Did a video uploaded initially on TikTok by user @mihai.off show "20,000" bikers in Germany riding by the house of a 6-year-old boy with cancer? No, that's not true: While the story of a group of bikers riding past the home of a sickly Ge
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Is NOT Correct That Healthy Children ‘Never Ever’ Get Severe COVID-19
Do healthy children "never ever" get severe COVID-19 and do mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 undermine children's immune systems, putting them at risk for other infectious diseases? No, that's not true: Pediatric infectious disease research
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Age Verification On Graphic Video Is NOT From Facebook — It’s A Ruse To Phish For Passwords
Does Facebook require users to verify their age before viewing a graphic video hosted on another website? No, that's not true: Compromised accounts have been posting fabricated stories into Facebook groups. These stories, such as "suspect
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccines Not To Blame For Blood Clot Risk
Are COVID-19 vaccines to blame for "urgent warnings" about blood clots from Pfizer and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? No, that's not true: Both the CDC and Pfizer have promoted such campaigns since 2015. Blood clots
Health Feedback→ Stem cell transplantation isn’t a scalable therapeutic approach to cure HIV
REVIEW The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has infected around 80 million people worldwide since the beginning of the HIV pandemic in the early 1980s. HIV infection results in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which has claimed the lives
Truth or Fiction?→ Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Amendment Outing LGBT Kids
On February 21 2022, several Imgur posts featured tweet by journalist Judd Legum, which contained a claim that a proposed amendment to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bills would mandate that students’ sexual preferences be
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: United Nations Airplane In North Bay, Ontario Is NOT Connected To Police In Ottawa
Does a United Nations plane sighted at the North Bay Airport in Ontario have a role in bringing a U.N. police force to Ottawa? No, the claim presented in this video is not based in fact: There is a plane with U.N. markings at the North Ba
Snopes→ Is the ‘Why Ukraine Matters’ Facebook Post Truthful?
As Russian troops amassed at Ukraine's borders in February 2022, Facebook posts listed more than 30 purported reasons as to why the country held a place of unique importance.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eye Ointment For Newborns Is NOT ‘Pointless,’ NOT Associated With Serious Risks
Is the eye ointment administered to newborns and commonly used to prevent a condition caused by the transmission of gonorrhea "pointless" and associated with serious health risks? No, that's not true: The erythromycin eye ointment provide
Snopes→ Beijing’s Olympics Close, Ending Safe but Odd Global Moment
The terrarium of a Winter Games that has been Beijing 2022 came to its end.
AllSides→ The Misleading Claim That Durham’s Reference to Trump White House Records Was Misleading
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/02/the-misleading-claim-that-durhams-reference-to-trump-white-house-records-was-misleading/
AllSides→ When George Washington fought misinformation
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/feb/21/when-george-washington-fought-misinformation/ While itâ€
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Military Did NOT Arrest Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Did the U.S. Marine Corps arrest Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor after a three-month investigation that found she received money for being in favor of masking, vaccination mandates and fabricating statements to increase the fear of
Full Fact→ Iceland’s CEO is not offering free food to people who like a Facebook page
A Facebook post from a page called ‘Iceland Foods’ claims that anyone who shares or comments on the post will receive a box of essential goods worth £40. It has been shared over 24,000 times. The post features an image of a man smilin
Poynter→ No, CNN didn’t confirm former President Donald Trump will be arrested
Amid news that former President Donald Trump’s accounting firm cut ties with him and disavowed a decade of financial statements it prepared for the Trump Organization comes a Facebook video with this […] The post No, CNN didn’t confirm form
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccine-Related Myocarditis Is NOT Harsher Than COVID Infection-Related Myocarditis
Does this article provide a correct comparison between the severity of myocarditis cases caused by COVID vaccines and those resulting from COVID-19 illness? No, that's not true: It gets the comparison backward. Myocarditis experts say cas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Anthony Fauci NOT Charged With Murder By A ‘Grand Jury’ About Alleged COVID Crimes
Did a grand jury charge Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, with murder? No, that's not true: No legally recognized grand jury has been convened to indict Fauci on any charges. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scientists Did NOT Lie About Isolating The Virus That Causes COVID-19
Did scientists fraudulently claim that they had isolated and sequenced viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19? No, that's not true: The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been independently isolated and sequenced by multiple scientists ar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Empty ATMs, Locked Funds, "Run" On Big 5 Canadian Banks
Were there empty ATMs and locked funds at all of the "Big Five" Canadian banks on February 17, 2022? No, that's not true: The claims are "baseless," the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) told Lead Stories. The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pupula Duplex Is NOT An Eyeball With Two Pupils — Clinical Term Is Polycoria
Is the eye condition of having two pupils in one eye real? Yes, that's true: It's an extremely rare condition, but it exists. The clinical term for someone with two pupils is polycoria, not pupula duplex. It also does not look like the pi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Widespread Fraud In Wisconsin’s Voter Database
Is there "shocking evidence of widespread fraud" in Wisconsin's voter database? No, that's not true: Responding to a slew of allegations, Wisconsin election officials pointed out that lists of inactive voters - who are not on poll books a
Truth or Fiction?→ How Did Hush Puppies Get Their Name?
