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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Was NO Evidence Of ‘Ballot-Dumping’ Found In Wisconsin And Michigan
Is there evidence of ballot dumping found to help Joe Biden in Wisconsin and Michigan? No, that's not true. An article published by OAN claimed there were instances of ballot dumps in both states from the November 3, 2020 presidential ele
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Were There ‘More Votes Than People’ in Detroit?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Voting Machines Do NOT Use Smartmatic Software — There Is No Connection Between The Two Companies
Do Dominion voting machines use Smartmatic vote counting software? No, that's not true. There is no connection between Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic. The companies are rivals and have been involved in legal battles against each o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Congress Did NOT Make An Official Statement Saying There Is Currently No President-Elect
Did Congress make an official statement saying there is currently no president-elect? No, that's not true: One of the 535 members of Congress -- Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga. -- sent a letter to the administrator of the General Services Administr
Full Fact - All content→ There’s no evidence that mercury-based chemicals in a Covid-19 vaccine would cause harm
Our readers have asked us to check claims that new Covid-19 vaccines contain enough mercury to cause brain damage.It is likely this question refers to thiomersal, a mercury-based chemical, but this is no longer used in most standard vaccines in the UK,
Top Fact Checks→ There is evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania.
No major findings of fraud or irregularities have been found in the 2020 presidential elections in Pennsylvania.
Snopes→ Is There a ‘Hammer and Scorecard’ Operation to Manipulate Vote Counts?
The director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) called the rumors "nonsense."
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
Top Fact Checks→ There’s no requirement to verify signatures, identities or even determine whether a person is eligible or ineligible to vote.
Every state follows strict protocol to verify signatures on mailed in ballots.
Top Fact Checks→ “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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NOT A ‘Suicide Challenge’ Trending On TikTok In The United States
Is there a "suicide challenge" on TikTok in which children post video in which they hang themselves with a belt and jump off a chair, then pull themselves up? No, that's not true. Lead Stories searched TikTok and found no such video trend
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Proof People Are Planning On Mass Murder Of POC And LGBTQ+ People If Biden Wins
If Joe Biden wins the election are there people planning on mass murdering POC and LGBTQ+ people? No, that's not true. A claim has gone viral that if the Democratic nominee beats Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, there are p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Election Night Coup D’état Plot Coordinated By Sunrise Movement, BLM, Dems
Are the Sunrise Movement, Black Lives Matter, other left-leaning organizations and the Democratic Party caught on tape coordinating a coup if President Trump wins re-election, including the takeover of government buildings like the White
TruthOrFiction→ Is There a ‘Non-Scalable Fence’ Around the White House in November 2020?
On November 1 2020, NBC News White House Correspondent Geoff Bennett published a tweet reporting that on November 2 2020, work crews would begin to build “a ‘non-scalable’ fence” in order to “secure” the White House
Snopes→ You Have Rights When You Go To Vote – And Many People Are There To Help
Here's an outline of your rights as a voter and an explanation of where to turn if you encounter trouble at the polls.
Liste→ Experts say there is no evidence to support the claims
Claims that drinking water from a copper cup can help “kill bacteria, soothe arthritis pain, slow down aging” and “lower the risk of cancer and heart disease” have been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook. The claims are fal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Snopes Did NOT Fact Check The Claim That There Are Leaked Pornographic Videos Of Hunter Biden
Did the fact-checking website Snopes rate as "Mostly False" the claim that pornographic videos of Hunter Biden have been leaked online? No, that's not true: Snopes never wrote that article. The screenshot that makes the claim that Snopes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Malia Obama Credit Card Photo Is NOT New — There Is NO Proof It Was Found On Hunter Biden’s ‘Laptop’
Was a "new" photograph of Malia Obama's credit card with a white powdery substance in lines found on Hunter Biden's laptop? No, that's not true. A picture circulating showing a "Malia Obama" Visa card near lines of white powder has been o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Was NOT An Attempted Child Abduction At A Louisiana Walmart
Does this video show the aftermath of a child abduction attempt in the parking lot of a New Iberia Walmart on the evening of October 20, 2020? No, that's not true: It was a misunderstanding. According to New Iberia authorities, two men, b
Snopes→ ‘There’s a Lemur!’ 5-Year-Old Helps Crack SF Zoo Theft Case
Maki, a 21-year-old lemur who was stolen from the zoo, took refuge in a miniature playhouse on a playground when he was spotted by the burgeoning detective.
Top Fact Checks→ Biden: There’s an act that was passed a long time ago that allows the president to go into a business and say, stop making this and start making that, and took a long time for him to even institute th
Hospitals and other medical facilities urgently requested for more ventilators starting Feb., however Trump invoked the DPA in April.
