Reports from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) cannot determine if a vaccine caused an illness.
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Logically→ QAnon movement is a terrorism threat
The FBI labeled the QAnon movement as a domestic terrorist threat in 2019 and people following the movement have engaged in violent acts.
Logically→ Alex Jones wanted to kill his neighbors.
Alex Jones did not make a definitive statement about killing his neighbors. He has clarified that his comments were sarcastic.
Logically→ A 9-year-old boy has died in Trinidad and Tobago after participating in the “blackout” challenge.
The cause of the child's death and whether he participated in the challenge has not yet been determined.
Logically→ Coca Cola has started a campaign in favor of farmer’s protest.
Coca Cola Corporation did not start any brand campaign in support of the famers protests. The image shared on social media is morphed.
Logically→ Parler was given the opportunity to remedy their issues before being dropped by Amazon.
Amazon warned Parler about the violent content on its platform.
Poynter→ Researchers say Facebook should allow fact-checkers to fact-check politicians
Disinformation researchers are arguing that Facebook should do more than just indefinitely block President Donald Trump. They argue the company should go further by doing away with its exemption of politicians from its Third-Party Fact-Checking program
Logically→ President Trump spent Thanksgiving with troops in Afghanistan in 2020.
President Donald Trump visited troops in Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, for Thanksgiving in November 2019, not in 2020.
Logically→ The official Twitter handle of the U.S. President will lose all its followers before handing it over to Joe Biden.
Twitter will reset the followers of the POTUS account to zero before transferring it to President-elect Joe Biden's administration on Jan.20, 2021.
Logically→ A photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowing before Priti Adani, wife of industrialist Gautam Adani has gone viral.
A picture of Narendra Modi greeting Deepika Mondal was incorrectly claimed to show he bowed before Gautam Adani's wife, Priti Adani.
Logically→ Yahoo is closing its Yahoo Mail services.
Yahoo Groups will be shut down on Dec.15 due to a steady decline in usage over the past years, but Yahoo Mail will continue to function normally.
Logically→ Yahoo is closing its Yahoo Mail services.
Yahoo Groups will be shut down on Dec.15 due to a steady decline in usage over the past years, but Yahoo Mail will continue to function normally.
Logically→ Police did not hit the farmer with a lathi seen in the viral image.
Amit Malviya posted a clipped video from the incident claiming the police did not hit the farmer, however the farmer says he was hit multiple times.
Logically→ Sanskrit verses recited before President-elect Joe Biden entered the White House.
A video is from an old event which was organized by the Hindu American Seva Communities. Joe Biden has not entered the White House yet.
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump’s Disinformation Spree After Losing Election Propelled by Social Media
In the days after a resounding popular vote loss to former United States Vice President Joe Biden, sitting president Donald Trump advanced numerous conspiracy theories before beginning to deny the results of the election outright. The first set of con
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump’s Disinformation Spree After Losing Election Propelled by Social Media
In the days after a resounding popular vote loss to former United States Vice President Joe Biden, sitting president Donald Trump advanced numerous conspiracy theories before beginning to deny the results of the election outright. The first set of con
Logically→ 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.
Truth or Fiction?→ As U.S. Election Looms, Agitprop Floods Social Media Platforms
In the days leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the disinformation that has been a hallmark of the Trump campaign, then administration, then campaign again reached new heights with political smears, Soviet-style weaponized conspiracy t
Truth or Fiction?→ Threatening Messages Sent to Democratic Party Voters in Battleground States
In a preview of more organized disinformation campaigns to come in the 2020 U.S. elections and subsequent interregnum period, Democratic Party voters in swing states received threatening emails the week of October 19 2020, ordering them to switch thei
Logically→ Kamala Harris said that American churches are propaganda centers for intolerant homophobic, xenophobic vitriol.
Kamala Harris has never called out American churches to be propaganda centers. She is known to be a spiritual person.
Logically→ All Whatsapp group admins must register themselves with valid ID proof under new regulations.
The admins of WhatsApp groups run by media persons need to be officially registered in some districts in the country.
