Did a Danish study show mask-wearing has a statistically insignificant impact on COVID-19 infection and "basically doesn't do a damn thing"? No, that's not true: Both the study authors and an editorial in the journal where it was publishe
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Snopes→ Did a ‘Seized’ Server in Germany Prove Trump Won 410 Electoral Votes?
Mythical computer servers in foreign countries haven't changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Snopes→ Did a ‘Seized’ Server in Germany Prove Trump Won 410 Electoral Votes?
Mythical computer servers in foreign countries haven't changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Top Fact Checks→ President Trump secretly watermarked mail-in ballots to prove some ballots were fraudulent.
Federal agencies do not print electoral ballots. This theory originated from QAnon affiliated accounts
Snopes→ Did Canada Approve Psychedelic Mushrooms for Depression and Anxiety Treatment?
Research indicates that the hallucinogenic chemical in mushrooms may treat certain health issues.
Top Fact Checks→ A leaked audio take allegedly proves Joe Biden know about Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings.
The leaked audio tape allegedly of Hunter Biden has not been independently verified, and does not prove his father knew about his business deals.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Comparative Maps Do NOT Prove Dominion Software Was Used In States Where Trump Lawsuits Challenge Vote-Counting
Does a map that highlights states using Dominion Voting Systems software correspond to a second map showing where President Donald Trump is contesting election results in court? No, that is misleading. The Trump campaign has not filed law
Snopes→ Trump’s Challenges Fail to Prove Election Fraud
A barrage of lawsuits and investigations led by President Donald Trump's campaign and allies has not come close to proving a multi-state failure that would call into question his loss to President-elect Joe Biden.
TruthOrFiction→ Does Benford’s Law Prove Election Fraud in Biden Votes?
After the 2020 election was called for former Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, “Benford’s Law” — a mathematical principle applied occasionally to the count of votes in any given election — became a hot topic on soci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: What ‘DKIM’ Verification Of Hunter Biden Email Proves — And What It Doesn’t
Does the DomainKeys Identified Mail signature within metadata of the New York Post's "smoking gun" Hunter Biden email prove the correspondence is "unquestionably authentic"? That's a stretch: DKIM can validate who sent an email and what t
Snopes→ Death Rates Have Fallen for Hospitalized COVID–19 Patients as Treatments Improve
Two large recent studies show that people hospitalized for COVID-19 in March were more than three times as likely to die as people hospitalized for COVID–19 in August.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: America’s Frontline Doctors Did NOT Prove Their Claims That Masks Don’t Work
Did an anti-mask group of doctors prove its claim that masks are "irrelevant" to the prevention of COVID-19? No, that's not true: The 19 people in white lab coats who stood in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to make the claim did not prov
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hackers Did NOT Prove The Oregon Voting System Is Insecure
Did hackers break into Oregon's online election system and change votes -- including that of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler? No, that's not true: An Oregon election official said safeguards in place make that impossible, such as comparing sig
Snopes→ ‘Home Improvement’ Actor Zachery Ty Bryan Arrested in Oregon
Zachery Ty Bryan, the actor who played the oldest son on the long-running 1990s sit-com “Home Improvement” was arrested in Oregon and faces charges of strangulation and assault.
Snopes→ Trump Changes Course, Approves California Relief for 6 Fires
President Donald Trump's administration abruptly reversed course and approved California's application for disaster relief funds to clean up damage from six recent deadly and destructive blazes that have scorched the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
Liste→ New hoax shared in Sri Lanka suggests WHO approved water, salt and vinegar remedy for coronavirus
Multiple posts shared repeatedly on Instagram and Facebook in Sri Lanka claim that drinking lots of water or gargling warm water mixed with salt and vinegar can prevent novel coronavirus infection. The claim was shared alongside an image that shows a W
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Other Countries Have NOT Proved U.S. FDA Was Wrong to Withdraw Approval Of Hydroxychloroquine as COVID Drug
Have other countries proved the U.S. Food and Drug Administration endangered thousands of lives by withdrawing approval of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19? No, that's not true: The findings of clinical studies in the U.S. a
Snopes→ Documentary Tries to Prove Existence of Dead Lincoln Photo
Some experts believe a heretofore unknown photograph captured Abraham Lincoln hours after the nation’s beloved 16th president succumbed to an assassin’s bullet.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John Brennan, Jim Comey, James Clapper And 12 Others Were NOT Subpoenaed By Department Of Justice And AG Barr — Senate Homeland Security Committee Approved Subpoenas
Did John Brennan, Jim Comey, James Clapper and 12 others get subpoenaed by the Department of Justice and Attorney General William Barr? No, that's not true. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved subpoena
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove Obama And Clooney Acted Inappropriately — Girl Is The President’s Niece And NOT The Girl Who Was Murdered
Do photos of former President Barack Obama and George Clooney with a young girl show them acting inappropriately? No, that's not true: The girl in Obama's lap is the former president's niece and the photo was taken by the White House phot
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Adequate immunization and improved sanitation together protect against infection from both wild and vaccine-derived poliovirus
