Is it true that Pfizer's vaccine candidate to battle COVID-19 is made and stored in such a way that scores of people could be severely sickened or even killed by its use? No, that is a conspiracy theory not supported by scientific studies
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Liste→ Facebook posts falsely claim that bacterial meningitis vaccine, not H1N1 virus, caused 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic was actually “not a flu at all” but was instead “caused by random dosages of an experimental 'bacterial meningitis vaccine'”. The claim is false; experts agree
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WikiLeaks Did NOT Dump Documents Revealing CIA Base In Frankfurt, Germany, Was Used To Hack Elections
Did WikiLeaks dump documents November 17, 2020 revealing a CIA base in Frankfurt, Germany, was used to hack U.S. elections? No, that's not true: Wikileaks released documents back in 2017 purporting to show how the CIA hacked electronic eq
Snopes→ Did Trump Pardon a Turkey That ‘Refused To Concede’ an Election?
The annual presidential Thanksgiving tradition in 2018 eerily foreshadowed the real 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Liste→ Dominion ballot counting machines not used in Canada 2019 federal election
A Facebook post claiming that Dominion ballot counting machines used for the 2020 US election were also employed for Canada’s 2019 federal vote, when Justin Trudeau was re-elected prime minister, has been shared thousands of times in English and Fren
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Analysis Of Data Used By The Gateway Pundit Does NOT Reveal Massive Vote Theft From Trump to Biden
Does an analysis of election data from Michigan and Georgia show suspicious vote shifts after the polls closed that took the leads away from President Trump and suspiciously awarded a disproportionate number of votes to Democratic candida
Snopes→ Are Robotic Dogs Being Used for Security at an Air Force Base?
Though the four-legged robots mimic real canines, they will not replace military working dogs.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Although fetal cell lines are used to grow viruses for some COVID-19 vaccines, the cells are not part of the vaccines
REVIEW A Facebook video published on 15 November 2020 claims that “aborted fetal tissue” is present in the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and that the vaccine can change a person’s DNA. Shared by the anti-vacci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Comparative Maps Do NOT Prove Dominion Software Was Used In States Where Trump Lawsuits Challenge Vote-Counting
Does a map that highlights states using Dominion Voting Systems software correspond to a second map showing where President Donald Trump is contesting election results in court? No, that is misleading. The Trump campaign has not filed law
Liste→ This is not a real ICC witness statement from a Kenyan lawyer accused of bribery
A document shared dozens of times on Facebook purports to show a witness statement from Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru, who handed himself in to face accusations at the International Criminal Court (ICC) of bribing witnesses in a botched case against Keny
Top Fact Checks→ 17 activists who used the RTI Act to expose corruption in Bihar have been murdered since 2008.
There is no centralised data on the killing of RTI activists. A senior RTI activist from Bihar said more than 16 activists were killed in 11 years.
Top Fact Checks→ “Hammer” and “Scorecard” were used by the Democrats to change the ballot count.
The head of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has called the claim about supercomputer election fraud “nonsense."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Corrupted Software Was Used In Michigan; 6,000 Votes NOT ‘Stolen’ From Trump
Was corrupted voting system software used in Michigan to steal 6,000 votes from President Donald Trump and was that software also used in seven U.S. swing states? No, there is no evidence for the first claim, the second claim is false, wh
Liste→ Detroit lawsuit from 2019 used to falsely claim 2020 voter fraud
A screenshot summarizing a Detroit voter roll fraud lawsuit from 2019 was shared as proof of misconduct in the state of Michigan during the 2020 general election. This is misleading; the lawsuit is real, but the issues it raised about Detroit’s voter
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ A 2008 study co-authored by Anthony Fauci did not find that masks caused bacterial pneumonia, contrary to viral social media claim
REVIEW Misinformation about mask use has circulated since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Claims that wearing face masks increase the risk of infection are not new and were previously found to be inaccurate, as reported in Health Feedback re
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
Liste→ Old video of Indian politician handing out money to flood victims misused during Bihar election
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in Facebook and Twitter posts that claim it shows Indian politician Tejashwi Yadav handing out cash while campaigning in Bihar state elections. The claim is false: the footage actually shows Yadav pro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Accused Pedophile Was NOT Shot Dead After Raping A Girl In Britain
Was an accused pedophile shot dead in Britain the same day after raping a little girl? No, that's not true. A British man wanted in connection with an attack on a teenage girl has been arrested and is not the man who was shot in a posted
Liste→ Altered video aims to portray Biden as confused about his location
Videos appearing to show US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden greeting Florida voters with “Hello, Minnesota!” -- making it seem like the former vice president didn’t know where he was -- have spread online just before the election cam
Liste→ Misleading photo used to denounce environmentalists’ opposition to fracking
A photo montage circulating online suggests environmentalists are hypocritical for opposing fracking, by pointing to the ecological devastation of lithium production for electric cars. However, the post misleadingly uses a photo of a copper mine to ill
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The percentage of excess deaths in the U.S. not directly caused by COVID-19 range from 14% to 33%; it remains unclear how lockdowns influenced excess mortality
REVIEW A claim that COVID-19 only caused two third of the excess mortality observed in the U.S. in 2020 and that lockdowns are in part responsible for the remaining third circulated in October 2020. One article containing this claim was published by
Snopes→ Does a Pic Show Hunter Biden Used Malia Obama’s Credit Card to Snort Cocaine?
