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Top Fact Checks→ Teachers are going to carry out medical examinations on students to ensure they are not trans.

2021-02-26 Several bills have been introduced on state and federal level against transgender students, but none of them says teachers would examine students. Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ Clay Pot Candle Heaters: Do They Really Work?

2021-02-18 As Texans struggled with widespread power outages and harsh winter weather, numerous Facebook posts advised using terracotta or clay pot “space heaters,” which would purportedly enable residents freezing in southern states to heat rooms wi Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook And American Journal Of Medicine Did NOT Admit They Were Wrong About HCQ As COVID Drug

2021-02-18 Did Facebook and the American Journal of Medicine "admit" they were wrong about a malaria drug's effectiveness against COVID-19? No, that's not true: The claim refers to a Facebook Oversight Board ruling that contains no endorsement of th Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: mRNA Vaccines Are NOT Gene Therapy, Have NOT Killed ‘Thousands’ and Vaccinators Are NOT Violating The Nuremberg Code If They Don’t Call It Human Experimentation

2021-02-14 Are the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines gene therapy that alters recipients' immune systems, a potential Nuremberg Code violation for doctors and nurses to administer them without telling patients they are part of a drug tri Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ ‘Simone Biles Was Banned from Doing Moves Because They Couldn’t Score Them Fairly,’ and ‘They Were Too Dangerous for Other Gymnasts’

2021-02-11 One day after the February 7 2021 Super Bowl LV victory of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Twitter user @yungwonk (Regina Pearson) quote-tweeted another user’s praise of quarterback Tom Brady with additional information: Simone Biles was banned from Go to site post…»

Liste→ Photos shared in misleading context to suggest they show Erdogan inspecting homes for survivors of a 2020 earthquake

2021-02-10 Three photos have been shared thousands of times on Facebook alongside a claim they show Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inspecting the construction project of “70,000 elite houses” for survivors of a 2020 earthquake. The claim is misleading Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Pilots Say They, Too, Were Molested by Univ. of Michigan Doc

2021-02-06 Robert Anderson, who died in 2008, is accused of molesting hundreds of young men over decades. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Fake Accounts Gain Traction As They Praise China, Mock US

2021-02-04 Messages posted by the network, which also praised China, reached the social media feeds of government officials, including some in China and Venezuela who retweeted posts from the fake accounts to millions of their followers. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Conspiracy Theories: Why Are They Thriving in the Pandemic?

2021-01-29 In contrast to past crises, recent conspiracy theories have been driven by the rapid change in how we communicate with each other. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Inauguration Day Video Does NOT Show National Guard Members Turning Their Backs To Show Disrespect To President Biden — They Are Busy Guarding Him

2021-01-21 Did National Guard Members 'turn their backs' on President Elect Joe Biden's Motorcade as it drove past them on the way to the inauguration? No, that's not true: This video is real and does show National Guard Members along the route the Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ When drug companies say mRNA vaccines won’t alter our DNA, they are lying.

2021-01-21 mRNA-based vaccines cannot change our DNA. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Journalists Prepare for Protests Where They Could Be Targets

2021-01-16 No one wants to see repeats of the siege at the U.S. Capitol, and no one wants to be caught flat-footed. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ In England, an employer must tell their staff if someone they work with tests positive for COVID-19.

2021-01-12 An employer should inform workers if someone they have come into contact with has tested positive for COVID-19. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Who Were They? Records Reveal Trump Fans Who Stormed Capitol

2021-01-11 Records show that some of the mob were heavily armed and included convicted criminals, such as a Florida man recently released from prison for attempted murder. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Despite Claims In Georgia Senate Hearing, Dominion Voting Machines Were NOT Hacked Because They Don’t Have Modems

2021-01-05 Did someone hack into the electronic voting system being used in Georgia for the January 5, 2020, U.S. Senate runoff races? No, Georgia election officials say that's not true: The digital poll book was not even in use on December 30, 2020 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Despite Claims In Georgia Senate Hearing, Dominion Voting Machines Were NOT Hacked Because They Don’t Have Modems

2021-01-05 Did someone hack into the electronic voting system being used in Georgia for the January 5, 2020, U.S. Senate runoff races? No, Georgia election officials say that's not true: The digital poll book was not even in use on December 30, 2020 Go to site post…»

Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Researchers developed an AI system that predicts the likelihood people will spread misinformation based on words they use

