Does a company named Scytl control votes cast in United States elections because Dominion Voting Systems and other election technology companies upload election results to Scytl databases? No, that's not true: The OSET (Open Source Elect
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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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wayne County, Michigan, Board Of Canvassers Did NOT ‘Refuse’ To Certify The Results Of The Presidential Election — First They Deadlocked, Then They Certified The Votes
Did the Wayne County, Michigan, Board of Canvassers "refuse" to certify the presidential election results? No, that's not true: First, the board of four deadlocked in a 2-2 tie over certifying the votes. Then a couple hours later, the boa
Snopes→ If a Service Dog Approaches Without Their Owner, Do They Need Help?
If you see an unaccompanied service dog in a vest, follow them.
Snopes→ Military Voters Fear They’re Part of Unsupported Fraud Claim
There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election despite President Donald Trump's claims.
Liste→ This video actually shows Los Angeles County staff collecting mail-in ballots so they could be counted in the US presidential election
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows postal ballot fraud in the US during the 2020 presidential elections. The claim is false; this video shows Los Angeles County staff collecting
Snopes→ Barr Tells DOJ to Probe Election Fraud Claims If They Exist
Attorney General William Barr has authorized federal prosecutors across the U.S. to pursue “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities, if they exist.
Top Fact Checks→ A pipe burst in Georgia, from away from the location where votes were being tabulated and they stopped counting for 4 hours. Election apparatus in Georgia is run by Democrats.
The pipe burst happened where Fulton County's absentee ballots are being processed. Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is a Republican.
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.
Top Fact Checks→ Trump: They are working hard to make [our] 500,000 vote advantage in Pennsylvania disappear — ASAP.
As votes are still being counted in Pennsylvania, the vote count and numbers are continuously changing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Apparent Pro-Trump Ballots Burned In Viral Video Were NOT Official; They Were Sample Ballots
Is it true that about 80 official election ballots cast for President Trump in Virginia Beach, Virginia, were torched to undermine the president's chances of winning there? No, that's not true. The burning papers shown in a viral video, a
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Electronic ballots are effective, fast and used all over the world — so why aren’t they used in the U.S.?
People living in at least 25 countries might be reading the news today that the U.S. still hasn’t elected a president and asking themselves, “Why isn’t the United States using electronic ballots like us?” In those 25 countries, elec
Full Fact - All content→ BBC presenters did remove their poppies as they were wearing them earlier than BBC guidelines allow
Multiple posts online have claimed that Royal Legion poppies worn by BBC Breakfast presenters seemed to disappear during the show. It is true that the presenters did remove their poppies around five minutes into the programme on 30 October. The removal
Full Fact - All content→ MPs can only claim £25 a day for food if they stay overnight outside London or their constituency
A number of posts on Instagram and Twitter have made claims about how much MPs can expense for food per day. The posts say: “Didn’t even realise MP’s get a £25 per day food allowance.£125 per week£1300 per year ( pe
Liste→ These photos do not show skylines under different prime ministers in Thailand — they were taken in Singapore
A photo collage has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Instagram alongside a claim it shows an accurate comparison between the skyline in Thailand under the prime ministership of Prayut Chan-O-cha and his predecessor Thaks
Top Fact Checks→ Biden: “Look at the states having a spike, they are the red states, the states in the Midwest, in the upper Midwest, that is where the spike is occurring significantly.”
An analysis of coronavirus data by the Associated Press in July 2020 shows that in the first phase of the pandemic, Democrat-run states were harder hit by the virus but spread into Republican areas quickly, with their new cases eventually ac
Top Fact Checks→ Our NATO partners were far behind in their defense payments. But at my strong urging, they agreed to pay $130 billion more a year.
When speaking about NATO partners increasing their defense payments by $130 billion, President Donald Trump is talking about indirect funding, a Washington Post fact check found. Since 2006, every NATO member has had guidelines to spend at l
Top Fact Checks→ Trump: They went through everything I had, including my tax returns, and they found absolutely no collusion and nothing wrong.
An inquiry led by the former director of the FBI Robert Mueller, focused on alleged collusion between President Trump's 2016 presidential campaign team and Moscow found no evidence of a conspiracy was found, but it did lay out 10 instances w
Top Fact Checks→ That’s why not one single person with private insurance would lose their insurance under my plan, nor did they under Obamacare unless they choose to do something else
Many people lost their insurance when companies sent them notices canceling their insurance because it did not meet the higher standards of the ACA.