On February 12 2022, a Facebook user shared the following post, which purportedly describes how “hush puppies” got their name: Escaping slaves used to throw balls of fried cornmeal out to distract the hounds from tracking them. The hound st
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada Does NOT Discriminate Against Phoneless With Proof-Of-Vaccination QR Code System
Does Canada discriminate against the phoneless by requiring proof of vaccinations with a printed QR code? No, that's not true: Paper copies of the proof of vaccination QR code are acceptable; they do not have to be on a phone to show proo
FactCheck.org→ Former Presidents Are Not Allowed to Take Home Official Records
Quick Take The National Archives recovered 15 boxes of materials from former President Donald Trump’s time in office. Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, claimed that the law allowed Trump to “take documents when he left the White Hous
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Did NOT Cause Fainting Spell For German TV Reporter Clara Pfeffer
Was the on-air spell suffered by German reporter Clara Pfeffer caused by the COVID-19 vaccine, as some social media posts suggest? No, that's not true: Pfeffer became disoriented during a live broadcast of the RTL News morning show, "ntv-
Truth or Fiction?→ Ben Shapiro ‘Look How Beautiful My Sister Looks’ Tweet
On February 18 2022, a screenshot of a purported Ben Shapiro tweet (“Look at how beautiful my sister looks”) was shared to Imgur: Atop two apparent photographs of Shapiro’s sister Abby, the tweet read: Look at how beautiful my sister
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pineapple Juice Does NOT Detox — Only The Kidneys And Liver Can Do That
Does pineapple juice help detox the body, make a person lose weight and relieve joint ache? No, that's not true: The only thing that can help detox the body is the liver and kidneys, according to a dermatologist. The Food and Drug Adminis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Peanut Butter With Xylitol IS Highly Toxic To Dogs
Is xylitol, a sweetener found in some peanut butters, highly toxic to dogs? Yes, that's true: Xylitol, aka birch or wood sugar, can be deadly to dogs. In addition to some nut butters, the sweetener can be found in some sugar-free desserts
Full Fact→ Driving during red weather warning won’t void your insurance
A post on Facebook with hundreds of shares claims it’s been reported that anyone driving on Friday 18 February 2022 will have their car insurance voided due to, presumably, the risk of Storm Eunice. The post, from 17 February, states: &ldqu
Full Fact→ Storms with female names are not ‘more deadly’ because people underestimate them
There’s a bank of fascinating psychological research to back up the fact that overall, female-titled storms and hurricanes are in fact far more deadly… That’s right: storms are sexist. The Independent, 17 February 2022. Storm Eunic
Full Fact→ Washington Post overstates prevalence of long Covid
“At least 50% of people who survive Covid have debilitating health issues in the months afterwards” Washington Post, 16 February 2022. A TikTok from the Washington Post claims that at least half of people who survive Covid-19 have de
Full Fact→ ‘Storm Eunice video’ supposedly showing crane fall in Portsmouth is actually from Poland
A video on Facebook claiming to show a violent storm and a crane falling in Fratton, in Portsmouth, has almost 1,000 shares. The video was not taken in the UK. It was most likely filmed in Krakow, Poland. The video shows a lot of rubbish swirling aroun
Full Fact→ US defence data showing rise in diseases in 2021 was produced in error
Articles claiming that data from the US military shows sharp rises in the incidence of various illnesses in 2021 have been shared on Facebook. The articles report on comments made by Dr Robert Malone, a scientist who was involved in the developme
Poynter→ Jesse Watters spins facts beyond recognition with claims that Hillary Clinton paid to hack and frame Trump
Fox News host Jesse Watters falsely accused Hillary Clinton of paying hackers to break into former President Donald Trump’s computers and plant fabricated evidence that would frame Trump for collusion with the […] The post Jesse Watters spins
AllSides→ Snopes latest example of ‘fact checking’ the truth away
https://nypost.com/2022/02/16/snopes-latest-example-of-fact-checking-the-truth-away/ Snopes.com has shi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Buzz Aldrin Did NOT Say The Moon Landing Was Faked
Did Buzz Aldrin reveal that the Apollo 11 mission was faked when he corrected Conan O'Brien's recollection of having watched the moon landing live on TV as a child by telling him that what he watched was an animation? No, that's not true:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Medical Professor Did NOT Warn Natural Immunity Has Made Vaccine Mandates ‘Irrelevant’ In Lancet Letter
Did The Lancet publish a medical professor's warning that natural immunity has made vaccine mandates irrelevant? No, that's not true: The professor cited never uses the word "irrelevant" in his letter to the British medical journal but he
Logically→ A viral image shows Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath waving at a crowd looking elsewhere during the Jan Vishwas Yatra.
A morphed image of CM Yogi Adityanath's Jan Vishwas Yatra in Mathura from December 2021 is circulated as an image of the 2022 Etawah campaign rally.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gas Prices Did NOT Reach National Average Of $1.87 Per Gallon In February 2021
Did the price of regular gas reach a national average of $1.87 per gallon during February 2021? No, that's not true: While individual gas station prices always vary, the national average of regular gas prices during February 2021 never we
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Conflict Between Russia, Ukraine
Does a video posted to Facebook show footage of conflict between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022? No, that's not true: The video shows gameplay from Arma 3, a military shooter video game. Many social media users have posted similar fo