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AFP Fact Check→ This photo predates Nigeria’s #EndSARS rallies and shows the earlier arrests of alleged army impostors
Multiple posts shared more than 10,000 times on Facebook claim to show a group of Nigerian soldiers who killed peaceful protesters during anti-police brutality protests in Lagos. This is false: the people in the picture allegedly posed as soldiers fro
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim circulates online that substandard canned fish was distributed in Sri Lanka
A photo of a newspaper report claiming that 25 containers of substandard canned fish were distributed in Sri Lanka has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts in October 2020. The claim, however, omits important context; Sri Lankan
AFP Fact Check→ Paul Pogba has not quit France’s national football team over president’s remarks on Islam
Numerous posts shared hundreds of times on social media in Africa claim that French football player Paul Pogba has retired from the international game in protest against French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent comments about radical Islam. However,
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated in reports about flooding in southern China in May 2018
A video of a traffic light being swept away along a flooded street has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it was captured in the Indian city of Hyderabad in 2020. The claim is false; the
AFP Fact Check→ This video has been doctored to add Koranic verses to a popular UK talent show
A video of a young man reciting verses from the Koran apparently on the popular television show “Britain’s Got Talent” has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in Facebook posts that claim the audience of the talent show was “mesmerised
AFP Fact Check→ Famous Pakistani TikTok user Hyderabadi targeted by death hoax
A video claiming that a Pakistani social media star died in a car accident in August 2020 has been viewed millions of times in multiple posts on TikTok, Facebook and YouTube. The claim, however, is false: as of October 2020, TikTok star Ali Khan Hyder
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim spreads online that Sri Lankan opposition politicians wore ‘bullet wound’ sticker to protest drug lord’s death
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim a group of Sri Lankan opposition politicians wore a sticker resembling a bullet wound in protest over the death of a notorious drug lord. The claim is misleading; a spokesperson for the group, who
FactCheck.org→ In Pennsylvania Rallies, Trump Distorts Voting Issues
In the swing state of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump repeatedly rattled off false and misleading claims about ballots and voting in arguing to his supporters “the only way we can lose, in my opinion, is massive fraud.” On Oct. 26, Tru
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Democrats ‘Kill a Bill’ Helping Gold Star Families to Help Immigrants Instead?
A 2019 attack by United States President Donald Trump against Democratic lawmakers in New York state was regurgitated and repurposed online again in 2020 — this time, in order to attack the party on the national level. The issue unfolded in Apri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trash Can Plastered With ‘Ballot Box’ Sign In Philadelphia Was NOT Intended To Get People To Toss Their Ballots In The Trash
Did a worker in Philadelphia disguise trash cans so that people would throw away their ballots? No, that's not true: The posters proclaiming "Ballot Box" on sidewalk solar-powered trash compactors were created to advertise "Ballot Box" an
Lead Stories→ Student’s Chart Explaining Wild Conspiracies Trolled To Spread More Conspiracies
Abbie Richards, a climate science student in the Netherlands, was looking with bewilderment at the state of her home country of the United States. So many conspiracy theories echoing, particularly ahead of the election. Struggling to wran
Full Fact→ It’s possible to receive financial support above the benefits cap, but this does not apply to the majority of households
A post shared over 50,000 times on Facebook claims that people receiving benefits can get £850 a week in support. This can be the case, although that’s not necessarily a typical amount, because for the majority of households most majo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctors Are NOT Paid To Falsify Death Certificates, Pump Up COVID Death Toll 16-fold
Are doctors being paid to falsify death certificates, pumping up the COVID-19 death toll by a factor of more than 16 times the real number? No, that's not true. The person making the claim misstates the difference between underlying and i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bon Jovi Did NOT Perform For A Crowd Of 12 At Biden Campaign Event
Did a Bon Jovi performance at a Biden campaign event in Dallas, Pennsylvania draw a mere 12 people? No, that's not true: There were far more than 12 people in attendence. The exact crowd size is hard to discern because people attended the
AFP Fact Check→ This image shows children taking a nap under a tree at a school in Nigeria, not in South Sudan
An image of children sleeping under a tree being has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook, alongside the claim that it shows schoolchildren in South Sudan. However, the claim about the location is false; the photo was taken in Nigeria at a neglec
AFP Fact Check→ This road was vandalised in South Africa and not by protesters in Nigeria
Two images showing sections of a road being dug up have been shared hundreds of times on Facebook claiming the people who can be seen in the pictures are anti-police brutality protesters in Nigeria destroying public roads. However, the claim is false:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Malia Obama Credit Card Photo Is NOT New — There Is NO Proof It Was Found On Hunter Biden’s ‘Laptop’
Was a "new" photograph of Malia Obama's credit card with a white powdery substance in lines found on Hunter Biden's laptop? No, that's not true. A picture circulating showing a "Malia Obama" Visa card near lines of white powder has been o
Full Fact→ How poverty rates are cherry-picked to score political points
“There are roughly 14 million people living in relative poverty this year. In 2000, there were roughly 14 million people living in relative poverty. Why were Labour not able to fix the problems of relative poverty when they were in power?”
