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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Celebrity Photos and Names Used in Scam Ads on Facebook
Does this post lead to an article about some type of legal issue concerning an actor? Did the actor lend their name and endorsement to a brand of CBD gummies as "the ultimate pain relief solution"? No, that's not true: This clickbait teas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Spike Protein Created in Vaccines Are NOT Proven To Be ‘Hijacking’ Human Body DNA Repair
Has a Swedish university proved that the COVID-19 vaccine creates spike proteins that are "hijacking" the human body's DNA repair and adaptive immune mechanisms? No, that's not true: The claim was based on a preliminary research report, n
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Can’t Help Myself’ Robot Arm
A November 8 2021 Facebook post about Can’t Help Myself, a robot arm in a purported art installation, was extremely popular on that platform. It read: I don’t think any piece of art has ever emotionally affected me the way this robot arm piece
Health Feedback→ Prenatal ultrasound is generally safe when performed by trained personnel and used only when medically necessary; its benefits outweigh the risks
REVIEW Ultrasound (also called ultrasonography) is widely used in medicine for imaging. It uses high-frequency sound waves to produce internal images of the body. One of its advantages is that it doesn’t use X-rays, meaning that patients aren’t
Full Fact→ Fireworks are not banned in London on New Year’s Eve
A post on Facebook with over 700 comments says: “the Mayor of London has cancelled New Year's Eve celebrations in London......and will not allow fireworks. Yet is it true that he will allow celebrations of Divali [sic], including fireworks?
Full Fact→ Canada is not implementing a social credit scheme
A Facebook post shared almost 700 times suggests that “in a few weeks” Ontario in Canada will implement a social credit scheme based around QR codes. The post claims that “a QR code social credit scheme” will give the gove
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: South Africa’s Highest Court Has NOT Yet Taken Up The ‘Show Us The Virus’ Case — And May Never
Is South Africa's highest court "set to free the continent from the new world order and the central bank" when they issue a decision on a case filed by Ricardo Maarman on September 27, 2021? No, that's not true: This headline prematurely
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Is Not Rated ‘Toxic,’ No Evidence For ‘Eugenics’ Conspiracy Theory
Are COVID vaccines toxic and did mysterious "globalists" seek to kill off the weak and enslave the rest of the world's population by triggering the pandemic? No, that's not true: Both are recycled conspiracy theories, being repeated in a
Snopes→ China Declares All Cryptocurrency Transactions Illegal
Chinese banks were banned from handling cryptocurrencies in 2013, but the government issued a reminder this year.
Snopes→ Are 70 Members of Pfizer’s Investment Board Part of the CCP?
A list of Chinese-sounding names was circulated with unfounded claims about the pharmaceutical company.
Health Feedback→ 1996 paper is about human evolution, not potential for genius
REVIEW On 10 September 2021, Facebook users shared posts (see here and here) that claimed that “in 1996, 9 geneticists discovered that Black Africans possessed more DNA series than any other group on earth”. The posts also claimed that “the mo
FactCheck.org→ Republicans Inflate Cost of Taliban-Seized U.S. Military Equipment
The Taliban seized an arsenal of U.S.-made military equipment when it overran the Afghan army, but not nearly as much as numerous Republicans have claimed. Several Republican members of Congress and former President Donald Trump have cited a grossly ex
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Taliban DOES Have More Black Hawk Helicopters Than 166 Other Nations But The Images Do NOT Show A Combat-Ready Aircraft
Is it true the Taliban are now in possession of more Black Hawk helicopters than 166 other nations around the globe? Yes, but context partially changes the meaning of that. For instance, images of Taliban insurgents standing near Black Ha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lindell’s ‘Truth vs. The Big Lie’ Numbers Flat-Out Contradict Douglas G. Frank’s Theories About Phantom Voters Being Used To Inject Votes
Did "corrected" vote totals from the 2020 election presented by Mike Lindell at his election fraud Cyber Symposium as "Truth" support the theory that fake ballots were injected into every state's official election returns? No, that's not
Logically→ Two ships from the Royal Australian Navy rammed a boat loaded with undocumented migrants.
The photo in question is mislabeled. It actually shows Japan Coast Guard's attempts to block Chinese activists from landing on the Senkaku Islands.
Truth or Fiction?→ Ranking of the Most Common Birthdays
On August 5 2021, a Facebook account shared a purported list of “most common birthdays,” asking “Sooo I rank #154 of the most common birthdays… wbu ”: As of August 6 2021, the post had been shared more than 76,000 times.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Contain Graphene Oxide As Claimed By Ex-Pfizer Employee
Do the COVID vaccines contain graphene oxide as claimed by a "whistleblower" on the "Stew Peters Show"? No, that's not true: The claim rests on made-up connections between vaccine makers and a company that produces polyethylene glycol der
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the Italian Football Club Juventus Post a Photo with a Racist Anti-Asian Gesture?
