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Snopes→ States Drop COVID-19 Mask Mandates But Still Urge People to Wear Them
An emerging trend of some states is bucking national and international public health recommendations.
Snopes→ Does the Original Website for 1996 Film ‘Space Jam’ Still Work?
Apparently the '90s never truly left.
Snopes→ Even More Chaotic Than Usual, Globes Still Had Their Moments
Co-host Tina Fey raised a theoretical question: “Could this whole night have been an email?”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The U.S.A. Is NOT A Corporation And African Americans Are NOT Still Owned By Anyone
Is the United States a corporation in the way General Motors is? Is the president the head of a corporation called the United States of America? And are African Americans emancipated but not free? No, none of that is true: this conspiracy
Liste→ Students kidnapped from secondary school in northern Nigeria still held in captivity
Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter shared newspaper reports claiming that students and staff abducted from a secondary school in Nigeria were released on February 19, 2021. This is false; the governor of the state where the group was taken from co
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Facebook’s fact-checking partners in Australia are blocked from posting on their own pages but can still assess content for the platform
It’s been two days since Australian fact-checkers have been able to publish their content on Facebook’s NewsFeed. Their URLs have been considered news content and are now blocked on the social media platform. While trying to find other ways
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Facebook’s fact-checking partners in Australia are blocked from posting on their own pages but can still assess content for the platform
It’s been two days since Australian fact-checkers have been able to publish their content on Facebook’s NewsFeed. Their URLs have been considered news content and are now blocked on the social media platform. While trying to find other ways
Liste→ The Pakistani mountaineer remains missing and the search is still ongoing
Multiple posts on Facebook and videos on YouTube claim that famous Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara has been found alive after he was reported missing on February 5, 2021. The claim is false: Sadpara and his group of mountaineers went missing scaling
Liste→ Nigeria was not on shortlist for first batch of COVAX-sponsored Pfizer vaccines, still eligible for others
Multiple posts shared thousands of times on Facebook claim that the World Health Organization (WHO) has “delisted” Nigeria from receiving Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines under the international effort known as COVAX. This is false; Nigeria was simply not
Snopes→ Months After Biden Win, Arizona Officials Still Face Threats
For months, the four elected Republicans and one Democrat on the board overseeing Arizona's most populous county have been facing threats and harassment for backing election results that saw Democrat Joe Biden win in the state.
Snopes→ Ancient Shell Horn Can Still Play a Tune After 18,000 Years
A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument — and it still works.
Snopes→ Ancient Shell Horn Can Still Play a Tune After 18,000 Years
A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument — and it still works.
Snopes→ Did Kayleigh McEnany Tweet That Obama’s Brother Was ‘Still In That Hut In Kenya’?
The tweet was a contribution to the hashtag #ObamaTVShows.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Still the Best Picture of #BernieSanders Sitting Though’
A January 20 2021 image of Bernie Sanders sitting (with mittens) at United States President Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony went instantly viral as a meme, and among responses was a since-deleted tweet — labeled “Still the best pic
Full Fact - All content→ Some pensioners still receive a free TV licence
A post on Facebook that’s been shared over 27,000 times claims that a BBC Radio 2 DJ gets paid over £1.3 million a year but pensioners have to pay for the TV licence. It’s correct that Radio 2 DJ Zoe Ball was paid between £1,360
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Facebook has banned QAnon, but false claims connected to the conspiracy are still circulating on the platform ahead of Inauguration Day
Facebook and Instagram posts are spreading false claims that President Donald Trump is set to impose martial law ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration. Many of them allude to QAnon, a baseless conspiracy theory that’s banned on the platforms. On Jan. 6
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Is STILL Speaker of the House — Viral Video Only Shows ‘Pro Tempore’ Announcement
Is Nancy Pelosi no longer Speaker of the House as the caption below a video claims? No, that's not true: Nancy Pelosi is still Speaker despite what the caption says below a viral Facebook video. The footage shows the opening of Pro Forma
Liste→ Pence still follows Trump on Twitter
Social media posts shared after supporters of Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol claim Vice President Mike Pence unfollowed the president and changed his Twitter banner to an image of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, signaling a rebuke for the White Ho
Snopes→ Does the ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Swimming Pool Still Exist?
The swimming pool hidden beneath a retractable basketball court for "It's a Wonderful Life" was not a set built on a soundstage.
