It’s been widely claimed that a court in Lisbon has found only 0.9% of reported deaths from Covid-19 in Portugal were actually as a result of the disease.This is not true. On 19 May, the Administrative Court of the Lisbon Circuit responded
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Electric Car Cemetery Is NOT In France — It’s In Hangzhou, China
Is this an electric car "cemetery" in France, full of cars that became worthless due to battery failure? No, that's not true: The caption attached to this photo is misleading on two counts: First, the photo has been misidentified as being
Snopes→ Is This a Reindeer with Glow-in-the-Dark Antlers?
A meme about reindeer with glow-in-the-dark antlers shows that truth and fiction sometimes come together in strange ways.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof In Video That John McAfee Is Alive
Does this video give proof that John McAfee is alive? No, that's not true. There is no evidence that McAfee is alive. He died in prison on June 23, 2021 and an autopsy confirmed he died by suicide in his prison cell in Barcelona, Spain. T
Full Fact→ Video shares falsehoods about face masks and asymptomatic spread of Covid-19
A video which has been shared on social media shows a woman, who claims to be an attorney, speaking at the Orange County Board of Supervisor meeting on 2 June 2020. The video includes many outdated or untrue claims about the Covid-19 pandemic. As
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New England Journal of Medicine Did NOT Find 82% Miscarriage Rate Among Pregnant Women Vaccinated Against COVID-19
Did the New England Journal of Medicine find that women who received the COVID-19 vaccine -- within 30 days of becoming pregnant and up to 20 weeks pregnant -- had a miscarriage rate of 82%? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the Cen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence 32 Governors At The Pentagon
Were 32 governors at the Pentagon, either because they were detained there or because they were meeting with the former head of the CIA and top military officials in late June or early July 2021? No, there's no evidence that's true: Posts
Health Feedback→ There is no evidence that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has a lower fatality rate than the wild-type virus
Different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, have emerged throughout 2020 and 2021. Certain kinds of mutations make each variant genetically distinct from the precursor (wild-type) virus and from each other. These genetic differen
Full Fact→ WHO advice about asymptomatic transmission has changed since the start of the pandemic
A video shared over 1,500 times on Facebook claims to show a clip of former health secretary Matt Hancock saying he was told by the World Health Organisation that there was no evidence for asymptomatic transmission of Covid-19. A voiceover in the video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Sherri Tenpenny Interview Is Full Of False, Misleading Claims About COVID-19
Does an interview with Dr. Sherri Tenpenny contain only accurate and factual statements about COVID-19 and vaccines? No, that's not true: The interview, which appeared on the "Stew Peters Show," is full of false and misleading claims. For
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Mayor Of The Canadian City Of Dorval Did NOT Go On An Anti-Muslim Tirade
Did the mayor of Dorval, a suburb of Montreal, Canada, tell Muslims they need to leave Canada if they cannot integrate into Canadian culture and "We don't have room for you and your ideology"? No, that's not true: The city of Dorval, in Q
Health Feedback→ There is no conclusive evidence that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine contains graphene oxide
REVIEW Claims that a study from the University of Almería in Spain found graphene oxide in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been circulating in Spanish-language Telegram channels for weeks. These claims gained force in late June 2021 when
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain 99% Graphene Oxide To Conduct ‘Mass Poisoning’
Is the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine composed of 99.99% graphene oxide, does it have the effect of making vaccinated people magnetic and was this ingredient added to the vaccine to murder people? No, none of these claims are true: Host Stew Pet
The Dispatch→ Has the Economy Gained as Many Job Under Biden as It Lost Under Trump?
The Center for American Progress Action Fund—a leftist advocacy group that is a sister organization to the Center for American Progress think tank—claimed in a recent Facebook post that former President Donald Trump oversaw the loss of 3 mi
FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Accuse U.S. Women’s Soccer Team of Disrespecting Veteran During Anthem
Quick Take Before a July 5 match against Mexico, some members of the U.S. women’s soccer team turned toward the flag while a World War II veteran played the national anthem on his harmonica. But social media posts mischaracterized their actions b
FactCheck.org→ Second Ladies in Combat Zones
In several recent speeches to members of the military, President Joe Biden has sprinkled in a curious piece of trivia about his wife, Jill, saying he thinks she is the only second lady to visit a war zone. She isn’t. Jill Biden accompanied then-V
Truth or Fiction?→ Wi Spa Weaponized Disinformation Campaign
In late June and early July 2021, far-right activists attempted to launch a new disinformation campaign in the wake of a viral video of a woman harassing staff at a traditional public bathhouse in an historic Los Angeles neighborhood The video, which w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2019 ‘Median U.S. Household Income’ Data In Chart Does NOT Show Official Numbers Of Household Income By Race, But The Data Is From The U.S. Census Bureau
Did this "Median U.S. Household Income" chart for 2019 show the estimated amounts earned by race and ethnic group, and was the data in this chart recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau? Yes, but it's lacking context. The chart is from the gov
The Dispatch→ Did U.S. Soccer Players Turn Their Back on a World War II Vet Playing the National Anthem?
