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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Flooding the Zone’: Trump Allies Push for Election Denier ‘Observers’
The former chief of staff for one-term United States President Donald Trump is at the head of the group funding the efforts of right-wing “election watchers,” who have opted to base their campaign on Trump’s lie that he did not really
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Special Counsel Did NOT Say Clinton Paid Tech Boss To ‘Infiltrate’ Trump Tower And White House Servers
Did Special Counsel John Durham's court filings say the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016 paid to have servers in Trump Tower and in the White House infiltrated in hopes of establishing a link between Russian operatives and Donald J. Trump
Logically→ Google hired a Bihari named Rituraj with a ₹3.66 crores pay package for hacking its servers for 51 seconds.
Rituraj Choudhary took part in a bug hunt set up by Google, where he reported a bug. Google did not hire him in return.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hackers Did NOT ‘Crack’ Pfizer, Moderna Servers And Reveal Vaccine Death Data
Did hackers "crack" the servers of COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna and reveal vaccine death data from those companies? No, that's not true: The data used to make that claim is from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VA
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Disrupt Facebook By Seizing Its Servers On October 4, 2021 — Outage Was Caused By Technical Difficulties
Did the military disrupt Facebook's operations on October 4, 2021, by seizing the social media platform's servers at its headquarters? No, that's not true: Facebook, along with its acquired social media platforms Instagram and WhatsApp, e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: PlayStation Will NOT Shut Down Its PS3 Servers
Is Sony PlayStation "shutting down forever" its PlayStation 3 (PS3) servers on June 3, 2021? No, that's not true: at the time of this writing on May 11, 2021, PlayStation has made no announcement saying that PS3 servers will shut down in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GOP Observers Did NOT Swear In Affidavits They Were Told To Leave Fulton County, Georgia, Vote Count Center On Election Night
Did Republican campaign staffers assigned to observe at the Fulton County, Georgia, vote counting center on election night swear under oath in affidavits that they were told to leave before the ballot counting ended on election night? No,
Snopes→ Did Georgia Poll Workers Hide ‘Suitcases’ of Ballots From Republican Observers?
The Trump campaign alleged the nefarious scheme unfolded around midnight on Nov. 3 in Atlanta's State Farm Arena, and was captured on video.
Truth or Fiction?→ Special Forces Did Not Raid a ‘CIA Server Farm’ in Frankfurt to Seize Dominion Servers
In November and December 2020, following Donald Trump’s resounding loss by millions of votes in the presidential election to Joe Biden, rumors spread by those trying to cope with their loss centered around persistent and increasingly ludicrous c
AFP Fact Check→ Dominion Voting servers were not seized in Germany
Claims that Dominion Voting had servers confiscated in Germany by the US military gained traction online as Donald Trump and his supporters continued to try and blame the election technology company for fraud in the vote. This is false; German authorit
Snopes→ Wisconsin Officials: Trump Observers Obstructing Recount
Election officials in Wisconsin’s largest county accused observers for Trump of seeking to obstruct a recount of the presidential results, in some instances by objecting to every ballot tabulators pulled to count.
FactCheck.org→ U.S. Army Didn’t Seize Election Servers in Germany
Quick Take A congressman and conservative news outlets are spreading the baseless claim that the U.S. Army seized an election software company’s server in Frankfurt, Germany, that could supposedly prove there was fraud in the 2020 election. There
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Army Did NOT Seize Dominion Servers In Germany
Did the U.S. Army seize vote-count servers in Germany operated by Dominion, the company that provides voting machines to many American states? No, that's not true: There is no sourcing for a tweet cited by U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert for the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Software Is NOT Developed by Engineers from Venezuela And Votes Are NOT Sent to Servers in Spain
Is Dominion Voting Systems software developed by engineers from Venezuela and were votes sent to servers in Spain? No, that's not true. Government and independent election technology experts confirm what Dominion's spokesperson says: Domi
Logically→ In Philadelphia, observers have been kept far away, very far away. So far, that people are using binoculars to try and see.
Poll watchers are now allowed to be within six feet of ballot counting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Logically→ “Pennsylvania Democrats have gone to the state Supreme Court to try and ban our election observers. They don’t want anybody in there. They don’t want anybody watching them while they are counting the
No one tried to ban poll watchers from both sides in the election and Democrats did not go to the state Supreme Court to ban Republican watchers.
Logically→ Workers blocked windows and barred Republican observers during absentee ballot counting in Detroit.
Observers were barred from entering the counting room as both political parties had surpassed the limit of 134 challenges with more than 200 each.
Snopes→ Did Dem Voters Receive ‘Vote for Trump or Else’ Emails Linked to Overseas Servers?
The 2020 presidential election was rife with misinformation campaigns aimed at increasing voter distrust.
Snopes→ Christmas Ransomware Attack Hit Upstate New York Airport Servers
The cyberware attack on Albany International Airport was discovered on Christmas Day.
