Are Masonic Lodges injecting children with "'free child identification chips' to 'help combat abduction,'" also collecting those children's DNA? No, that's not true: There is no credible evidence or reliable information to support such a
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Health Feedback→ Lab-grown meat isn’t made of cancerous cells
REVIEW On 23 June 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) granted its first-ever approval for producing and selling cell-cultivated meat—also known as lab-grown meat—in the U.S. The two compani
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Mark Wahlberg Said ‘Hollywood Pedophiles’ Have ‘Nowhere Left To Hide’
Did the actor Mark Wahlberg declare war on "Hollywood pedophiles" in July 2023, announcing that they have "nowhere left to hide"? No, that's not true: The purported quote came from a source with a rich history of spreading false statement
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bugs Swarming At AFRAM Were NOT ‘Deadly Mosquitoes’ Released From Helicopter
Did a helicopter release a swarm of deadly mosquitoes over the crowd at Baltimore's African American Festival (AFRAM) on June 18, 2023? No, that's not true: An urban entomologist told Lead Stories that day-active mosquitoes in that region
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canadian Journalist Did NOT Promote Nazi-Style ‘Final Solution’ For Unvaccinated People — It Was ‘Meant To Be Satirical’
Did Canadian journalist Mark Slapinski promote a Nazi-style "final solution" for people who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: Slapinski said on one of his social media accounts that his words about unvaccinated Can
AllSides→ Was the Titan Sub’s Text Message ‘Transcript’ or ‘Log’ Released?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/titan-sub-transcript/ In early July 2023, TikTok and YouTube users pu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fourth Of July Event Attendees Did NOT Have Their Phones Off
Did President Joe Biden attend a Fourth of July event where every attendee had their phone off? No, that's not true: Evidence from news organization footage shows that people were recording and phones were on. It was possible that because
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dutch PM Mark Rutte Did NOT Try To ‘Seize Over 3000 Farms’ To ‘Free Land For Immigrants’
Did Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte try to "seize over 3000 farms" to "free land for immigrants" during the unsuccessful negotiations over immigration shortly before the government's collapse in July 2023? No, that's not true: The c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Joe Biden Meeting Mom And Baby Did NOT Contain Sniffing Sounds — Audio Added
Was Joe Biden caught on camera loudly sniffing a baby when he was meeting families? No, that's not true: The original video shot during the President's visit to the Fort Liberty, N.C., Army base, was posted to TikTok by the mother of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Purple Dot On Air Quality Map Is NOT Evidence Smoke Plume Was Caused By Gold And Lithium Mining
Did a large plume of smoky air from Canada, which spread poor air quality conditions to many places in the U.S. in late June 2023, originate from gold and lithium mining operations in Sakami, Quebec, and not from forest fires? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alexa Does NOT Say World War III Will Start In November 2023 With Russia Attacking Germany
Does Amazon's Alexa speaker say World War III will start in November 2023 when "Russia launches an attack against Germany"? No, that's not true: Amazon told Lead Stories that their AI system does not give that Alexa response to a question
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence NBC Reported That NASA Admitted It Never Went To Space
Did NBC News report that NASA admitted to never going to space? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that NBC reported on this. And there is no evidence that NASA ever made such a statement. The audio heard in this TikTok originates
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Female Voter Telling DeSantis That He ‘Will Never Be Our President’ — Audio Is Fake
Does a viral video portray an intense exchange between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of the 2024 Republican presidential candidates, and an audience member who swore at him during a campaign event? No, that's not true: The authentic vide
Health Feedback→ No scientific evidence indicates that parasites are the key cause of autoimmunity
REVIEW A TikTok video posted on 23 June 2023 claimed that “the number 1 indicator of parasites is actually an autoimmune condition”. This claim was made by Austin Lake, who introduced himself as a “functional medicine practitioner” in the v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Animals ‘Roaming The Streetz’ After Protesters In France Release Them
Did protesters in France release animals from the zoo after police shot a teen, causing the animals to roam the streets? No, that's not true: Social media posts making this claim are showing old video clips of various animals running loos
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Protesters In France — It’s A Concert Crowd In Mexico
Does this video show a crowd gathered in Nanterre, France, to protest the June 27, 2023, killing of Nahel Merzouk by police? No, that's not true: This video of a crowd at El Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City, was filmed and posted on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lab-Grown Meat Is NOT Cultivated From Cancerous Or Pre-Cancerous Animal Cells
Is lab-grown meat cultivated using cancerous or pre-cancerous animal cells? No, that's not true: Cell-cultured meat is cultivated using animal cells that have been modified to replicate indefinitely. Cell-cultured or lab-grown meat is reg
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Simpsons’ Episode Did NOT Predict Death Of Donald Trump On March 13, 2023
Was the death of Donald Trump predicted to occur on March 13, 2023, in an episode of "The Simpsons"? No, that's not true: This is not a real episode of "The Simpsons" but an edited hoax. Additional material was spliced into a section of t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show French Protesters In Apparently Stolen Police Van In July 2023 — It’s From A Movie
Did a picture on social media capturing what looked like a group of armed people riding a police van portray France in early July 2023? No, that's not true: It was a screenshot from a fictional movie released in 2022. The claim appeared i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Guard Donald Trump In Columbus, Georgia — And, No, An ‘Armed Military’ Escort Does NOT Make Him President
Does a video show "armed military escorting" former President Donald Trump during a June 10, 2023, visit to a Waffle House in Columbus, Georgia, and does this escort prove that Trump is still the president of the United States? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Peppa Pig Is Based On Unconfirmed Story About Girl Injected With Pig DNA