Snopes→ Was a 57,000-Year-Old Frozen Wolf Pup Discovered With Fur Still Preserved?
A gold miner was reportedly blasting a wall of frozen mud in Canada when he came upon the permafrost-entombed canine.
Snopes→ Donations Soar, but Nonprofits Still Struggle with Pandemic
Despite record amounts of charitable donations this year, the effects of the pandemic are suffocating nonprofits.
Snopes→ Has No Presidential Candidate ‘Won Iowa, Florida and Ohio’ and Still Lost?
U.S. President Donald Trump demonstrated in December 2020 that one can move the goal posts and still lose the argument.
Snopes→ They’re Baaack: Trump and Allies Still Refuse Election Loss
The 2020 presidential race is turning into the zombie election that Trump just won’t let die.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Tweet ‘WE ARE STILL WINNING!’
Did President Donald Trump tweet "WE ARE STILL WINNING!" and urge his followers to check out the Instagram account of a group called True North Politics? No, that's not true: The purported presidential tweet is not real. Trump never tweet
Snopes→ Biden Wins Wisconsin, Presidency Still Hangs in Balance
Neither candidate has cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, though.
FactCheck.org→ Pennsylvania Voters Told to Quarantine Can Still Cast a Ballot
Quick Take Pennsylvania voters told to quarantine due to potential COVID-19 exposure are entitled to vote and can request and return an emergency absentee ballot through 8 p.m. on Election Day. A viral Facebook post misleadingly suggests they are being
Snopes→ Exclusive: Russian Echoes Abide in Still-Active ‘Pennsylvania for Trump’ Facebook Group From 2016
A likely Russian administrative account had been active in the swing state group since well before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and only disappeared in October 2020 after we contacted Facebook with questions.
Snopes→ Veggie Burgers Are Still Burgers, EU Lawmakers Rule
Europe’s largest farmers' association had argued that labeling vegetarian substitutes with designations bringing meat to mind was misleading for consumers.
Snopes→ Trump Still Contagious? Experts Say It’s Impossible to Know
President Donald Trump said he doesn't think he's contagious anymore, but medical experts say that's impossible to know a week after his diagnosis with COVID-19.
Top Fact Checks→ Under President Trump, the US has reduced CO2 emissions more than countries still in the Paris Climate Accord.
While it is true that US Co2 emissions have declined by more than 10 percent in the past decade, more than a dozen other countries have seen declines of more than twice that.
Snopes→ Trump, Still Infectious, Back at White House — Without Mask
President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House after leaving the military hospital where he has been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19.
Snopes→ Trump Opposes Changing Debate Rules But Will Still Attend
President Donald Trump opposed changing the rules for the remaining two presidential debates against Democrat Joe Biden, but his campaign says he will attend regardless.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Some Social Security Checks DO Still Go Through U.S. Postal Service
Have no Social Security checks been delivered by the U.S. Postal Service since 2013 because of security issues with the U.S. mail? No, that's not true. While nearly 99% of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits are elec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Memes With Fake News (Still) Being Used To Promote A Shady Network of Dating Sites
Is this a real headline about a Nigerian Scammer going to jail? No, it's not real: This post is just a sneaky way to put the name of a website in front of an audience. It uses a format that may not immediately register as an advertisement
Snopes→ Why the ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ Is Still Pushed by Anti-Semites
An anti-Semitic hoax more than a century old reared its ugly head again as the Republican National Convention was underway.
Top Fact Checks→ Narendra Modi is still a bachelor.
Narendra Modi is married to Jashodaben and has been living separately from her.
Liste→ Early overseas voting does not show Myanmar’s ruling party in the lead — voter lists are still being finalised
An image that claims to show strong support for Myanmar’s ruling party in early overseas voting in South Korea has been shared thousands of times on Facebook. The claim is false: overseas voter registration was still ongoing when the misleading po
Hoax-Slayer→ ‘Argentina is Doing It’ Hoax Message Still Circulating
According to a message that began circulating via WhatsApp in July 2020, you should not open a video called "Argentina is doing it". Supposedly, opening the video will hack your phone. The post ‘Argentina is Doing It’ Hoax Message Still
Snopes→ Lawsuit: Trump Still Blocks Twitter Critics After Court Loss
An organization that successfully proved President Donald Trump violated the law when he blocked Twitter critics has sued him anew, saying he continues to reject some accounts two years after losing in court.