Snopes→ South Carolina: Google Can Pump Drinking Water for Servers
South Carolina is allowing Google to cool its servers by pumping nearly 550 million gallons of water annually from a declining aquifer.
Hoax-Slayer→ Absurd ‘Servers Very Busy’ Hoax Circulating Rapidly After Facebook Outage
According to this message, Facebook's servers have been very busy lately and the company is asking users to help by sharing the same message to everyone on their contact list. The post Absurd ‘Servers Very Busy’ Hoax Circulating Rapidly A
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Catholic Church Did NOT Introduce Burka For Altar Servers
Did the Catholic Church announce that it was introducing burkas for altar servers? No, it is a satirical report published by a California website that specializes in social commentary through satire. The claim that the church is planning to ad
Hoax-Slayer→ WhatsApp ‘Servers Really Full’ Hoax
Message claims that smartphone instant messaging application WhatsApp needs its users to re-send the same message to everyone on their contact lists to prove that they are active users because the company's "servers have recently been really full" or a
Truth or Fiction?→ Bill and Hillary Clinton’s House Fire Destroys Hard Drives, Servers-Fiction!
Bill and Hillary Clinton’s House Fire Destroys Hard Drives, Servers-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A fire at Bill and Hillary Clinton’s mansion in Chappaqua, New York, destroyed a room full of hard drivers and servers sought by the FBI. The
Snopes→ Was a Room Full of Servers and Hard Drives Destroyed in a Clinton House Fire?
A fire at a property owned by Bill and Hillary Clinton in New York state sparked a veritable inferno of fake news.
Truth or Fiction?→ Diddy’s Home Raided: FBI Updates
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Truth or Fiction?→ BlackRock Crypto Investment
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Truth or Fiction?→ Trump Bloodbath Comment
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Cannibalism In Haiti During 2024 Coup
Does a viral video capture an act of cannibalism in Haiti in mid-March 2024? No, that's not true: It shows a movie set in Nigeria. The video also predates this year's political crisis in Haiti. The clip started to circulate in 2018. The c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The April 8, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse Will NOT Pass Over 8 North American Towns Named Nineveh
Will the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse entirely obscure the sun for eight North American towns named Nineveh, as claimed in a video on TikTok? No, that's not true: Only two of the eight places named Nineveh mentioned in the video -- Nineve
Health Feedback→ Rat study alleged to link COVID-19 vaccines to autism cannot be generalized to humans and contains important limitations
REVIEW A study published in the journal Neurochemical Research on 10 January 2024 became the subject of numerous social media posts on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). These posts alleged that the study showed COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could produce
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 32-Page Report Does NOT Provide Proof Of Widespread 2020 Election Fraud In 5 Swing States
by: Ed Payne and Alexis Tereszcuk Does a 32-page report shared online in January of 2023 provide proof of widespread 2020 election fraud in five swing states? No, that's not true: The report lacks credible nonpartisan documentation or ver
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fulton County Did NOT Count 20,713 Votes That Did Not Exist In 2020 Election
Did Fulton County, Georgia, count 20,713 votes that did not exist in the 2020 election and that there are "no records" for, such as poll tapes? No, that's not true: An election-watchdog expert said that claiming votes are missing because
Truth or Fiction?→ Fact Checking: Palestinian Rainwater Collection Restrictions
In the fraught dynamics of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the issue of water rights emerges as an unlikely but critical point of contention. The struggle is real, palpable, and woven into the everyday lives of people in ways more tangible than lines
Truth or Fiction?→ Fact Checking: Kissing Under the Mistletoe Tradition
The chilled winds, sparkling lights, and intricate decorations bring the magical allure of Christmas. One such fascinating Christmas fixture is the mistletoe, a plant widely associated with the tradition of kissing beneath it during the festive seaso
Truth or Fiction?→ Unfolding the Truth: Was the Folding Chair Used in Military Campaigns?
The invention of the folding chair possesses a rich and intricate history that spans several centuries and showcases the ingenuity of various cultures. This curious invention, which prioritizes convenience and transportability, started appearing in a
Truth or Fiction?→ The True Origins of TV Dinners: Swanson’s Thanksgiving Surplus?
At the heart of the mid-20th century American dining room lay an icon of convenience – the TV dinner. This culinary revolution, encased in a simple aluminium tray, encapsulates a crucial facet of post-war social dynamics, lifestyle changes, and
Truth or Fiction?→ Unraveling the Origins of the Internet: Who Really Invented It?
The advent of the internet brought about a revolution which has since been the backbone of technological evolution and a cornerstone of globalization, becoming an essential component of our daily living. Unraveling its inception poses an intriguing e
FactCheck.org→ Republican Claims on Hamas Attack and Iran Funds Distort the Facts
Contrary to claims by some Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, U.S. taxpayers did not indirectly fund the recent Hamas attack on Israel with Iranian money unfrozen as part of a prisoner swap with Iran in August. The $6 billion fr