In a prime-time speech to the nation, President Joe Biden spoke about gun violence and his proposals to reduce it. Here, we answer common questions about some of the statistics the president cited and actions he proposed. His remarks on June 2 were mad
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Truth or Fiction?→ Welsh Road Sign Error
On June 2 2022, an Imgur account shared a screenshot of a Facebook post which purportedly showed a Welsh road sign with an amusing translation: The screenshot was undated; a status update above a photograph of a street sign in English and Welsh read:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Protesters Did NOT Chant ‘Lock Her Up’ At Speaker Nancy Pelosi At 2017 Press Conference
Did protesters shout "Lock her up!" when confronting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the Congress floor? No, that's not true: This interaction took place between pro-immigration protesters and Pelosi at a press conference in San Francisco o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Impeachment NOT ‘In Progress’; Ted Cruz, GOP Lawmakers Did NOT File New Lawsuit
Is the impeachment of President Joe Biden "in progress" as Sen. Ted Cruz and GOP lawmakers file a lawsuit? No, that's not true: The video in the Facebook post does not show Cruz and other GOP lawmakers announcing the impeachment of Biden
Truth or Fiction?→ [Not] ‘Written by a Uvalde Mom’ Facebook Post
On June 3 2022, a post that was described as written by an “Uvalde mom” was “popular now” in Facebook search — relating to a circulating status update attributed to the mother of a child killed in the Uvalde, Texas school
AllSides→ Tactical Unit, Not Off-Duty Officer, Killed Uvalde Gunman
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/06/tactical-unit-not-off-duty-officer-killed-uvalde-gunman/ Jacob Albara
Health Feedback→ Published research from the Wuhan Institute of Virology didn’t describe artificially created monkeypox strains; the research is unrelated to the 2022 monkeypox outbreak
REVIEW Reports of unusual monkeypox cases hit the headlines in May 2022, with at least 257 cases and zero deaths in 23 countries as of 30 May 2022. Monkeypox is a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus, whic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Vaccine Data Given To FDA Does NOT Show Up To 97% Of Vaccinated Pregnant Women Lost Their Babies
Does data given to the Food and Drug Administration before Pfizer COVID-19 shots were officially approved show up to 97 percent of vaccinated pregnant women lost their babies? No, that's not true: The Pfizer document that was released as
Truth or Fiction?→ Leonna Hale Photoshop Controversy
On May 30 2022, social media users discussed the shooting of Leonna Hale, a purportedly unarmed pregnant woman in Kansas City — frequently in the context of police actions during and after the May 24 2022 Uvalde, Texas school shooting: Kansas C
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: National Institutes Of Health Study Does NOT Find Long COVID Isn’t Real
Does a new National Institutes of Health study find that long COVID isn't real? No, that's not true: Nowhere in the study do the authors say long COVID, also known as post-acute sequelae of SARS CoV-2 infection (PASC), is fake. Lead stud
FactCheck.org→ Tactical Unit, Not Off-Duty Officer, Killed Uvalde Gunman
Quick Take Jacob Albarado, who has been described in media reports as an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer, helped students escape the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24. But online rumors falsely claim he was the CBP officer who k
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘US Median Rent to Reach $2000’ in 2022
Amid an ongoing national discourse around average wages and a skyrocketing cost of living, a popular May 31 2022 tweet claiming that the median rent in the United States reached $2000 also spread in threads on Reddit and Imgur as part of a broader disc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Law Enforcement Raided Arizona Nonprofits In ‘2000 Mules’ Ballot Trafficking Investigation
Is there proof of law enforcement raids on multiple Arizona nonprofit organizations in a "2000 Mules"-driven ballot trafficking investigation? No, there's no evidence that's true: Reporting by The Arizona Republic puts two uniformed offic
Full Fact→ EU rules didn’t ‘ban’ crown symbols on pint glasses
18 years after the EU ordered us to remove Crown symbol from our pint glasses, Boris brings them back for Jubilee. Mail on Sunday, 29 May 2022 . A Mail on Sunday front page article claims that the crown symbol on pint glasses will be reintroduced by t
Logically→ The Texas school shooter was trans.
A photo of an unrelated transgender woman from Georgia has been shared, with claims the image depicts the Texas school shooter.
Logically→ The recent outbreaks of Monkeypox are cover-ups for adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine.
This claim is based on several debunked conspiracy theories and misinterpretations of reported data.
Logically→ The official Pride flag will include the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
The Ukrainian flag colors are not part of the current version of the Progress Pride flag. The widely shared image started out as satire.
Logically→ The World Economic Forum has its own paramilitary force.
WEF does not have a paramilitary force of its own. The Swiss Police forces wore a temporary WEF patch for the event in Graubünden, Switzerland.
Logically→ The Indian Ministry of Railways runs a subsidy program worth Rs 6000 in exchange for people’s details.
