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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Drinks In Photos Do NOT Contain Sheep Feces — This Taiwanese Treat Is Tapioca
Is a drink containing sheep feces now in demand in China because it is high in protein and also can make a person high? No, that's not true: This spoof post includes genuine images showing a popular Taiwanese drink called bubble tea, or b
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Old photos of ‘bricks’ resurface in days leading up to Kyle Rittenhouse trial verdict
Photos showed “bricks everywhere” in Kenosha during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pile of Bricks In Kenosha Is NOT Found Suspicious By Police And Photos Are From 970 Miles Away
Did a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer find a suspicious pile of bricks in a back alley and were these bricks placed by leftists in preparation for rioting? No, that's not true: An audio recording of police officers speaking with their
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Photos of high gas prices are at a California station that’s not yet open
Unleaded gas costs nearly $7 in Lancaster, Calif.
Poynter→ No, Facebook and parent company Meta do not have a new rule that allows them to use people’s photos
After Facebook announced that it changed its name to “Meta,” a refurbished rumor surfaced that claims the company can freely use people’s photos and messages. “The new Facebook/Meta rule starts tomorrow where they can use your phot
Snopes→ Does ‘New Facebook/Meta Rule’ Permit Company To Use Your Photos?
We've seen at least a dozen variants of this copypasta rumor go viral over the past decade.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CA Governor Gavin Newsom Says He Had No Side Effects From Moderna Booster Shot, Photos Show Him Mobile
Was Gov. Gavin Newsom injured and incapacitated by the Moderna booster shot? No, that's not true: California Gov. Newsom said at a live event on November 9, 2021, that he did receive the booster shot on October 27, 2021, but that he had n
Snopes→ [Photos] Tiny House in Wealthy Boston Suburb Sells for $315,000
The roughly 250-square-foot (23-square-meter) home in Newton sold on Monday for $315,000, according to Coldwell Banker Realty's Hans Brings Results agency.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Story About Cyclist Bethany Sanders Impaled By Bike Seat Is NOT True — And Photos Are Puck Moonen, Not Sanders
Were the organs of a professional cyclist named Bethany Sanders crushed by her bike seat? No, that's not true: The website that published the article where this claim is made, Ringsssss, is self-described as a "fabricated satirical newspa
Poynter→ Newsmax and Fox News aired outdated, out-of-context photos of empty shelves in segments bashing Biden
Newsmax and Fox News have aired old, out-of-context photos of empty grocery store shelves in recent segments bashing President Joe Biden for the jammed-up supply chain that experts say is backlogged due to the coronavirus pandemic’s strain on the g
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Pete Buttigieg Breastfeeding Is NOT Real — It’s Photoshopped
Did U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg pose for a photo wearing a breastfeeding device? No, that's not true: This image seen in the top portion of this meme has been digitally altered using photo-editing tools. The actual per
Full Fact→ NASA didn’t paste a picture of the Earth into photos from the moon
A video on Instagram suggests that a number of images of the Earth from space have been altered or “faked” by NASA. The video, taken from a much longer interview with conspiracy theorist Dave Murphy, presents four images produced by N
Logically→ Photos of aircraft spraying substances prove that they are releasing toxins in the air for sinister purposes.
The chemtrail conspiracy theory is baseless and white lines are normal water-based contrails routinely left by high-flying aircraft.
Snopes→ Photos Spark Flurry of Rhetoric About ‘Whips’ at the Border
The photographs drew sharp criticism and backlash. Then the backlash sparked its own backlash.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Of People Wounded By Rubber Bullets Are NOT From Melbourne, Australia
Do the photos in this tweet show the wounds created by rubber bullets fired by police in Melbourne, Australia? No, that's not true: While rubber bullets were allegedly used on protestors in September 2021 demonstrations in Melbourne, none
Snopes→ IN PHOTOS: World’s Largest Tree Wrapped in Fire Foil
An encroaching California wildfire had raged to nearly 24,000 acres.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Some Circulating Photos of Public Health Officers Are NOT The Original Version — Photo Manipulations Carry Message
Does this photo accurately portray the appearance of Canadian Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam? No, that's not true: This photo, which originally appeared in the Toronto Star on April 23, 2020, has been digitally altered in sev
Snopes→ No, Special Apps Can’t Remove Stickers From Facebook Photos of Kids
A well-meaning and wildly popular Facebook warning got some basic facts wrong about digital image editing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Kamala Harris and Jeffrey Epstein Is NOT Real — It’s Photoshopped
Did Kamala Harris once pose for red carpet photos with Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: On September 17, 2015, Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff were photographed together at a black-tie dinner for the opening of the Broad
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: An Afghan Man Did NOT Ride On Airplane’s Engine – It Was Photoshopped
Did an Afghan man clamber onto a departing jet and ride atop its engine to escape the Taliban? No, that's not true: A Vietnamese man who produces trick photos did the video as a prank. Also, a spokesperson for an airplane manufacturing co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: French Protests Against Vaccine Mandates Are NOT Accurately Represented With Captions And Photos In Online Posts
Does this collection of photos together with this caption accurately portray protests against COVID-19 vaccine passports and mandates that took place for several weeks in July and August of 2021 in France? No, many of the photos currently
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Unrelated Photos Do NOT Illustrate A True Story of Printed Pajamas Mistaken For Real Snakes
Did a woman's husband break her foot with a baseball bat when he saw what he thought was a snake come out from under the blanket? No, that's not true: These two photos are not related. The photo of a bandaged foot was published in a medic
Snopes→ Did ODNI Photoshop the Cover of a Diversity Report?
