Did Joe Biden have a big birthday party on Friday, November 20, 2020, where friends gathered close and sang "Happy Birthday" to him without masks? No, that's not true: The video purportedly showing the maskless celebration happened on Nov
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TruthOrFiction→ Trump’s Disinformation Spree After Losing Election Propelled by Social Media
In the days after a resounding popular vote loss to former United States Vice President Joe Biden, sitting president Donald Trump advanced numerous conspiracy theories before beginning to deny the results of the election outright. The first set of con
TruthOrFiction→ Trump’s Disinformation Spree After Losing Election Propelled by Social Media
In the days after a resounding popular vote loss to former United States Vice President Joe Biden, sitting president Donald Trump advanced numerous conspiracy theories before beginning to deny the results of the election outright. The first set of con
Snopes→ When US Politicians Spread Lies on Social Media, Who Is Responsible?
The transition periods between presidential administrations are known to be sensitive. This one has been chaos.
Liste→ Korean social media posts share misleading claim about ballots ‘found in trash’ in Pennsylvania
Multiple posts shared hundreds of times across social media platforms in South Korea in November 2020 claim military ballots cast for US President Donald Trump were found in a dumpster in the US state of Pennsylvania. Comments on the posts by some Kore
Liste→ Old storm footage circulates in false social media posts about Typhoon Molave lashing Vietnam
A video montage has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts which claim it shows Typhoon Molave making landfall in Vietnam in October 2020. The claim is false; the video consists of clips that have all circulated online in reports
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media Site Parler Has NOT Been Sold, Two Co-owners Say
Has social media site Parler been sold? No, that's not true: Co-owner Dan Bongino said on his verified Twitter account that rumors of the sale are false, and another co-owner is reported to have said the same in a Parler post. The claim a
Snopes→ Was a ‘Stop The Steal’ Facebook Group Renamed ‘Gay Communists for Socialism’?
The group had gained well over 64,000 members in its brief 24 hours of existence.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ A 2008 study co-authored by Anthony Fauci did not find that masks caused bacterial pneumonia, contrary to viral social media claim
REVIEW Misinformation about mask use has circulated since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Claims that wearing face masks increase the risk of infection are not new and were previously found to be inaccurate, as reported in Health Feedback re
Liste→ The video actually shows a Russian social media personality burning his luxury German-made car
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that it shows a young man setting fire to his French-made luxury car in response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s defense of the Prophet Muhammad’s
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Special Paper,’ ‘Watermarked Ballots’ Conspiracy Theory Spreads on Social Media
As Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden began pulling ahead in the 2020 election, Twitter user @jdburney1 generated engagement and accrued followers by advancing a “watermarked ballots” conspiracy theory (which we archived h
Snopes→ Did Social Media Actually Counter Election Misinformation?
Their measures still didn't really address the problems exposed by the 2020 U.S. presidential contest, critics of the social platforms contend.
Snopes→ Did Pelosi Move $2.4B from Social Security for BLM Legal Defense?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
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.
Snopes→ What Social Media Platforms Are Doing To Stem Election-Related Issues
Actions being taken by Facebook and Twitter show that 2020 is an election like no other in recent history.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Such Thing As The ‘Texas Day Of Purge’ Allowing ‘DemSocialist Anarchist’ To Be Chased Down And Legally Shot Under The Insurrection Act
If President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act after the election does it mean that "DemSocialist Anarchists" can be "chased down and legally shot" for the Texas Day of Purge"? No, that's not true: Shooting American citizens beause of th
Liste→ Hoax advert for Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials circulates across social media platforms in South Korea
An image purporting to show a recruitment advertisement by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca Korea for participants in a paid Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial has been shared multiple times on various social media platforms in South Korea. However, thi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump’s Payroll Tax Cut Remarks Do NOT Mean He ‘Will Take Away Your Social Security’
Did President Donald Trump signal that he will "take away your Social Security" with his remarks that he may make a payroll tax deferment permanent? No, that's not true: President Trump signed an order for the deferral of some payroll tax
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Someone on the Walmart Social Media Team Has Had Enough of COVIDiots’
On October 29 2020, a Reddit user created a thread titled “Someone on the Walmart social media team has had enough of COVIDiots” in the subreddit r/MurderedByWords: Someone on the Walmart social media team has had enough of COVI
TruthOrFiction→ As U.S. Election Looms, Agitprop Floods Social Media Platforms
In the days leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the disinformation that has been a hallmark of the Trump campaign, then administration, then campaign again reached new heights with political smears, Soviet-style weaponized conspiracy t
Snopes→ Do Vampire Bats Practice ‘Social Distancing’ When Feeling Ill?
Despite their creepy reputation, vampire bats are highly social creatures.