2020-12-29 Lee en español University of Sheffield researchers Yida Mu and Dr. Nikos Aletra report they’ve developed an artificial intelligence system to help identify Twitter users who are more likely to share unreliable news sources. In their study published Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 14 Generals Did NOT Say They Will Never Take Orders From Joe Biden

2020-12-25 Did 14 U.S. military generals say they would never take orders for President Joe Biden? No, that's not true: The claim was made in a satirical article published by the ALLOD network of websites that troll conservatives, hoping to trick th Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Are NOT Primarily Designed To Improve Survival Rates Of Those Already Infected — They Work By Reducing The Risk of Infection

2020-12-24 Are coronavirus vaccines primarily designed to improve survival rates of those already infected? No, that's not true: Vaccines are designed to reduce the risk of infection in the first place. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archive Go to site post…»

Snopes→ The History of Candy Canes and Why They Taste So Cool

2020-12-18 Candy canes were once white sticks of sugar. Now candy canes are striped and come in a variety of flavours, including pickle. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ The chiefs of the three Indian armed services have given written statements to Home Minister Amit Shah that they cannot chase away farmers’ large gathering as they are not terrorists to be attacked.

2020-12-18 The Indian army was not deployed to deal with the gathering, and no such letter written by the army chiefs to Home Minister is publicly available. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ When people test positive for COVID-19, they don’t actually have COVID-19.

2020-12-16 The claim that people who test positive for COVID-19 have been “fooled” is untrue. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Conspiracy Theories May Seem Irrational – But They Fulfill a Basic Human Need

2020-12-09 Many irrational beliefs are attempts to protect mental health by responding to the human need for control, understanding and belonging. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GOP Observers Did NOT Swear In Affidavits They Were Told To Leave Fulton County, Georgia, Vote Count Center On Election Night

2020-12-06 Did Republican campaign staffers assigned to observe at the Fulton County, Georgia, vote counting center on election night swear under oath in affidavits that they were told to leave before the ballot counting ended on election night? No, Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ Do Squirrels Land Like Superheroes When They Jump?

2020-12-03 The “science of cute” collided with animal behavioral science on social media in a major way after a post about squirrels went viral. “The best thing I’ve learned this week is that when squirrels fall/jump — they land like su Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Athletes Say They Removed Utah Monolith, Legal Case Unclear

2020-12-02 Two men known for extreme sports in Utah say they stepped in late at night and tore the monolith down. Go to site post…»

Liste→ These photos have been manipulated — they do not show Aung San Suu Kyi in her youth

2020-12-02 Photos of Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show her in her youth. The claim is false; the photos have been manipulated from recent photos of Aung San Su Go to site post…»

Snopes→ They’re Baaack: Trump and Allies Still Refuse Election Loss

2020-11-26 The 2020 presidential race is turning into the zombie election that Trump just won’t let die. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Votes Are Recorded And Stored Locally In The US: They Are NOT Controlled By Scytl and Dominion Voting Systems

2020-11-20 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 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Statistics On This Protest Sign Are NOT From ‘Last Year’ — They’re From Four Decades Ago

2020-11-19 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 Go to site post…»

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

2020-11-18 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 Go to site post…»

Snopes→ If a Service Dog Approaches Without Their Owner, Do They Need Help?

2020-11-17 If you see an unaccompanied service dog in a vest, follow them. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Military Voters Fear They’re Part of Unsupported Fraud Claim

2020-11-13 There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election despite President Donald Trump's claims. Go to site post…»

Liste→ This video actually shows Los Angeles County staff collecting mail-in ballots so they could be counted in the US presidential election

2020-11-13 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 Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Barr Tells DOJ to Probe Election Fraud Claims If They Exist

2020-11-10 Attorney General William Barr has authorized federal prosecutors across the U.S. to pursue “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities, if they exist. Go to site post…»

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.

2020-11-06 The pipe burst happened where Fulton County's absentee ballots are being processed. Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is a Republican. Go to site post…»

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

2020-11-06 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. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Trump: They are working hard to make [our] 500,000 vote advantage in Pennsylvania disappear — ASAP.

2020-11-05 As votes are still being counted in Pennsylvania, the vote count and numbers are continuously changing. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Apparent Pro-Trump Ballots Burned In Viral Video Were NOT Official; They Were Sample Ballots

2020-11-05 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 Go to site post…»

Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Electronic ballots are effective, fast and used all over the world — so why aren’t they used in the U.S.?

2020-11-04 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 Go to site post…»

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