True diversity does not issue from the output of a digital editing program.
Snopes→ Do These Photos Show the Effects of Extreme Hot Weather?
Extreme heat waves are not to be taken lightly, even if many photographs purporting to show their effects are unrelated.
Snopes→ Do Viral Photos Show a Lion Getting a Foot Massage?
"This is not a hunting photo," declared a widely shared Facebook post in June 2021.
Snopes→ In Photos: Florida Family Turns Kia Soul into ‘Ghostbusters’ Ectomobile
This love of Ghostbusters is a true family affair.
Snopes→ Are These Photos of Cicada Shell Art Real?
When life gives you cicada shells, make statues?
Snopes→ Turning Photos Into Folklore: An Interview With Eduardo Valdés-Hevia
"It's about giving people a story ... something that they can imagine the world this image takes place in."
AFP Fact Check→ These photos show clashes in Myanmar in 2013, not 2021
Seven pictures have been shared thousands of times in Facebook posts that claim they show Mindat town in Myanmar’s western Chin State after deadly clashes between the Myanmar military and anti-coup rebels in May 2021. The claim is false. The images i
AFP Fact Check→ These photos of messy Johannesburg streets are old and taken out of context
A gallery of photos has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook alongside a claim that accuses South African politicians of living a high life while the country looks like a “dumping site”. While the photos are real, at least four of them date ba
AFP Fact Check→ The mosque in these photos is less than a century old and was not discovered after a sandstorm
Multiple social media posts share two photos alongside a claim that they show a mosque built “eight centuries” ago and “discovered after a sandstorm” in an Algerian desert. The claim is false: the mosque was built in 1935 in Algeria and the pho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Of Military Convoy Did NOT Originally Include UFO — It’s A Photoshop Contest
Did a giant flying saucer hover over a military convoy while a soldier stood guard, seemingly oblivious? No, that's not true: This image was entered in a creative UFO Photoshop contest in December of 2005. It is a doctored composite of se
AFP Fact Check→ Nigerian separatist leader falsely claims photos of president meeting French counterpart are doctored
Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has claimed that photos showing President Muhammadu Buhari meeting his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris on May 17, 2021, were manipulated. But the claim is false: there is no evidence suggesting the i
AFP Fact Check→ US drivers stockpile fuel, but photos of bagged gas are old
With southeastern areas of the United States suffering gas shortages, social media posts purportedly show drivers using unorthodox methods to stockpile fuel. Some of the images, which include people using plastic bags for storage, are real but old, and
AFP Fact Check→ This image of New Zealand prime minister is a composite of two different photos
An image appearing to show New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugging a man wearing the colours of infamous Kiwi gang the Mongrel Mob has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. However, the image has been doctored; the picture of Ardern ha
AFP Fact Check→ These photos show mother of sextuplets in Texas, not Malian mom who had nine babies
Photos of a woman in a hospital bed and several newborns in incubators have been shared repeatedly in Kenya in Facebook and Twitter posts telling the story of 25-year-old Halima Cisse, a Malian woman who gave birth to nine babies in Morocco on May 4, 2
AFP Fact Check→ Doctored photos falsely show Leni Robredo posing outside detention cell of jailed senator
Photos that purport to show Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo posing outside a detention centre where a senator is being held have been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. But the images have been doctored: they originally showed Robredo posing
Snopes→ Do Photos Show People With a Dead Tiger Shark in Florida’s Chassahowitzka River?
The harvesting of tiger sharks is prohibited under Florida law.
Snopes→ Cracker Barrel Diners Leaving Behind Framed Photos, TikTok Videos Show
We dove headfirst into the land of Cracker Barrel TikTok.