves that the photos were taken at a volleyball match. Italy's Alice Bellan
The Dispatch→ Videos of Israeli Athletes Showing Solidarity With Hostages Are Not From the Olympics
Social media posts use old videos but claim they are from the Paris Games.
The Dispatch→ The Olympics’ ‘Ban’ on Russia and Belarus, Explained
The war in Ukraine means participants from those nations are competing in Paris as ‘individual neutral athletes.’
Full Fact→ Video does not show Christians protesting against the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics
A clip is being shared on social media with false claims it shows Christians protesting after the Olympics opening ceremony.
Full Fact→ Israeli artistic swimmers didn’t spell out ‘bring them home’ at Olympics
A post suggesting the team spelt out a message in reference to hostages held following the Hamas-led assault on Israel last October has been shared online.
Full Fact→ Video of gathering of Christians in Paris filmed well before Olympics
A clip is being shared on social media with false claims it shows Christians filling the streets of Paris in response to a scene from the Olympics opening ceremony.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this video doesn’t show Christians praying after the Paris Olympics opening ceremony
Video shows “thousands of Christians in France gathered to pray after Olympics opening mocked Jesus Christ.”
Full Fact→ Amnesty International has not produced posters protesting Israel’s participation in Paris Olympics
The organisation told Full Fact the posters weren’t produced or published by Amnesty International.
Full Fact→ Video of protesters pulling down Israel flag not connected to Paris Olympics
Footage of a protest in which a pro-Palestinian demonstrator pulls down an Israeli flag outside a building is being shared with a misleading caption relating it to the Olympic Games.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Torchlight Gathering In France Was NOT Olympics-Related — Annual Feast of The Assumption In Lourdes
Does a video circulating on social media show thousands of Christians in France gathered to pray after the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony purportedly mocked Jesus? No, that's not true: The video shows people gathered in Rosary Squar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Power Outages In Paris Day After Olympics Opening Ceremony Were Small
Did massive power outages occur in Paris on July 27, 2024, the day after the Olympics opening ceremony? No, that's not true: The energy company responsible for the power outages said power was restored within 10 minutes and that 85,000 re
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Kamala Harris didn’t say this quote about the Olympics
Kamala Harris said, “Today we celebrate the Olympics. Because Olympians are Olympic.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Israeli Swimmers Spelling Out ‘Bring Them Home Now’ At 2024 Olympics — It Predates Games
Does a picture going viral on social media show Israeli swimmers making the phrase "Bring them home now" with their bodies during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics? No, that's not true: The photo was taken in 2023 and posted to social media
The Dispatch→ Paris Olympics Set to Begin Under Tight Security
‘This is … the biggest logistical and security challenge we’ve ever had to organize.’
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Brittney Griner didn’t ask Angel Reese to join an Olympics team over Caitlin Clark
“Brittney Griner asked Angel Reese instead of Caitlin Clark to compete in the 3x3 Olympics.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel Is NOT Struck From List Of 2024 Paris Summer Olympics Competitors As Of June 24, 2024
Is Israel out of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, as of June 24, 2024, as was claimed in a social media post? No, that's not true: As of this writing, Israel remains on the list of 206 national teams entered to compete. Lead Stories cou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CIA Did NOT Issue Warning To US Citizens To Avoid Paris Metro During Summer Olympics
Did the CIA issue a warning to U.S. citizens to avoid using the Paris Metro during the 2024 Summer Olympics? No, that's not true: No official statements or credible sources confirm such a warning as of June 18, 2024. Additionally, warning
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lia Thomas Has NOT Been Exclusively Banned From 2024 Olympics In Paris
Has Lia Thomas, the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA swimming championship Division I title, been exclusively banned from competing in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, as a post on Facebook implied? No, that's not true: The Inte
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2012 Ceremony At London Olympics Did NOT Feature ‘Figure Of Death’ Holding Syringe — It’s Voldemort Character From ‘Harry Potter’
Did the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony feature a "figure of death holding a NEEDLE"? No, that's not true: The "figure of death" was actually a puppet of Lord Voldemort, the villain from the "Harry Potter" book series. Lord Voldemor
PolitiFact→ Tommy Tuberville – Tuberville’s claim that Olympics decided ‘men can box women’ misses the mark
The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.”
Full Fact→ Retained EU Law Bill won’t end the right to watch the Olympics for free
In PMQs, Labour MP Stella Creasy claimed the Retained EU Law Bill would ‘abolish’ the right to watch the Olympics for free. This isn’t correct.
Logically→ The Indian football team played barefoot in the 1948 London Olympics due to the government’s lack of financial support.
The football team did play barefoot in the 1948 Olympics because they preferred it, not because of a lack of government aid.
Snopes→ Figure Skating Minimum Age Rises to 17 Before 2026 Olympics
No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian national champion Kamila Valieva at this year's Beijing Games.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Joe Biden is not holding a medical device in photo tweeted during the 2022 Winter Olympics
Joe Biden was holding a medical device in a photo he tweeted during the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Logically→ The 2022 Beijing Olympics will introduce a New World Order.
An image of a fireworks display during the closing ceremony was taken out of context. The Beijing Olympics did not introduce a "new world order."
Snopes→ Beijing’s Olympics Close, Ending Safe but Odd Global Moment
The terrarium of a Winter Games that has been Beijing 2022 came to its end.
Snopes→ No, the 2022 Olympics Aren’t Taking Place at Chernobyl
These photographs are real, but this isn't the site of a nuclear power plant, much less that of the Chernobyl disaster.
Snopes→ How China Got Blue Skies in Time for Olympics
The blue skies greeting Olympic athletes here this month are a stark change from just a decade ago when the city’s choking air pollution was dubbed an “Airpocalypse” and blamed for scaring off tourists.
Snopes→ Peng Shuai Emerges at Olympics, Gives Controlled Interview
Nothing to see here, move on.