The photograph isn't new, the card likely doesn't belong to Malia Obama, and no evidence connects it to Hunter Biden.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Claims that flu cases are used to inflate COVID-19 case counts are misleading, based on inaccurate numbers
REVIEW Facebook posts which show a screenshot from The Ingraham Angle, a television talk show on Fox News Channel, displaying the caption “flu cases down 95%” went viral in mid-October 2020. The screenshot purportedly shows the number of flu cas
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The Brazilian Ministry of Science used a generic Shutterstock infographic to present COVID-19 data
At the beginning of his bestseller, “How Charts Lie,” Spanish journalist and designer Alberto Cairo says, “Many charts — tables, graphs, maps, diagrams — that we see everyday through TV, newspapers, social networks, textbooks, or advertising
Top Fact Checks→ Trump refused to disavow QAnon.
Trump refused to disavow QAnon and said he does not know about QAnon. But said he knows they are strongly against pedophilia and he agrees with that.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Amy Barrett Did NOT Say During Her Confirmation Hearing She Isn’t Using Notes Because ‘I’ve Got Seven Kids … I’m Used To Stupid Questions’
Did Amy Coney Barrett say during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing she s wanot using notes because she has seven kids and is "used to stupid questions"? No, that's not true: The quote was incorrectly attributed to her. In a video of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Suit That Accused Donald Trump Of Raping A 13-Year-Old Aspiring Model Is NOT ‘Upcoming’ — It Was Dropped
Is a lawsuit that accused Donald Trump of raping a 13-year-old aspiring model "upcoming"? No, that's not true: The suit, which was filed back in 2016, was voluntarily dismissed that same year. There are no scheduled dates related to the c
Snopes→ Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Paused over Unexplained Illness
Temporary stoppages of large medical studies are relatively common.
Liste→ Manipulated photo used to falsely portray Pelosi as drunk
Posts on Facebook use a photo of former president Barack Obama kissing Nancy Pelosi to support the claim that the House Democratic leader is a drunk. This is false; the original image -- which shows the pair arriving back in the US after official busin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Embryonic Stem Cells Were NOT Used In The Development of Regeneron Antibody Treatment
Were embryonic stem cells used in the development of Regeneron, the antibody treatment given to President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the company behind the antibody cocktail, told Lead Stories that it di
TruthOrFiction→ Suspects in Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Used Facebook as a Recruitment Tool
Social media accounts of several people arrested and charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Party governor Gretchen Whitmer were devoted to supporting or promoting right-wing disinformation, according to investigators and conten
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Cute Baby With A Medical Condition Is Being Used By An Engagement-Baiting Scam
Did a mother publish photos of her baby along with a plea for the public to share the post and wish him a Happy Birthday? No, that's not true: These photos were taken from the mother's blog without permission and are being used as "engage
Liste→ Assault of man accused of attempted kidnapping took place in different South African city in 2019
Posts shared hundreds of thousands of times on Facebook claim that a man “in Goodwood” was beaten up by residents after attempting to kidnap a girl, adding he was in possession of incriminating evidence such as a gun, a ledger, and children’s clo
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The flu shot is an effective measure to protect people from flu, and enhances protection when used with face masks
REVIEW Facebook posts questioning why people need a flu shot if they always wear face masks began circulating as early as 21 September 2020 and went viral on Facebook (see example). These posts describe a person’s purported conversation with a nur
Top Fact Checks→ Joe Biden used a tax loophole that the Obama administration tried and failed to close, substantially lowering his tax bill.
Passing their income through an S corporation, Biden and his wife avoided paying self-employment tax, reportedly saving $500,000.
Snopes→ Pence Ordered Borders Closed After CDC Experts Refused
Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the U.S. borders, overruling the agency’s scientists who said there was no evidence the action would slow the corona
Top Fact Checks→ Indian flag used in protest in Hong Kong.
A pro-democracy protester in Hong Kong was seen waving the Indian flag during the protest organised on China's national day.
Liste→ Alberta’s health laws used to make misleading claims about mandatory vaccination during Covid-19 pandemic
Posts shared more than 10,000 times in Canada have claimed that recent changes to Alberta's health statutes will bring in forced medical isolation and vaccination. This is misleading; giving power to medical officers to prevent the spread of communicab
Liste→ Biden falsely accused of wearing wire during presidential debate
Social media posts shared thousands of times accuse former vice president Joe Biden of wearing an earpiece to receive instructions from his team during the first presidential debate. This is false; the campaign denied it, and photos allegedly capturing
Liste→ Biden falsely accused of wearing wire during presidential debate
Social media posts shared thousands of times accuse former vice president Joe Biden of wearing an earpiece to receive instructions from his team during the first presidential debate. This is false; the campaign denied it, and photos allegedly capturing