REVIEW Articles like this one, published on 4 September 2020 on 21st Century Wire, report an outbreak of 13 cases of vaccine-derived polio that began in Sudan in March 2020 and was announced by the Sudan Federal Ministry of Health just one week afte
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There is NOT An ‘Irrefutable Paper Trail’ To Prove COVID-19 Is Lab-made
Is there an "irrefutable paper trail" that shows COVID-19 was manufactured in a laboratory? No, that's not true: Screenshots taken from the rapid-fire display of documents in the video making that claim show only that a number of scientis
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Fact-checkers offer additional suggestions for how to improve Facebook ahead of the 2020 presidential election
After Facebook announced plans Thursday to scale back on political ads and increase voter information ahead of the 2020 elections, fact-checkers offered some additional suggestions for how the tech platform might handle potential misinformation. In a p
FactCheck.org→ Unproven Nepotism Allegation in Montana Senate Race
Republican ads aimed at Facebook users in Montana make the unsubstantiated claim that Gov. Steve Bullock “steered 14.3 million Montana dollars to his brother’s company.” William Bullock sold his shares in Pioneer Technical Services fo
Snopes→ US Approves Oil, Gas Leasing Plan for Alaska Wildlife Refuge
It would open up a 1.56-million acre swath of land along Alaska's northern Beaufort Sea coast, home to polar bears, caribous, and other wildlife.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Proves Biden Right on USPS Funding, Mail-In Ballots
In late June, Joe Biden claimed President Donald Trump “wants to cut off money for the post office so they cannot deliver mail-in ballots.” At the time, we wrote that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee had no evidence of Trump’s
Snopes→ Global Coronavirus Cases Top 20 Million as Russia Approves Vaccine
It took six months to get to 10 million cases after the virus first appeared. It took just over six weeks for that number to double.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Face Masks Kill Or That Microchips Will Be Forced Into Everyone Through Vaccines
Are face masks dangerous and deadly, and would a COVID-19 vaccine alter our DNA and be used implant microchips in everyone? No, that's not true. Face masks are proven to be safe, and since there is no current vaccine, it is not p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Beirut Explosion Video Does NOT Prove Bomb Or Guided Missile Hit
Does a slowed-down video of the Beirut explosion show an incoming bomb or guided missile, proving it was an attack and not an accident? No, the video does not prove an attack. The blurry, slowed-down version of footage from the e
FactCheck.org→ Asthma Medicine Not Proven as COVID-19 ‘Cure’
Quick Take A viral headline on Facebook claims that a vaccine isn’t “Needed” for COVID-19 because “There Is Already A Cure.” But the supposed “cure” is an asthma medication, touted by a Texas doctor, that has not yet b
Snopes→ Does ‘ABA’ Letter Prove Anyone Making COVID-19 Masks Can Be Sued?
A letter falsely attributed to the Ohio State Bar Assocation made some questionable claims.
Snopes→ President Trump Again Pushes Unproven Drug as Coronavirus Treatment
In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump also challenged the credibility of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Liste→ India’s Supreme Court did not approve this logo for teachers, central government says
An image has been shared repeatedly in multiple posts on Facebook in 2020 alongside a claim it shows a logo approved by India's Supreme Court for teachers to display on their vehicles. The claim is false; in response to the posts, the central governm
Liste→ Hoax circulates that the WHO has approved Indian student’s ginger juice ‘COVID-19 remedy’
Multiple posts shared repeatedly on Facebook and Twitter claim that the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved an Indian student's ginger juice “home remedy” for COVID-19. The claim is false; the WHO's spokesperson for India said the posts
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New CDC And WHO Study Does NOT Prove ‘No Evidence’ Face Masks Prevent Virus
FactCheck.org→ Prank Posts Falsely Suggest Second Stimulus Payment Is Approved
Quick Take Viral posts on Facebook falsely claim the government has approved a second round of coronavirus stimulus payments to everyone who signs up — and that the money will be forthcoming in “5-7 business days.” Congress is conside
Full Fact - All content→ Mobile phone cancellations in China don’t prove that 21 million have died of Covid-19
We’ve seen claims on social media and from journalists that data from mobile phone companies revealed that 21 million people may have died of Covid-19 in China, far higher than the country’s official estimate of around 4,600. Data on the nu
Liste→ Old hoax recirculates online in Thailand that consuming baking soda improves physical endurance
Multiple Facebook posts and blog posts published in Thai-language claim that consuming baking soda can help increase physical endurance. The claim is false; several health experts warn consuming baking soda could be harmful to human health; the hoa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Rashid Buttar Video Does NOT Prove ‘Everyone Could Test Positive’ for Coronavirus And ‘Hardly Anybody’ Has Died From COVID-19
Is it true that "everyone could test positive" for the novel coronavirus that has ravaged the United States and world? And is it true that hardly anyone has died of the disease COVID-19 caused by the virus? No, neither is true. If you just loo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Birth Certificate Does NOT Prove President Trump Fathered A Son With Ghislaine Maxwell In 1992
Does a birth certificate prove that Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell had a son together in 1992? No, that's not true: The purported birth certificate was quickly revealed to be a fake soon after it was posted by an anonymous Twitter account