Two photos of Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show her raising a three-fingered salute in support of Thai pro-democracy protesters. The claim is false
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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→ Reggaeton Star Bad Bunny Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his representative said Monday.
Snopes→ Contestant Dies After Completing ‘Wipeout’ Obstacle Course
The reality competition show has contestants navigate an extreme obstacle course featuring giant balls and pitfalls that often result in spectacular crashes.
Snopes→ Illinois Teen Charged in Protest Slayings Posts $2M Bail
A 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin posted $2 million bail and was released from custody.
Snopes→ Spokesman: Trump’s Eldest Son Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Trump Jr. is the latest member of the president's family to become infected with the virus.
TruthOrFiction→ Did Rudy Giuliani Announce That He Tested Positive for ‘Covid 9/11’?
Online mockery of former New York City mayor Rudolph “Rudy” Giuliani continued in late November 2020 with a tweet by a newly-formed parody account that had other users fooled, if only for a moment. The post from “@Rudy_Giuliani_̶
FactCheck.org→ Rand Paul Baselessly Says Only Anti-Trump Protesters Arrested at MAGA March
In an appearance on Fox News, Sen. Rand Paul claimed without evidence that only counterprotesters were arrested at the Million MAGA March and its tumultuous aftermath, and that they were solely responsible for the outbreaks of violence there. The Washi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Statistics On This Protest Sign Are NOT From ‘Last Year’ — They’re From Four Decades Ago
Are the numbers cited on this protest sign representative of gun deaths from last year? No, that's not true: This list of statistics is 40 years old. Although the numbers are old, the photo shows a protest in Los Angeles that likely took
Snopes→ FDA Allows 1st Rapid Virus Test That Gives Results at Home
Health experts have called for options to allow people to test themselves at home, reducing turnaround times and the potential spread of the virus to others, including health care workers.
Snopes→ Will Ticketmaster Require Event Attendees To Provide Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test?
The possibility was one of a suite of new features designed to facilitate holding live events in the world of COVID-19.
Liste→ This image of an injured journalist was taken during a protest five years ago, not at a recent rally
Posts claiming to show a Ugandan journalist brutally beaten by police officers during a recent political rally by pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine have been shared multiple times on Facebook. The claim is misleading; the picture of injured journal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Several Photos Of 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers Parade Do NOT Show November 14, 2020 Trump Protests in Washington D.C.
Do several photos of the 2016 parade for the Cleveland Cavaliers show an aerial view of supporters of President Trump marching in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2020? No, that's not true. The Cavaliers won their first NBA Championship in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Over A Million People at November 14, 2020 DC Trump Protests
Does this photo show over a million people at the protest that took place on November 14 in downtown Washington D.C. in support of Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The image is actually from a 2006 pro-immigration protest in Dallas, Tex
Snopes→ Trump Putting Democracy to the Test After His Loss to Biden
Trump has forced a dusting off of the arcana of the procedures for the Electoral College, which for almost the entirety of the nation’s history has been a formality and not an instrument to overturn people’s votes.
Liste→ This photo shows a mother who tested positive for Covid-19 in Myanmar, according to photographer
A photo that shows a health worker carrying a baby while a tearful woman looks on has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts that suggest it shows the separation of a mother from her baby in Sri Lanka. The claim, however, is mislead
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
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Claim that high PCR test sensitivity inflates COVID-19 cases wrongly conflates the issue of contagiousness with the presence of infection
REVIEW An article published by Just the News on 8 November 2020 claims that “many patients may have been receiving false-positive test results” and that “the numbers of COVID-19 cases reported by public health authorities and major COVID track
Liste→ This video shows Paris residents protesting against Muslims holding Friday prayer in the street in 2017
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows protesters harassing Muslims in France in October 2020 after they prayed in the street. The claim is misleading; the video shows Par
Full Fact - All content→ Viral letter on Covid-19 testing in Liverpool school was real but has been withdrawn
A number of posts on Facebook show an image of a letter purportedly sent out by Broadgreen International School in Liverpool about Covid-19 testing that will take place within the school without parental permission being needed. It is correct tha
Top Fact Checks→ Joe Biden just got 100% of the latest batch of 23,277 votes in Philadelphia.
Sometimes election officials unintentionally enter results of one candidate at a time, rather than entering into all candidates together.
