A series of images has been shared hundreds of times on Weibo, Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that it shows photos of earth taken by US space agency NASA. This claim is false; these images were computer-generated and created by a Russia-base
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Statistics Show COVID-19 Is NOT ‘The Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated On An Unsuspecting Public’ And Is NOT ‘Just Another Bad Flu’
Is Canadian pathologist Dr. Roger Hodkinson correct when he asserts that COVID-19 is "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public" and "just another bad flu"? No, neither of those claims is true: Data from the CDC show th
Snopes→ Did a Belgian Town Accidentally Decorate for Christmas with Phallic Light Display?
The light display was supposed to be candles, but when they lit up, they put a small town in the spotlight.
Full Fact - All content→ It’s misleading to compare the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines and the death rate
A Facebook post has claimed that as the Moderna vaccine for Covid-19 is reporting 94.5% effectiveness, then it is less effective than the survival rate from the disease without a vaccine. The comparison with the reported effectiveness of the Moderna va
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Suicide Rate Has NOT Increased ‘200% Since Lockdown’
Has the suicide rate increased 200% since COVID-19 lockdowns started in March? No, that's not true: Dr. Rajeev Ramchand, a top suicide prevention expert at the National Institute of Mental Health, told Lead Stories he has not seen any dat
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Article claiming that “masks don’t work” misleads readers by inaccurately interpreting a withdrawn study and a published study conducted on U.S. Marine Corps recruits
REVIEW This article, written by Daniel Horowitz and published by The Blaze on 16 November 2020, claims that “masks don’t work.” To support its claim, it cites the withdrawal of a preprint (a study that has not yet been peer-reviewed or publish
Full Fact - All content→ The infection fatality rate for Covid-19 is higher than 0.1%
In a now-deleted tweet, writer and commentator Toby Young claimed that a study reported in the Daily Mail shows that Covid-19’s infection fatality rate (IFR) is 0.1%, a figure comparable to seasonal flu. This tweet incorrectly cited the stu
Full Fact - All content→ The Covid-19 recovery rate is not 99.9%
A number of posts on social media have made comparisons between the reported effectiveness of the potential Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and reported Covid-19 recovery rate. Text on the posts reads: “Pfizer vaccine is 90% effective Virus has 99.
Liste→ The footage has been edited and does not accurately depict the press conference in which Imran Khan criticised the French government
A clip from a news broadcast has been shared in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts that claim it shows Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan blaming Muslims for recent acts of terrorism in France. But the claim is misleading: the posts share a short, ed
Full Fact - All content→ How accurate are the new rapid lateral flow tests?
We’ve been asked by readers about the accuracy of new Covid-19 “lateral-flow” tests being trialled in the UK. To date, tests to determine whether someone currently has the virus which causes Covid-19 have been PCR tests. These w
Snopes→ Did Ivanka Celebrate News Media Projecting Trump’s Alaska Win?
Some called out Trump's eldest daughter for celebrating the AP's Alaska call, while ignoring the same outlet's calling the election overall for Joe Biden.
Snopes→ Pfizer Vaccine: What an ‘Efficacy Rate Above 90%’ Really Means
Efficacy, effectiveness – what’s the difference?
Liste→ This video shows computer-generated imagery from a 2014 US movie
Footage that purportedly shows destructive tornadoes has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube that claim the video shows tornadoes in Toronto, Canada. The claim is false: the footage is actually com
Snopes→ Did Church Bells Ring in Paris to Celebrate Biden’s Election Win?
Not all seemingly celebratory gestures in November 2020 were intended to herald the results of a U.S. election.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Berlin’s Freedom Bell Did NOT Ring To Celebrate Joe Biden’s Win
Did the Freedom Bell in Berlin's Rathaus Schoneberg ring on November 7, 2020, to celebrate Joe Biden's win in the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: The bell in the former city hall of West Berlin rings every day at noon and
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ There is no evidence supporting the claim that preexisting T cell immunity reduces COVID-19 mortality and infection rate; such cross-reactive T cells predate the pandemic
REVIEW Claims questioning the mortality or death toll from COVID-19 have recurrently appeared since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. A video published in October 2020 by chiropractor Eric Berg, who is not a medical doctor and has no backgrou
WaPo Fact Checker→ Bogus ‘vote fraud’ claims proliferate on social media
President Trump and his allies are flooding social media with false claims of voter fraud by the Biden campaign.
Liste→ Philadelphia DA office calls polling violation tweet ‘deliberately deceptive’
A tweet claiming to show a polling violation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been retweeted more than 8,000 times on election day. The tweet is misleading; the city’s district attorney’s office said an investigation had shown there was no breach
Liste→ Posts use photos to inaccurately compare campaign events
Social media posts claims photos of two political events are a reason not to trust national polls showing a healthy lead for Democratic candidate Joe Biden. But one photo shows a rally for President Donald Trump and the other shows an event in which n
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.