The Italian football club Juventus spent August 5 2021 apologizing after posting — and then quickly deleting — a photograph featuring an anti-Asian racist taunt. The club’s womens’ team tweeted the photo showing defender Cecili
Truth or Fiction?→ Ashli Babbitt Cremation Request
On August 3 2021, longtime disinformation purveyor Judicial Watch issued a “press release” provocatively titled, “New Documents reveal the DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Submitted a Request to Cremate Ashli Babbitt Two Days
Full Fact→ No evidence that Jeff Rothschild ever called for WW3 to bring about a ‘new world order’
A Facebook post shares a meme featuring a picture of American billionaire Jeff Rothschild, with a quote calling for another world war in order to bring about a ‘new world order’. There is no evidence Mr Rothschild has ever said this.&
FactCheck.org→ Flawed Variant Information Fuels Baseless COVID-19 Theory
SciCheck Digest A conspiracy theory online baselessly suggests that the World Health Organization and other groups preplanned the variants of the novel coronavirus — citing a dubious timeline. But the timeline doesn’t square with the realit
Snopes→ Microsoft Exchange Email Hack Was Caused by China, US Says
The Microsoft Exchange hack was first identified in January and was rapidly attributed to Chinese cyber spies by private sector groups.
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Albert Einstein Lecturing a Black College Facebook Post
In February and May 2021, Facebook users shared a photograph of Albert Einstein along with a quote — “The separation of races is not a disease of colored people but a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it”: Not
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Adam Schiff Was NOT Convicted of Treason
Was Adam Schiff convicted of treason? No, that's not true: There's no evidence the Democratic congressman from California was convicted. The claim was published by a website known for publishing false allegations and that previously repor
Logically→ Fashion giant H&M sees sales in China slump after the Xinjiang boycott.
H&M's sales in the Chinese market fell 28 percent in Swedish krona terms in the second quarter of 2021 after the boycott.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Useless Eaters’ Text In Photo Is NOT From A Book By World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab
Did Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, write a book entitled "COVID-19: The Great Reset" and did a page in that book discuss eliminating 4 billion "useless eaters" by 2050 via wars, disease and starvation? No, t
FactCheck.org→ The Facts – and Gaps – on the Origin of the Coronavirus
A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic — and with a death toll approaching 4 million lives — how the coronavirus came to spark a global scourge remains unknown. Was it the result of a spillover from an animal to a human, as has happen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NOT Guidance That Women Cannot Bear Children Within Six Months Of COVID-19 Vaccine
Did a director of China's largest baby formula company, Feihe, reveal information about the COVID-19 vaccine and pregnancy, saying many women cannot bear children within six months of receiving a coronavirus vaccination and that he expect
Full Fact→ Covid-19 victims cannot be cremated against their wishes
A widely-shared post on Facebook contains a number of inaccurate and misleading claims about the Covid-19 crisis, including claims about asymptomatic transmission, death statistics and cremation procedures. We’ve checked five of the main on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Promotional Captions For This Video Do NOT Accurately Describe U.S. Senate Action, Nor Senators’ Words
Does this video say that the Senate has declared "Corona is a lie" and the media are covering up the truth? No, that's not true: The Senate has made no such statement. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and four colleagues, shown in the vide
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Container Ship Pictured On Fire Is NOT Evergreen’s Ever Given — It’s The X-Press Pearl
Did the container ship run by Evergreen Marine, Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal in March 2021, catch fire? No, that's not true: The container ship in the video that did suffer a fire off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the X-
Truth or Fiction?→ The ‘Critical Race Theory’ Coordinated Disinformation Campaign
An inauthentically organized, corrosive disinformation campaign taking direct aim at social resilience and anti-racism pushes has taken over school boards throughout the United States in what appears to be a highly coordinated national push — whi
Full Fact→ David Icke makes false claim that vaccines are ‘gene therapy’
A video interview of conspiracy theorist David Icke, posted on Facebook, makes a number of misleading and dangerous claims about Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers, gene therapy and asymptomatic cases of the virus. Asymptomatic transmission is real&n
Snopes→ The US Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins
Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that COVID-19 leaked accidentally from a Chinese lab is now receiving scrutiny under a new U.S. investigation.
Truth or Fiction?→ Foreign Influence Agents Goaded Trump Forums After U.S. Elections, Researchers Say
Foreign agents — particularly those working from or on behalf of Russia — were active on Donald Trump-themed forums in the weeks and months leading up to the January 6 2021 coup attempt at the United States Capitol, a new report says. Accor
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts, Pundits Distort Fauci Emails
SciCheck Digest Thousands of pages of redacted emails to and from Dr. Anthony Fauci are now publicly available, thanks to journalists’ Freedom of Information Act requests. Some of those messages have been distorted in viral posts, particularly ab
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell’s ‘Absolutely 9-0’ Movie Does NOT Present Credible Evidence of Election Fraud
Does the movie "Absolutely 9-0" released by Mike Lindell contain credible evidence of a Chinese cyberattack against the U.S. election? No, that's not true: he reuses the same debunked data he already showed in his previous movies "Absolut