Full Fact - All content→ There almost certainly aren’t as many as two million unauthorised immigrants in the UK
A post claiming that there are “2 million illegals wandering around the UK” has been shared on Facebook almost 50,000 times. The post seems to be referring to people who did not enter the country legally, or who did but no longer have the r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Federal Law Saying Businesses Must Accept Cash
Are business owners who refuse to accept cash -- "legal tender for all debts public and private," as it says on U.S. currency -- violating federal law? No, there is no such law, but states can, and have, made their own legislation requiri
Liste→ There is no evidence to show it rained blood in Nigeria
Photos and videos showing a busy street submerged by red water during a heavy downpour have been circulating in multiple social media posts claiming the footage shows “bloody rain” in Nigeria’s southern Ogun state. However, there is no evidence
Snopes→ Did Biden Claim 6,114 Military COVID-19 Deaths When There Were 7?
During a September 2020 address, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stumbled over figures related to COVID-19 military deaths.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Was NO 6.0 To 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake In the San Francisco Bay Area Over The Weekend, Leaving Prediction Flat
Was a post's prediction accurate for a 6.0 to 6.5 magnitude earthquake in the San Francisco Bay between October 1 and 2, 2020? No, as anyone in the Bay Area or keeping up with news can testify, that didn't happen. Earthquakes are still un
TruthOrFiction→ ‘There’s More Cases of Covid in the White House Than in All of New Zealand’
After news broke of U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump testing positive for COVID-19, a viral tweet contrasted the spate of positive tests in the White House outstripped the rate of positive tests in all of New Zealand: There
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mexico Is NOT On ‘Red Alert’ And There Are NO Credible Reports Of Minors Being Kidnapped For Organ Harvesting
Is Mexico on a "red alert" with children being targeted for kidnapping so their organs can be harvested? No, that's not true. The U.S. State Department told Lead Stories they are "aware of an increased risk of kidnapping in Mexico, as des
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Are NOT More Registered Voters In Arizona Than The Total Population Of The State
Are there 9,871,525 registered voters in Arizona, a state of only 7.279 million? No, that's not true: This is a false claim that has been circulating on Facebook. The number 9,871,525 actually refers to the total number of people in the U
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Grizzly Bear Killed By Alaska Hunter Was NOT The Largest On Record And There’s No Evidence It Had Killed Anyone Beforehand
Did a hunter in Alaska kill the largest grizzly bear on record? And did the grizzly kill two hunters beforehand? No, neither assertion is true: This meme is a still-circulating exaggeration of a real grizzly killing that occurred in 2001,
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ There have been more COVID-19 deaths than abortions worldwide over two days since June 2020
REVIEW Facebook posts comparing the total number of deaths from COVID-19 with the number of abortions worldwide have circulated since at least March 2020 (see example). Similar posts once again went viral in September 2020, albeit in a slightly diff
Full Fact - All content→ Thérèse Coffey did not say starving people were not her concern
A Facebook post falsely claims to quote the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Thérèse Coffey as saying: “It is not my job to worry about people starving to death in the UK.” This quote is not real, but appears to refer
Full Fact - All content→ There’s no evidence for how many people took part in ‘Eat Out To Help Out’ or later died from Covid-19
A widely shared post on Facebook claims that 64 million people took part in the government’s ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme and, despite sitting in restaurants without facemasks, none of these people died. This is incorrect. The post re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Are NO ‘Pedophilia Code Words’ In A Conversation About Joe Biden That Took Place Between Kamala Harris And Barack Obama
Are "pedophilia code words" contained within a conversation about Joe Biden that took place between Kamala Harris and Barack Obama? No, that's not true: The alleged coded language is based on a fake FBI document. Lead Stories tracked down
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Accused Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT Have To Be At Initial Extradition Hearing — A Lawyer Was There For Him
Was accused Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse required to show up for his first hearing after allegedly killing two people and wounding a third during a racial justice protest in August 2020? No, that is not true. Rittenhouse did not have
Top Fact Checks→ There is a risk of transmission of the virus if students gather in one place.
Students would be at risk of spreading the COVID-19 if they do not maintain social distancing, and if hygiene measures are not followed in schools.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sex With A 4-Year-Old Is NOT Legal Anywhere And No There’s No Effort To Legalize It
Is it legal to have sex with a four-year-old anywhere and is there an effort to make it legal? No, that's not true: It is a false claim made by QAnon promoters who work to convince social media users that there is a global child trafficki
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Are Currently NO Vaccines Available For COVID-19 In the U.S.
Are vaccines available to prevent COVID-19 as of September 18, 2020? No, that's not true: Although the race is on to find a safe and effective vaccine, none has been approved for use in the U.S. The claim appeared in a post (archived here
Top Fact Checks→ Biden: In our administration, there were 38,000 fewer federal prisoners than there were when we started.
Although the Obama-Biden administration made strides in shrinking the prison population, Biden's estimate is exaggerated