TruthOrFiction→ Mike Pence, LGBTQ Communities, and ‘a Radical Social Agenda’
Vice President Mike Pence’s political history drew renewed attention online in October 2020 as a meme criticizing him spread online in October 2020. The graphic, which was originally posted by poet Andrea Gibson on Instagram, reads: Mike Pence s
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Misquote Trump on Immigrant Family Separations
Quick Take President Donald Trump didn’t say “‘GOOD’ about the kids being separated from the parents” at the southern border during the final presidential debate, as social media posts wrongly claim. He said “go ahea
Liste→ Social media posts share misleading claim that Australia’s Victoria state premier has a net worth of $91 million
Multiple Facebook posts have shared a claim that Daniel Andrews, the premier of the Australian state of Victoria, has a net worth of $91 million. This claim is misleading; there is no evidence of such a figure being disclosed; the register of financial
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Three Red Lines On Biden-Harris Campaign Logo Are NOT A Reference To Chinese Socialism
Do the three red lines in the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris logo refer to a Chinese campaign involving building socialism? No, that's not true: It's just a coincidence, and one of the designers of the logo said the stripes have a far differ
Snopes→ Did Texas Remove Discrimination Protections for LGBTQ and Disabled Clients of Social Workers?
Advocates fear the rule change could leave some members of vulnerable groups without service.
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Dredge Up Baseless ‘Child Trafficking’ Conspiracy Theory
Quick Take Social media posts are once again making false and baseless claims about high-profile Democrats being involved in child trafficking and sex crimes. Full Story It’s hard not to overstate this simple fact: There is not and has never been
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Hold An Event That No One Showed Up For — Supporters Stayed In Cars For Social Distancing
Did Joe Biden hold an event and nobody showed up, or were there more Trump supporters than Biden's? No, neither of those claims is true. Video and photos of a campaign Democratic nominee Biden held in Ohio show him standing on a stage wit
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Mask use does not lead to a higher risk of COVID-19 as viral social media posts claim
REVIEW Misinformation aimed at discouraging mask use has been prolific during the COVID-19 pandemic, as detailed in several reviews by Health Feedback. Another claim that masks do not work or that they make people more likely to have COVID-19 began
Snopes→ Report: Social Media Influencers Push Voting Misinformation
Social media influencers, partisan news outlets and even President Donald Trump's son are driving the spread of online misinformation swirling around the U.S. vote.
Liste→ False claim that the Philippines has a new vice president spreads across social media platforms
A video viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple Facebook, TikTok and YouTube posts claims a newspaper reported that Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the new Philippine vice president. The claim is false; the article referenced in the video does not
Liste→ Social media posts share graphic photo of dead woman alongside false claim about murder in west Indian state of Rajasthan
A graphic photo of a dead woman’s body has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts in October 2020 alongside a claim that it shows a 13-year old Hindu girl who was burnt alive after being raped by a Muslim man in the wes
Liste→ Hong Kong police poster doctored in social media posts to include slogan coined by China’s Chairman Mao
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Twitter posts that purports to show a Chinese political slogan coined by Communist China's founding father Mao Zedong in an advert for the Hong Kong police force. The posts claim the slogan "start
Snopes→ Did Gay Men Take Over the #ProudBoys Hashtag on Social Media?
Photographs of LBGTQ love flooded Twitter in an attempt to drown out the white supremacist organization.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines are not expected to be available for the public before several months, contrary to viral claim on social media
REVIEW An article published by SHTFplan.com on 16 September 2020 and reposted on the website Beforeitsnews.com, titled “the [U.S] government has released their initial plans to force a [COVID-19] vaccine on everyone”, has gone viral in early Oct
Full Fact - All content→ What are the facts behind claims of a child-snatching panic on social media?
In the past few weeks, many reports of suspicious behaviour around children, including attempted abductions, have appeared on social media. There’s evidence to suggest that some of these reported cases may be genuine attempts to abduct children,
Full Fact - All content→ Punishments for not wearing face coverings, not social distancing and for possessing indecent images of children vary depending on the exact offence
A Facebook post with almost 25,000 shares has claimed that the punishment for not wearing a face covering, or meeting in groups are significantly stronger than for possessing indecent images of children. The post says: “£3k fine for not we
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ 4 fact-checking organizations seeking social impact
Read the Turkish version of this article here. There are currently 300 active fact-checking initiatives around the world, according to the Duke Reporters’ Lab. When the lab first launched its database in 2014, that number was only 44. Like every fact
TruthOrFiction→ Social Media Amplifies Conspiracies Targeting Biden Before First 2020 Debate
Hours before the first presidential debate on September 29 2020, right-wing operatives and blogs spewed several conspiracy theories that were only amplified, as per usual, on social media platforms that otherwise claim to fight disinformation. “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Made Up Legal Notice Does NOT Supersede The Terms Of Service Of Social Media Platforms
Does posting a legal notice to Instagram regarding permissions you grant the platform change the terms of service a social media user agreed to when they signed up for an account? No, that's not true: This notice is a made up argument wit