Truth or Fiction?→ The Saga of Hunter Biden’s Laptop
On October 14 2020, as increasingly bold or desperate attempts from all corners to sway the November 2020 U.S. elections reached a fever pitch, a story appeared in the New York Post about Hunter Biden, son of Democratic Party presidential candidate Jo
Logically→ President Trump’s posts on COVID-19 was deleted by Facebook and hidden by Twitter.
Social networking site Facebook deleted a post in which President Donald Trump had claimed COVID-19 was less lethal than the flu.
Logically→ 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.
Logically→ Government plans to impose 18% GST on sending good morning messages on WhatsApp.
This is a fake message. There are no government orders on GST being imposed on Whatsapp messages.
Logically→ The central government to give Rs.7500 to each citizen in India as a relief fund.
This information is false. The central government has not issued any notice about giving Rs.7500 to citizens as a relief fund.
Logically→ Kangana Ranaut called farmers as terrorists.
Kangana Ranaut has clarified that she only called protesters who are against the farm bill as terrorists and not the farmers.
Logically→ Burger King announces Whopper ‘recipe’ has no artificial preservatives.
Burger King claims its burger the 'Whopper' is free from artificial sources such as MSG and high-fructose corn syrup.
Logically→ A Nagpur medical hospital performed a post-mortem on a living human and removed his kidney.
A video from a Mumbai hospital has been misattributed as that of a Nagpur hospital and the BMC has refuted the allegation of improper treatment.
Logically→ Chinese soldiers killed in the Galwan Valley faceoff were buried in Kangsiwa Martyrs Cemetery.
An old image of the Kangsiwa Martyrs Cemetery monument falsely shared as graves of Chinese soldiers killed in Galwan valley standoff.
Logically→ Modi’s twitter account has been hacked.
Indian PM Narendra Modi's twitter account which is linked to his personal website was briefly hacked in the early hours of September 3, 2020.
Logically→ Kuwait’s richest man Nassi Al Kharki has passed away and was buried with gold.
The viral image of a man with heavy gold jewelry in a casket is not of Kuwait's richest man but a real estate businessman from Trinidad and Tobago.
Logically→ Mukesh Ambani has purchased Tik Tok.
Reliance Industries Limited is reportedly the latest bidder for the Bytedance-owned TikTok in India, but is yet to finalize a deal.
Truth or Fiction?→ Thursday, October, and 8 PM Are All the Same?
On July 1 2020, twitter user Laureen Bazzi shared a tweet observing that “Thursday, October, and 8:00pm are all the same,” which ended up racking up a lot of attention: idk how to explain this but thursday, october, and 8:00pm are all th
Truth or Fiction?→ Wayfair Child Trafficking Conspiracy Theory
Online store Wayfair received viral internet attention after a July 9 2020 Reddit r/conspiracy thread, which posited that bizarrely-priced, boring utility cabinets on the site were not just overpriced furniture or some kind of error, but instead evide
Truth or Fiction?→ Are the #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd Hashtags Banned on TikTok?
Actress Rachel Zegler and other users criticized the video app TikTok in May 2020, after some reported that the hashtags #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd had been wiped from search results on the platform. As the entertainment site AceShowbiz.com fi
Truth or Fiction?→ What Do You See in This Image of a Vehicle on Fire?
On December 10 2019, a Facebook user shared the following photographs of a vehicle on fire — one of which includes an apparent image of a figure in the flames: Alongside the two photographs, the user wrote: Caught a picture of this vehicle
Truth or Fiction?→ UK’s Conservative Party’s Communications Team Briefly Rebrands to Mislead Public
As a December 12 2019 general election looms over the UK and the rhetoric around its third election since 2015 grows ever louder, distractions and political stunts have hit a fever pitch, injecting misinformation and outright disinformation into its p
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This Isn’t About Free Expression’: Twitter Chief Dorsey Announces Ban on Political Ads
Twitter’s chief executive officer has announced that his platform will ban political advertisements, saying that they represent new challenges to political discourse. “This isn’t about free expression. This is about paying for reach,
Truth or Fiction?→ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Grills Facebook Chief Executive Officer Over Fact-Checking, Political Ads
Democratic Party Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez challenged Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on his policy allowing disinformation to be run in political advertisements on the social media platform during the tech magnate’s testimo