Was the children's show Peppa Pig based on a science experiment where a couple injected pig DNA into their daughter? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this is a real story or that Peppa Pig originated from it. This claim was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show New Robot Hired To Serve And Protect U.S. Citizens — It’s CGI Footage Spliced Into News Video
Did a new robot designed and built by a robotics company in Japan, known as STN-YGF, arrive in the United States to serve and protect citizens? No, that's not true: This video has been edited to include computer-generated imagery (CGI). T
Truth or Fiction?→ NASA ‘Internet Apocalypse’ Outage Rumors, Explained
In June 2023, rumors that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) warned of an “internet apocalypse” spread virally on platforms like TikTok and Reddit: What’s going on with NASA saying we could lose i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tofu Poultice Does NOT ‘Starve’ Or ‘Get Rid Of’ Brain Tumors
Does a cold compress of tofu poultice applied to the back of the head "starve" and "get rid of" brain tumors? No, that's not true: While there are health benefits associated with eating tofu, searched for and did not find publicly availab
Health Feedback→ Breast cancer cases haven’t doubled in U.S. women under 45, despite social media claims
REVIEW A video that originated on TikTok and was widely shared on Facebook wrongly claimed that there was a spike in breast cancer cases in 2022. As this review will explain, the video misrepresented the data, and the change in the figure from previ
Truth or Fiction?→ Researchers: Nazi-Quoting ‘Moms’ Have Forged Ties to Other Right-Wing Groups
As the right-wing group “Moms for Liberty” was caught quoting Adolf Hitler in its material in June 2023, it was also revealed as both an ally to other far-right extremists and a major player in anti-government efforts targeting Black and LG
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: OceanGate Titan Was NOT Rescued With All Passengers Alive On June 21, 2023
Was OceanGate's Titan, the submarine vessel that disappeared while descending to the wreckage of RMS Titanic, rescued with all passengers alive three days after going missing on June 18, 2023? No, that's not true: In a news conference hel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Mexican Military Massing South Of US Border
Does a video filmed at night in an urban area show Mexican military currently massing just south of the U.S. border near California on June 17, 2023? No, that's not true: The footage shows a shopping district in Mexico City, which is abou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Storm Did NOT Lift Roof At Atheist Gathering In Benner, Colorado — Footage Shows Yichang City, Hubei, China
Was an atheist gathering in Benner, Colorado, hit by a sudden gust of wind that lifted the roof off the facility? No, that's not true: This video was filmed on June 11, 2023, in the city of Yichang in the Hubei province of China. There is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Call For ‘Globalized New Bible’ To Be ‘Rewritten’ By AI
Did a "top official with the World Economic Forum (WEF)" call for "religious scripture to be 'rewritten' by artificial intelligence (AI) to create a globalized 'new Bible'"? No, that's not true: Author and WEF contributor Yuval Noah Harar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of Military Gear Do NOT Show Unusual Deployment In June 2023 In US, Canadian Cities — It’s Training Season
Do images of military equipment in U.S. and Canadian cities show some sort of military action or deployment is taking place in June 2023? No, that's not true: Military equipment in U.S. and Canadian cities does not necessarily indicate th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Buzz Aldrin Did NOT Say Moon Landing ‘Didn’t Happen’
Did astronaut Buzz Aldrin say the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing "didn't happen"? No, that's not true: The video clip in the post that makes this claim is misleading since it left out important context from one of Aldrin's quotes in a 2015 q
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eating A Green Leaf Will NOT Help A Venomous Snake Bite
Will eating a leaf with chlorophyll provide relief to a person bitten by a venomous snake? No, that's not true: A board-certified emergency medicine toxicologist specializing in herpetology and envenomation (exposure to poison from a bite
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada’s Bill C-11 Does NOT Call For Online Censorship — Broadcasting Requirements Will Just Affect Online Streaming Platforms
Has Canada's Bill C-11 caused Canadians' social media posts to be censored, including posts about Canadian wildfires? No, that's not true: Bill C-11, also known as the Online Streaming Act, became law in Canada in April 2023. It requires
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Creature Was NOT Filmed In Backyard — This Video Was Made With CGI Program Blender
Is this footage of the tall creature reported in a Las Vegas backyard shortly after a police body camera picked up a bright green flash in the night sky in April of 2023? No, that's not true: This footage was posted by a TikTok user who m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Drinking Water Is NOT Unhealthy; Water Is NOT ‘One Of The Biggest Lies In History’
Is water consumption so unhealthy that people "are not supposed" to drink it? No, that's not true: The claim on social media is an unsupported misrepresentation of the known facts about the mechanisms of hydration in the human body. The c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Quebec Wildfires Starting ‘At The Same Time’ Does NOT Prove Fires Were Coordinated
Does satellite imagery from early June 2023, showing wildfires in Quebec starting simultaneously, prove that the fires were coordinated? No, that's not true: Many factors can explain why wildfires started in the Canadian province at the s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canadian Helicopters ARE Setting Fires — But In Effort To Stem Wildfires
Does a video shared to social media authentically show a Canadian government helicopter setting fire to a forested area in order to ignite a dangerous wildfire? No, that's not true: While the video is authentic, it depicts a controlled bu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Are NOT Real Clips Of Pelosi, AOC, Biden Discussing January 6 Insurrection
Is there legitimate footage of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi giving a "shoot to kill order" for those who participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021? Similarly, is there legitimate footage of U.S. Rep. Ale
Health Feedback→ Financial analyst David Martin misrepresents studies and patent applications to promote the baseless claim that SARS-CoV-2 was developed as a bioweapon
REVIEW In May 2023, a video featuring financial analyst David Martin went viral on social media platforms, gathering millions of views on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok (examples here, here, here, and here). In it, Martin claimed that SARS