AFP Fact Check→ It is not Joe Biden’s policy to ban fracking
Facebook posts shared more than 30,000 times claim Joe Biden wants to ban fracking, a controversial oil and gas drilling technique. But he has repeatedly stated that it is not his policy to ban the practice, though he does want to limit new projects on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mail-In Ballots And Other Mail WERE Stolen From Locked Mailboxes, Dumped In A Park In Washington State — But Police Suggest Motive Was Financial, NOT Political
Is it true that mailboxes in Camas, Washington, were broken into and that mail including election ballots was taken and dumped at a local park, where the mail was then rained upon? Yes, this is true. Camas police confirmed the incident an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Hunter Biden Is Dead
Did Hunter Biden die of a crack overdose? No, that's not true: There is absolutely zero evidence to support the claim that the son of the Democratic presidential nominee is dead. Reporters closely watching the movements of his father Joe
AFP Fact Check→ The footage from 2017 is unrelated to protests against police brutality in Nigeria
Footage of armed men singing in speedboats has been shared thousands of times in social media posts claiming it shows current footage of militants in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region. Some posts imply that the rebels are preparing to confront t
AFP Fact Check→ This image shows an actor on a movie set, not a man shot during Nigeria protests
A post shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook alongside an image of a bleeding man wearing the uniform of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria claims to show one of its members who was killed during protests against police brutalit
AFP Fact Check→ Experts say wearing face masks does not cause neurological damage
Posts based on a video by a German neurologist have been shared thousands of times on Facebook making several claims about the alleged dangers of wearing face masks, notably that rebreathing oxygen in the mask leads to neurological damage. According to
AFP Fact Check→ 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;
AFP Fact Check→ This video of Mike Tyson offering Islamic prayer was filmed in his private gym
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook which claim it shows boxer Mike Tyson and two other athletes offering Islamic prayer in a coffee shop which banned “dogs and Muslims”. The claim is misleading; the vid
AFP Fact Check→ These photos do not show skylines under different prime ministers in Thailand — they were taken in Singapore
A photo collage has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Instagram alongside a claim it shows an accurate comparison between the skyline in Thailand under the prime ministership of Prayut Chan-O-cha and his predecessor Thaks
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a former Indonesian fisheries minister speaking to fishermen in 2018, not to workers in 2020
A video that shows a former Indonesian fisheries minister giving a speech to a crowd has been viewed almost 1.5 million times in multiple YouTube and Facebook posts that claim she was addressing a protest by students and workers in October 2020. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BLM Does NOT Want To Keep Black Men From Raising Their Children, Nor Does Biden
Does Black Lives Matter want to keep Black men from raising their children and has Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden endorsed the organization? No, there is no evidence to support either claim: A political ad attacking Biden relie
Truth or Fiction?→ Mike Pence, LGBTQ Communities, and ‘a Radical Social Agenda’
Vice President Mike Pence’s political history drew renewed attention online in October 2020 as a meme criticizing him spread online in October 2020. The graphic, which was originally posted by poet Andrea Gibson on Instagram, reads: Mike Pence s
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Women Start Shaving Their Legs Due to a 1910s Marketing Push by Razor Manufacturers?
An October 14 2020 Facebook post about the purported origins of women shaving their legs quickly became popular; it depicted a screenshot of a conversation in which one participant ascribes “capitalism” as a motive for a “1910s”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Coyotes’ Is NOT A Xenophobic Term For Parents Illegally Bringing Children Into The U.S.
When President Trump said some undocumented children were brought across the southern border into the U.S. by "coyotes" was he using a xenophobic term for the parents of those children? No, that's not true: Trump was using the border regi
AFP Fact Check→ Michigan kidnap plotters not members of Antifa or BLM: AG’s office
Facebook posts shared more than 20,000 times claim men arrested by the FBI for plotting to kidnap the governor of Michigan are “ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.” This is false; the Michigan attorney general’s office confirmed none of the defendants are
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Misquote Trump on Immigrant Family Separations
Quick Take President Donald Trump didn’t say “‘GOOD’ about the kids being separated from the parents” at the southern border during the final presidential debate, as social media posts wrongly claim. He said “go ahea
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misleads on Ballots Again
In early October, about 2,100 voters in Los Angeles County accidentally received mail-in ballots that were missing the presidential race entirely. The county sent corrected ballots to them. But President Donald Trump appears to have twisted the episode
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Call Black Criminals ‘Super Predators.’
Did Joe Biden call young Black criminals "super predators"? No, that's not true: He used the term "predators" multiple times when giving speeches in support of the The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which he co-aut
AFP Fact Check→ Rumours of Nigerian leader’s death spread again in wake of slow response to #EndSARS protests
Multiple posts shared thousands of times on social media claim that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has died and secretly been buried. The claim follows Buhari’s delayed response to the recent shooting of peaceful protesters at an anti-police br
FactCheck.org→ Posts Target Trump With False Claim on MAGA Hats
Quick Take Social media posts erroneously suggest that President Donald Trump’s campaign hats are made in China, while those for former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign are made in the U.S. The official hats sold by both campaigns are ma
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim circulates online that Australian state leader would travel to AFL final, skipping quarantine
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times in October 2020 claim that Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is travelling to Queensland for the Australian Football League grand final, skipping quarantine. The claim is misleading: Andrews said he wou