Liste→ Facebook posts exaggerate the Pope’s involvement in NASA space missions
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim that NASA “always receives blessings from the Pope” and that “God’s permission must be sought” before a space mission has been shared in multiple Facebook posts. The claim is misleading;
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Fewer flu cases observed in the start of this year’s flu season than in previous years, but Donald Trump Jr.’s tweet suggesting data manipulation is unsupported and cites inaccurate figures
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic introduces an element of uncertainty regarding the dynamics of this year’s flu season. Although scientists expressed concerns about the simultaneous occurrence of the pandemic and the flu, they also observed a curious
Liste→ Flu and Covid-19 tracked separately in Canada
Facebook and Instagram posts in Canada are sharing a chart showing only six reported cases of the flu for this season alongside claims that the government is falsely passing off flu cases as Covid-19. The claims are false; influenza and Covid-19 are te
Liste→ Flu and Covid-19 tracked separately in Canada
Facebook and Instagram posts in Canada are sharing a chart showing only six reported cases of the flu for this season alongside claims that the government is falsely passing off flu cases as Covid-19. The claims are false; influenza and Covid-19 are te
Top Fact Checks→ America’s imprisonment rate has dropped to its lowest level under Trump administration.
America’s imprisonment rate has been dropping consecutively for 11 years reaching its lowest in 2019 since 1995.
Snopes→ Can I Celebrate Halloween During the Pandemic?
There are ways to adapt celebrations.
Full Fact - All content→ How poverty rates are cherry-picked to score political points
“There are roughly 14 million people living in relative poverty this year. In 2000, there were roughly 14 million people living in relative poverty. Why were Labour not able to fix the problems of relative poverty when they were in power?”
Full Fact - All content→ Dominic Raab did not say Covid-19 tests have a 93% false positive rate
We’ve seen and been asked about a video in which Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab appears to say that Covid tests false positive rate is 93%. In the video from September, Mr Raab is asked why there is not testing at airports currently. He responds:
Full Fact - All content→ This video makes a number of inaccurate claims about the Covid-19 pandemic
We’ve been asked about a video of a public speech on Facebook, in which the speaker makes several claims about the outsourcing company Serco and the Covid-19 pandemic. There are too many claims in the video for us to check it all, so we are
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Claims that flu cases are used to inflate COVID-19 case counts are misleading, based on inaccurate numbers
REVIEW Facebook posts which show a screenshot from The Ingraham Angle, a television talk show on Fox News Channel, displaying the caption “flu cases down 95%” went viral in mid-October 2020. The screenshot purportedly shows the number of flu cas
Liste→ Biden’s 40% tax rate on home sales only applies to $1 million annual earners
Social media posts circulating ahead of the November 3 presidential election claim that Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s tax proposal will take a 40 percent cut of profits from Americans who sell their home. This is misleading; according to Biden’s p
Snopes→ Parents of 545 Children Separated at Border Can’t Be Found
The children were separated between July 1, 2017, and June 26, 2018, when a federal judge in San Diego ordered that children in government custody be reunited with their parents.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Extraterrestrials Were NOT Found And Examined During An ‘Apollo 20’ Mission
Do these videos prove that astronauts found an "alien city" on the moon during the Apollo 20 mission and then attempted to conceal their discovery? No, that's not true: The Apollo 20 mission never happened, astronauts did not find evidenc
Liste→ This clip actually shows computer-generated imagery from a video game
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube alongside a claim it shows an Azerbaijani fighter jet downed by an Armenia attack during continued clashes over Azerbaijan's separatist region of Na
Snopes→ Biden Email Episode Illustrates Risk to Trump from Giuliani
Giuliani has traveled abroad looking for dirt on the Bidens, developing relationships with shadowy figures, including a Ukrainian lawmaker whom U.S. officials have described as a Russian agent and part of a broader Russian effort to denigrate the Democ
Top Fact Checks→ Biden: 91 out of the Fortune 500 companies are not paying a single penny in corporate taxes.
The biggest corporations such as Amazon, Chevron and IBM didn't pay their 2018 federal income taxes after Trump's tax cut was signed into law in 2017
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Exaggerated Claims on Biden and Pharma in Puerto Rico
At a rally in Sanford, Florida, President Donald Trump made the exaggerated claim that his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, “voted to obliterate” Puerto Rico’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. And during a health care speech in Char
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Was NOT California’s ‘TOP COP’ In 2010 So She Was NOT Responsible For The State’s Black Incarceration Rate That Year
Was Kamala Harris California's "TOP COP" in 2010, making her responsible for the state's Black incarceration rate that year? No, that's not true: Harris served as attorney general of California between January 2011 and January 2017. The c
Snopes→ 4 Swiss Guards Test Positive As COVID-19 Penetrates Vatican
The Swiss Guards, the world’s oldest standing army, provide ceremonial guard duty during papal Masses, man the Vatican gates and help protect the 83-year-old Pope Francis.
Top Fact Checks→ The rate of washing hands is higher in the morning than evenings.
The handwashing frequency in the U.S. has been comparatively higher in the morning than in the evenings, but post-pandemic data is unavailable.