Were two CNN journalists arrested and charged for infiltrating the U.S. Capitol dressed as Trump supporters during the January 6, 2021 insurrection? No, that's not true: The two people identified in a video as being with CNN have no conne
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Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) announces global newsroom teaching program
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Jan. 13, 2021) — The Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has partnered with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) to establish a global teaching program serving more than 20 countries. Thi
Liste→ Satirical claim about a mandatory two marriage law resurfaces in Pakistan
A claim that on January 1, 2021, a new law took effect in Pakistan requiring men to have two marriages has been viewed more than 5 million times on TikTok. The claim is likely satirical; similar claims have circulated in satirical posts in previous ye
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Did Ivanka Trump Promote ‘Trump News Network’ on Parler?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivanka-trump-news-network-parler/ On Jan. 8, 2021, Twitter announced
Snopes→ Did Ivanka Trump Promote ‘Trump News Network’ on Parler?
After U.S. President Donald Trump's Twitter account was permanently suspended, rumors flew about the president's next chosen platform.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT File Two Lawsuits Against Georgia Secretary of State for ‘Leaking’ Tape Of ‘Confidential Litigation Call’ About Overturning Election
Did President Donald Trump file state and federal lawsuits against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for allegedly "leaking" the tape of a "confidential litigation call" regarding the president's request to overturn election r
Top Fact Checks→ Two people have died after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in Norway.
The cause of death of the two people is yet to be determined by the Norwegian Medicines Agency and the National Institute of Public Health.
Snopes→ Did a Portuguese Nurse Die Two Days After COVID-19 Vaccination?
To find the truth we looked to the original source: Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã.
Top Fact Checks→ Portuguese health worker died two days after getting the Pfizer COVID vaccine.
Sonia Acevedo suffered a ‘sudden death’ at home, two days after receiving the Pfizer COVID vaccine. The cause of her death is currently unknown.
Snopes→ Pelosi Narrowly Reelected Speaker, Faces Difficult Two Years
It was the first vote of the new Congress, which convened on Jan. 3 with COVID-19 guidelines requiring testing and face coverings for lawmakers.
Snopes→ Nashville Bombing Spotlights Vulnerable Voice, Data Networks
The Christmas Day bombing raised new concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. communications.
Snopes→ Hacked Networks Will Need to Be Burned ‘Down to the Ground’
Experts say there simply are not enough skilled threat-hunting teams to duly identify all the government and private-sector systems that may have been hacked.
Liste→ Video of daring hold-up by two men on horseback was filmed in Brazil, not Lesotho
A video showing two masked men on horseback carrying out an armed robbery has been shared more than a thousand times on Facebook, alongside the claim that the incident happened in Lesotho. This is false; while the video is genuine, the brazen act took
Liste→ False Facebook posts claim Sri Lanka raised eligibility age for motorcycle licenses after two children killed in road accident
Multiple Facebook posts shared repeatedly in December 2020 claim the Sri Lankan government raised the eligibility age for motorcycle licenses from 17 to 25. The claim, which states the new policy will come into effect from January 1, 2021, circulate
Snopes→ No, Clint Eastwood’s Net Worth Didn’t Leave Family ‘in Tears’
A strange online death hoax about Clint Eastwood's net worth purportedly leaving his family "in tears" circulated in online advertisements late in 2020.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccine candidates are rigorously tested for safety during clinical trials, unlike thalidomide; misleading to equate the two
REVIEW The relatively short timeline in which COVID-19 vaccine candidates have reached the advanced stages of clinical trials have led many members of the public to express concerns about their safety. Following the announcement of the U.K.’s appr
WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump’s assertion that only two European nations allow mail-in voting
Most European countries do not allow absentee ballots, but the president cherry-picked the data to make an outlandish claim.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Never Forget: Nancy Pelosi Rejected Trump’s Offer for Direct Stimulus Checks Two Months Ago’
On December 3 2020, a tweet by @thebradfordfile was shared to TheDonald.win, accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of having “rejected Trump’s offer for direct stimulus checks two months ago,” which placed the purported action in Septe
Full Fact - All content→ Martin Lewis and City of London Police have not warned about a scam involving banks and mobile networks
A repeatedly shared post on Facebook has claimed that City of London Police are warning people about a scam claiming to involve banks and mobile network operators that’s been warned about on Martin Lewis’s show. The post text reads: ‘
Top Fact Checks→ Two Californian men have been booked for manipulating over 8000 votes of homeless people.
Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro and Marcos Raul Arevalo were arrested for seventeen counts of crimes related to voter fraud.
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: Social Media Site Parler Has NOT Been Sold, Two Co-owners Say
Has social media site Parler been sold? No, that's not true: Co-owner Dan Bongino said on his verified Twitter account that rumors of the sale are false, and another co-owner is reported to have said the same in a Parler post. The claim a
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Trump tweeted five times in two hours and was labeled as ‘misleading’ three times
It’s been a tough morning for President Donald Trump on Twitter. Between 10 a.m. and noon Eastern, he tweeted five times and had three of his posts labeled by the social media company as potentially “misleading about an election or other civic
Snopes→ With Election Looming, Astroturfing ‘Kullberg Network’ Reemerges
A network of Facebook pages with names like Blacks for Trump and Catholics for Trump disappeared after a 2019 Snopes investigation. They returned just weeks before Election Day.
FactCheck.org→ Revived Political Post Falsely Attributed, Again, to Clint Eastwood
Quick Take Facebook users falsely claim a post critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was written by actor Clint Eastwood. A nearly identical post aimed at former President Barack Obama — and also misattributed to Eastwood —
Liste→ No, this artwork was created by a Canadian sculptor in 1992
A photo has been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest alongside a claim it shows armour that King Henry VIII, who reigned as England's monarch from 1509 to 1547, made for his cat. The claim is false;
Liste→ These photos show a fire in South Korea’s Ulsan that broke out two days before the Myanmar boy band’s performance in the city
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times on October 12, 2020 claim to show photos of a tower block in the South Korean city of Ulsan that caught fire shortly after a performance in the city by a Myanmar boy band, Project K. The claim is false;
Snopes→ US: Russian Hackers Targeting State, Local Networks
U.S. officials said that Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, stealing data from at least two servers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama’s Two Terms Were NOT ‘A Crime Spree’
Were the two terms that Barack Obama spent in office "a crime spree" in which $4 trillion of $6 trillion sent to Muslim nations disappeared, $200 billion was sent to Iran, $500 billion was "stolen" from the Housing and Urban Development d
Snopes→ Did Twitter Shut Down its Network to Slow the Spread of Negative Biden News?
U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to share a piece of satire as if it were genuine news.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twitter Did NOT Shut Down Entire Network To Slow Spread Of Negative Biden News
Did Twitter shut down its entire network to slow the spread of negative news about Joe Biden? No, that's not true: the story was published by The Bablylon Bee (a satire website) after Twitter did experience some downtime shortly after a c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Withhold Evidence In Two Death Row Cases; She Did NOT Jail 1,500 Black Men For Weed Possession
Did Kamala Harris withhold evidence on two Black men who were on death row, then release the evidence after they were executed? No, that's not true. And did Harris, former attorney general of California, jail over 1,500 Black men for poss
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
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
Liste→ This image was digitally created using two unrelated photos
An image that appears to show a group of soldiers waving an Indian flag below Mount Kailash, a holy peak in Tibet, has been shared in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts that claim the Indian army has taken a swathe of the mountain range that was previ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Has NOT Signed Nine Executive Orders To Combat Child Trafficking — He’s Signed Two And Both Received News Coverage
Has President Trump signed nine executive orders to combat child trafficking, with those orders not getting public coverage? No, that's not true: Trump has signed two executive orders that specifically mention human trafficking. Both were
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Soros Does NOT Own Two Sigma Investments
Does George Soros own Two Sigma Investments? No, that's not true: The company's federal filings with the Security and Exchange Commission state that Soros has never been part of any ownership of the investment firm. The claim appeared in
Liste→ False claim circulates online that Australian TV network predicted coronavirus cases in state of Victoria
An image has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Instagram posts that claim it shows Australian television network 7 News accurately predicted coronavirus case numbers for the state of Victoria on Sunday, September 13. The claim
Lead Stories→ Press Release: Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network launches the first-ever coalition of major U.S. fact-checkers to debunk misinformation in English and Spanish
The project, FactChat, will lead to the creation of a WhatsApp chatbot and two Spanish-language fact-checking units. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sept. 18, 2020) -- Led by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Tweet That He’s Donating $500,000 Each To Two Wounded Deputies
Did Donald Trump tweet that he's donating $500,000 toward the expenses of the two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were shot and critically injured? No, that's not true: This tweet was not posted by Trump's authentic account; it