Full Fact - All content→ Group swab Covid-19 tests do not return positives to people without the virus
“Well in 30yrs of being a nurse, never seen anything quite like this. Pooling of tests. 5 different people's swabs sent off in one vial. So one positive will contaminate the other 4, giving 5 positives. What the hell is going on? Total madness #
Liste→ This video shows a protest in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Weibo and Facebook alongside a claim that it shows clashes between police and protesters in Thailand. The claim is false; the footage in fact shows a protest in the legislative office of Indonesia
Snopes→ Trump Election Party Draws Scrutiny as Ben Carson Tests Positive
Ben Carson, the secretary for Housing and Urban Development, is the latest election night watch party attendee to test positive.
Snopes→ Trump’s Wild Claims Test Limits of Republican Loyalty
President Donald Trump's wild and unsupported claims of voter fraud have emerged as a high-stakes Republican loyalty test that illustrates the tug of war likely to define the future of the GOP.
Liste→ Mystery Covid-19 test result rumor fuels claims Canada figures inflated
A Facebook post describing a person in Canada who was allegedly diagnosed with Covid-19 after cancelling a swab appointment is circulating online amid false claims that the number of infections is inflated. The Alberta government said any such situatio
Snopes→ Facebook Removes Iranian Accounts Targeting Israel Protests
Facebook said the individuals behind the accounts had sought to shield their identities but that it was able to trace them to a Tehran-based IT company.
Liste→ Hoax circulates online that CIA has granted Thai protest leaders political asylum in the United States
Multiple Facebook posts have shared a claim that Thai protest leaders have been granted political asylum in the United States by the CIA. The claim is false: the CIA does not grant political asylum as it falls under the US Department of Homeland Secur
Snopes→ Violence Brewed in Facebook Groups Ahead of ‘Stop The Steal’ Protests
Violent rhetoric goes well beyond the short-lived "Stop The Steal" Facebook group.
Snopes→ Have Election-Related Protests Materialized?
Two days after Election Day, protests across the United States are scattered, happening in places from Portland, Oregon and Seattle to Washington, D.C.
Snopes→ Trump Sues in 3 States, Laying Ground for Contesting Outcome
President Donald Trump's campaign put into action the legal strategy the president had signaled for weeks: attacking the integrity of the voting process in states where the result could mean his defeat.
Snopes→ Trump Sues in 3 States, Laying Ground for Contesting Outcome
President Donald Trump's campaign filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden
Full Fact - All content→ A Covid-19 vaccine is not being administered via Covid-19 nasal swab tests
A post on Facebook has claimed that if you have been tested for Covid-19, you have been vaccinated, suggesting that a vaccine is being delivered via nasal swab tests. This is not the case. The post uses genuine screenshots of several scientific papers
Snopes→ A History of Contested Presidential Elections
No matter the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, it seems likely that Democrats and Republicans will end up in court.
Top Fact Checks→ Trump said, that the deep state, or whoever, over at the FDA is making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics.
Trumps' accusation that the FDA was stalling enrollment in clinical trials was based on no evidence. The agency does not oversee trial enrollment.
Liste→ WHO head did not say he tested positive for Covid-19, only that he was quarantining after a contact tested positive
Reports in Nigerian media claiming that the World Health Organization’s (WHO) director-general said he had tested positive for Covid-19 were shared in multiple social media posts in the country. However, it is not what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus act
Liste→ This video shows protesters storming the German embassy in Sudan in 2012
A video of people storming a building has been shared thousands of times on Facebook, alongside claims that it shows protesters setting the French embassy in Sudan on fire in response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on Islam. However, t
Snopes→ Black Lives Matter Faces Test of Its Influence in Election
Black Lives Matter has been a lot of things in its brief, fiery life.
Liste→ This image shows Martin Luther King Jr’s aides shielding him as protesters throw rocks
An image of Martin Luther King Jr has been making the rounds on Facebook alongside claims it shows him being beaten by “American security forces”. The claim is false: the image shows aides protecting the famous civil rights activist as protesters i
Liste→ This image of Nigerians protesting police violence has been doctored to insert unrelated placards
An image that appears to show Nigerians holding placards demanding justice for a late Indian actor has been shared in multiple Facebook posts. The image, however, has been digitally manipulated; the original is an AFP photo that shows Nigerians holding