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Health Feedback→ Retracted study misused statistics and adverse event reports to claim that COVID-19 vaccines don’t offer “clear benefit” and caused deaths
REVIEW A study published in the journal Vaccines in late June 2021 claimed that there were two deaths caused by COVID-19 vaccines for every three lives saved by the vaccines, and concluded that COVID-19 vaccination showed a “lack of clear benefit
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘U.S. Quietly Slips Out Of Afghanistan In Dead Of Night’ Onion Story
On July 6 2021, Twitter user @SIGSYS published two screenshots, one a satirical headline from The Onion in July 2011 about the United States having “quietly slip[ped] out of Afghanistan in [the] dead of night,” and a July 2021 Associated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Retracted July 2021 Did NOT Prove That Face Masks Are Dangerous For Children
Does a "research letter" published by JAMA Pediatrics prove that face masks are dangerous for children? No, that's not true: The medical journal that published the lab report on July 16, 2021 announced editors have retracted it, after pee
Snopes→ Did Billy Dee Williams Prank Mark Hamill Before They Met British Royalty?
A photograph shows Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, looking away as he shook hands with Princess Margaret.
Full Fact→ Video in a car shares misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines
A video shared online features a former health worker making a number of false claims about the Covid-19 pandemic, and vaccines. “Covid has never been isolated in a laboratory. It has never been proven to exist. The only place it exists is
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The History of Left-Handedness’
A June 30 2021 tweet (part of discourse about transgender youth) referenced a “left-handedness chart,” as a rhetorical response to questions about why there were “suddenly” “so many” gay, transgender, and non-binary
Health Feedback→ Video didn’t show villagers in India attacking a COVID-19 vaccine crew, as claimed by Charlie Kirk, but a police van instead
REVIEW On 1 July 2021, Charlie Kirk, an American radio talk show host, shared a video on Facebook, claiming that it showed residents in an Indian village attacking a COVID-19 vaccine crew. The video carried the title “Vaccine Crew Shows up to an I
Logically→ The Bharuch police arrested a man named Siraj Mohad Anwar who was involved in the Delhi riots.
The viral video shows Ahmedabad Police arresting a man named Kishore Panchal for different offenses, and he is not linked to the Delhi riots case.
FactCheck.org→ Spoof Video Furthers Microchip Conspiracy Theory
SciCheck Digest A list of the ingredients used in COVID-19 vaccines is publicly available, and the ingredients don’t include microchips. Yet claims advancing conspiracy theories that they do continue to flourish. A recent video purports to show a
FactCheck.org→ Flawed Paper on COVID-19 Vaccines, Deaths Spreads Widely Before Retraction
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccines have been shown in trials and real-world application to be safe and effective. But a paper shared widely online claimed that vaccines cause two deaths for every three lives saved. Experts say the analysis misinterp
Full Fact→ Vaccinated people sometimes die of Covid-19—but very rarely
A widely shared post on social media claims that Public Health England (PHE) has released a report revealing that two thirds of Covid-19 deaths are people who have been vaccinated. This is missing important context. The risk of death with Covid is very
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccine-Generated Spike Protein is Safe, Contrary to Viral Claims
SciDigest Hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered safely in the United States in the last six months. There is no evidence to indicate that the spike proteins generated by human cells following vaccination are a toxin or t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Public Health Experts Do NOT Say Natural Immunity To COVID Is Stronger Than Vaccine-Based Immunity
Does medical research show natural immunity to COVID-19 is stronger than that gained from vaccines, and that those vaccines are ineffective against emerging variants of the virus? No, that's not true: The person making these claims, altho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove A Microchip Reader Used For Pets Found A Chip In A Vaccinated Woman’s Arm
Does a video show a microchip reader used for pets presumably registering a chip in a person's arm where she was vaccinated? No, that's not true: The company that makes the reader couldn't find any information linked to the number that fl
Truth or Fiction?→ Golliwog Facebook Post
In June 2021, an indifferently punctuated January 2020 Facebook “golliwog” post was widely shared — along with a demonstrably false claim that the offensive content was at risk of being censored: The engagement-baiting text, which wa
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘White Influencer Identifies As Korean’
In late June 2021, a screenshot of a headline (“White Influencer Now ‘Identifies As Korean’ After Getting Surgery To Look Like Pop Star”) circulated: That screenshot originated with a June 27 2021 LadBible item: A British influencer ha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Green Mississippi River Water Meeting The Gulf Is NOT A Good Sign
Does this photo show Mississippi River water meeting but never mixing with the salt water of the Gulf of Mexico? No, that's not true: This photo shows river water which has reached the Gulf of Mexico and has flowed out over the top of the
Full Fact→ Ketchup, squash and fruit do not deliver positive Covid-19 results
A Facebook post suggests that a number of foods and drinks can deliver a “positive” Covid-19 result on a lateral flow test. This is true, insofar as the acidity in some foods can break a test and cause a second line to appear, as if the tes
Full Fact→ Critical report on BBC Newsround story is misleading
An online article by science pressure group the Health Advisory and Recovery Team (HART) has claimed a video by children’s TV show Newsround made a number of misleading claims about the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for children. Since the video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence John McAfee Owned Property In Collapsed Miami Building
Did John McAfee own property in the collapsed apartment tower in Miami? No, there is no evidence that the late antivirus software inventor owned property in the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo high rise north of Miami that collapsed
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Post Spreads Bogus Claims About Denzel Washington’s Political Leanings
Quick Take A post circulating on social media falsely claims actor Denzel Washington said he’s “had it” with the Democratic Party’s “lies” and now supports former President Donald Trump. The fictitious quote attributed to Washington origina