Liste→ False claim circulates online that British research company Ipsos MORI derives its name from Latin for ‘they die’
Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared hundreds of times claim that Ipsos MORI, a British market research company investigating novel coronavirus testing in the UK, derives its name from a Latin phrase that translates as "they die". The posts sugge
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Say ‘If Your 8-Year-Old Child Says They Want To Be Transgender … They Have A Right To Transition’
Did Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden say during an ABC News Town Hall, "If your 8-year-old child says they want to be transgender ... they have a right to transition and there is no reason for you to deny it"? No, that's not true
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pennsylvania Did NOT Reject 372,000 Mail-In Ballots — They Were Ballot Applications
Did Pennsylvania reject 372,000 mail-in ballots? No, that's not true: Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 applications for mail-in ballots -- not actual ballots -- and the vast majority of them for being duplicate applications. The claim appear
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Do these hoaxes about Trump and COVID-19 look familiar? That’s because they are
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here. Déjà vu: Hoaxers turn to the same tactics all over agai
Snopes→ Did Kamala Harris Say Protests Are ‘Not Gonna Let Up, and They Should Not’?
Comments by the Democratic vice presidential candidate led to claims that she encourages rioting.
Liste→ These drugs are COVID-19 treatments, not vaccines, and they are available in Western countries
Photos of alleged Covid-19 “vaccines” are being shared on social media with claims that the drugs are not for sale in the US, Canada, and the European Union because they are unsafe and still undergoing testing in developing countries. This is fals
Snopes→ Did Bloomberg Pay Fines for 31,000 Florida Felons So They Can Vote?
Under Florida law, some convicted felons may have their voting rights reinstated if they fulfill all requirements — including monetary — of their court-ordered sentencing.
Full Fact - All content→ It’s true that women escaping domestic abuse can get a free train ticket in Great Britain if they are travelling to refuge accommodation
You may have seen a claim spreading online that women escaping domestic violence for refuge can currently travel for free on UK trains. We’ve seen one post of this kind shared over 70,000 times on Facebook since it was posted on 16 August 2020. T
Snopes→ More Migrant Women Say They Didn’t OK Surgery
AP’s review did not find evidence of mass hysterectomies, as alleged in a widely shared complaint filed by a nurse at the detention center.
Snopes→ More Migrant Women Say They Didn’t OK Surgery
AP’s review did not find evidence of mass hysterectomies, as alleged in a widely shared complaint filed by a nurse at the detention center.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NFL Did NOT Honor An Organization That Yelled ‘Hope They Die’ Outside Hospital Where Wounded Deputies Were Being Treated
Did the NFL (National Football League) honor an organization that yelled "hope they die" outside of a hospital where two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were being treated after they were shot in an ambush? No, that's not true: The
Liste→ Chinese tourists holiday in Indian hotspot? No, they’re actually in Tibet
A video of a group of Mandarin-speaking tourists on a scenic lake has been viewed tens of thousands of times in Facebook and Twitter posts that claim it shows Chinese nationals holidaying on the Indian side of a lake that straddles the countries’ bor
TruthOrFiction→ Attempted Florida Pizza Shop Abduction: ‘Hold Tight to Your Babies. 😭😭 They Are Coming for Them’
On September 11 2020, a Facebook user shared the following screen recording of an apparent attempted child abduction, captioned “Hold tight to your babies. They are coming for them”: That had been captured from the Instagram acc
Snopes→ Did Kroger Tell Employees They Can Wear BLM Masks, but Not Flag Masks?
Adding a color background to a baseless statement doesn't make it any more factual.
Top Fact Checks→ NATO agreed to pay $130 billion more a year — the first time in over 20 years that they upped their payments
Defense spending across European Allies and Canada has been increasing for 5 years. $130 billion is the cumulative defence spending estimate of 2020.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Portland Antifa ‘Anarchist’ Camps — They Are Temporary Outdoor Homeless Shelters
Does a video show a secret Portland Antifa "anarchist" camp where "rioters" are staying as protests rage in the city? No, that's not true. A video that was shot in Portland, Oregon, shows two outdoor homeless camps that were set up by the
Snopes→ Did a California DA Say Looting Is ‘Okay’ If Suspects ‘Need’ What They Steal?
Conservative websites and commentators misrepresented internal prosecutorial guidelines leaked in the summer of 2020.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Insulin Prices Under Trump Have NOT Gone From $600 A Month To $35 A Month — They Will In 2021 But Only For Seniors With Medicare Part D
Have insulin prices under President Trump gone from $600 a month to $35 a month? No, the claim takes details out of context. The American Diabetes Association told Lead Stories the $35 price for insulin will apply only to seniors with Med
Liste→ Covid-19 poses risks to children, and health authorities recommend they wear masks
A flyer shared on Facebook claims children have little chance of dying of Covid-19, they have essentially no chance of spreading the disease asymptomatically, and that they face a series of risks from wearing face masks. This is misleading; doctors say
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ People infected with SARS-CoV-2 can transmit the virus to others, even if they do not show symptoms of the disease and are not considered sick
REVIEW Hundreds of posts like this one were published on Facebook on and around 23 Aug. 2020 claiming that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has “[convinced] the world that you can be sick without having symptoms.” These
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Tweet Vulgar Nicknames With Implication They Were Used for Her
Did Kamala Harris tweet "setting the record straight" about her name, citing vulgar nicknames with the implication they were used for her? No, that's not true. A tweet that has gone viral is not from the Democratic vice-presidential candi