The Indian railway ministry has not launched any subsidy program in exchange for personal information.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence Poland Plans To Occupy Western Ukraine
By Uliana Malashenko Is it true that Warsaw is going to send troops to the western parts of Ukraine to repossess the lands Poland used to own in the distant past? No, it's not true. Claims about the allegedly planned Polish invasion of Uk
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Is NOT Considering Buying Keystone XL Pipeline — Claim Is From A Satirical Site
Is Elon Musk considering buying the Keystone XL pipeline? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a satirical website with a clear disclaimer on its About Us page. It is the work of Christopher Blair, a notorious liberal prankster who
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Uvalde Victim Amerie Jo Garza Did NOT Have 2 ‘Different Fathers’ Speaking On 2 TV Networks — One Is Her Father, The Other Her Stepfather
Did two different television networks report on the same Uvalde school shooting victim with two different fathers? No, that's not true: Both the biological father and stepfather of Amerie Jo Garza, 10, gave interviews to different network
FactCheck.org→ Ask SciCheck Files: The Relationship Between Mental Health and Mass Shootings
In the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, some officials have cited mental illness as a reason for the unprovoked attacks. But as we’ve explained before, having a mental illness isn’t predictive of who will perpetrate a
Truth or Fiction?→ Tikrit Shoe Statue
On May 30 2022, a Reddit user shared a photograph which purportedly showed a “shoe monument” in Tikrit, Iraq, commemorating an incident during which an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush during a press
Health Feedback→ Sperm washing to help HIV-discordant couples conceive biological children safely was reported in the 90s; not “huge medical breakthrough” in 2022
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Logically→ A 2021 simulation exercise attended by world leaders predicted the Monkeypox outbreak.
The exercise was designed to test out responses to pandemics. The monkeypox outbreak was not predicted.
Logically→ This image shows the 2022 plane crash in Nepal.
An image of a 2021 chopper crash in India has been misattributed to the 2022 plane crash in Nepal.
Logically→ A video shows people in Varanasi celebrating after a Shivling was discovered in the Gyanavapi Mosque.
The video dates back to 2019 and is not related to the recent Gyanavapi mosque controversy.
Logically→ This image shows Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann with Goldy Brar, who has claimed responsibility for singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder.
The man pictured in the widely shared image is not the one who is allegedly responsible for Moose Wala's murder. They just have the same name.
Logically→ These images show 1,500 private jets parked in Davos ahead of the 2022 World Economic Forum meeting.
Old images of parked jets from 2015 and 2016 have been falsely linked to the recent 2022 World Economic Forum meeting.
Logically→ Pfizer has received FDA approval for its monkeypox vaccine.
In 2019 the FDA approved Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos vaccine to counter monkeypox. Pfizer did not recently develop a vaccine for monkeypox.
Logically→ Former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev is joining the Aam Aadmi Party.
False reports of former Indian cricket team captain Kapil Dev joining politics have spread on social media. Dev has refuted the claims.
Logically→ Monkeypox is a sexually transmitted disease.
Public health experts worldwide agree that sexual contact is not needed for the spread of the monkeypox virus.
Logically→ Ukrainian refugees burned down a house in Germany, in 2022, when trying to burn a Russian flag.
The images in the video are from two different fire incidents, one from 2013 and the other from 2021. Bild media also confirmed the claim was fake.
Logically→ Thirty-five thousand children in Ukraine were rescued from sex traffickers by Vladimir Putin.
This claim originates from a satirical article that has been shared widely in an attempt to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Logically→ Florida Rep. Randy Fine tweeted that elementary school children are a “small sacrifice” for the Second Amendment.
Randy Fine did not say that children were a "small sacrifice" for the Second Amendment. A parody Twitter account in his name tweeted this instead.
Logically→ Aerospace engineer Boyd Bushman provided evidence of human contact with aliens just before his death in August 2014.
The only proof provided by Bushman is supposed pictures of the aliens. There was no evidence proving any form of communication.
Logically→ Calcutta High Court has asked the Election Commission to deport TMC MLA Alo Rani Sarkar.
Alo Rani Sarkar has dual citizenship and her name appeared on Bangladesh's electoral list, so the court has asked the EC to deport the TMC MLA.
Health Feedback→ No scientific data support the existence of orgone and its ability to cure cancer
REVIEW Cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, with 20 million new cases and 10 million new deaths in 2020 across the globe. As such, cancer draws significant research efforts and spending to improve diagnostics and therapies. Owing to the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Videotaped Threats Against Phoenix Target Stores, LGBT People And Supporters WERE Posted To Social Media
Did a man make it public that he plans to go after Target stores in Phoenix, Arizona, that support the LGBT movement? Yes, the screenshot of a text message warning is real. A person who considers himself a professional internet provocateu