Quick Take A baseless conspiracy theory claims that a secret supercomputer was used to switch votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Experts — and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — have said the theory is a hoax
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FactCheck.org→ Biden Did Not Invent the ‘Office of President-Elect’
Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim that former Vice President Joe Biden “invented the Office of President-elect.” Donald Trump and Barack Obama also used the term during their transitions to the presidency. Full Story On Nov. 7, f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Analysis of Scraped Data Use By "PedeInspector" On Thedonald.win Does NOT Show Millions of Vote Shifts
Did election data scraped from The New York Times website by a user of the messaging board thedonald.win show evidence of massive shifts in votes? No, that's not true: Lead Stories' analysis of the data message reveals that most of the sh
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Facebook Remove the Title of ‘President’ from Donald Trump and Designate Him as a ‘Political Candidate’?
On November 13 2020, pundit Dinesh D’Souza asserted on Twitter that Facebook had “removed” the designation of “President” from Donald Trump’s verified Facebook page, downgrading him instead to a mere “politica
AFP Fact Check→ Canada not planning military intervention if Trump refuses to leave
A screenshot of an article claiming that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to invade the United States if President Donald Trump refuses to leave office has been shared more than a thousand times on Facebook. The claim is false; the repor
AFP Fact Check→ Joe Biden, not Donald Trump, leads in Electoral College votes
An article and map shared thousands of times on social media days after the election claim that Donald Trump is leading Joe Biden if “illegal” votes are discounted, and that Trump still has “paths to victory.” The article is false; it relies on
AllSides→ US election 2020: Five viral vote claims fact-checked
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54811410 As President Trump continues to dispute the result o
AFP Fact Check→ The placard in this photo of a former Miss Universe Thailand winner has been doctored
A photo has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook posts that claim it shows a former Thai beauty pageant winner holding a sign declaring she will refuse to accept any job until Thailand "doesn't have a monarchy". The posts circulated online after
AFP Fact Check→ This video actually shows Los Angeles County staff collecting mail-in ballots so they could be counted in the US presidential election
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows postal ballot fraud in the US during the 2020 presidential elections. The claim is false; this video shows Los Angeles County staff collecting
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report That George Soros Owns Parler
Did Fox News confirm that philanthropist George Soros owns the social media platform Parler? No, that's not true: This is a doctored chyron that Fox News never aired. The claim appeared in a Tweet (archived here) published on November 11,
The Dispatch→ Did Edison Research Find That Dominion Deleted Trump Votes or Switched Votes to Biden?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Prevent Users From Sharing A Map From A Presidential Election
Did Facebook prevent users from posting a photo of an electoral map from a presidential election? No, that's not true: Facebook officials say the company is not prohibiting users from posting this image. The claim appeared in a Facebook
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pictures Do NOT Show The Family Of A Record-Setting Fertile Woman
Did a woman in the 1700s give birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets (a total of 69 children) in just 40 years, with the same man fathering all the children? And is this a photo of the very large f
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Debunking the Hammer and Scorecard Conspiracy Theory
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Full Fact→ How accurate are the new rapid lateral flow tests?
We’ve been asked by readers about the accuracy of new Covid-19 “lateral-flow” tests being trialled in the UK. To date, tests to determine whether someone currently has the virus which causes Covid-19 have been PCR tests. These w
Snopes→ Does Billionaire George Soros Own Parler?
The philanthropist has been falsely accused of funding a number of projects over the years.
AFP Fact Check→ This image shows cash seized from a Brazilian politician in 2017, not from Tigray officials
An image of boxes and suitcases full of cash has been making the rounds on social networks in Ethiopia with claims that it shows money seized from officials of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) who were attempting to flee the country amid
Health Feedback→ Claim that high PCR test sensitivity inflates COVID-19 cases wrongly conflates the issue of contagiousness with the presence of infection
REVIEW An article published by Just the News on 8 November 2020 claims that “many patients may have been receiving false-positive test results” and that “the numbers of COVID-19 cases reported by public health authorities and major COVID track
AFP Fact Check→ These images show the Colombian army raiding a rebel camp in April 2020
Four images have been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show members of a Myanmar rebel group, the Arakan Army, being captured. The claim is false; the images shows screenshots from a video of a Colombian m
AFP Fact Check→ Trump, Homeland Security did not watermark ballots in fraud sting
Social media posts claim US President Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretly watermarked ballots to catch Democrats using fakes to win, and that the National Guard is counting the real ones. This is false; state and local a
AFP Fact Check→ Claims of 132,000 likely ineligible Georgia ballots are ‘baseless’
Social media users and online articles claim that 132,000 ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County may be ineligible, which would likely tip a state where Joe Biden is in the lead to Donald Trump. But the county’s registration and elections director de
AFP Fact Check→ This clip is not related to the 2020 US election — it shows spoiled chicken being dumped in Saudi Arabia
A video has been viewed tens of thousand of times on social media alongside a claim in several languages that it shows large numbers of votes for incumbent US President Donald Trump being thrown away from trucks. The claim is false; the video has circ
Snopes→ Does This Ballot Collection Video Show Voter Fraud?
U.S. President Donald Trump did accurately point out the video showed "BALLOTS!" But any insinuation that it documented illegal activity was false.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lawsuit Does NOT Claim Out-Of-State Vehicles Brought Tens Of Thousands Of Unsealed Ballots To Michigan, All For Dems
Does a lawsuit claim that out-of-state vehicles delivered tens of thousands of unsealed ballots -- all for Democrats -- into Michigan? No, that's not true: A lawsuit alleging voter fraud in Detroit does include a poll watcher's allegation
Truth or Fiction?→ Joe Biden, Arrogation, and ‘The Office of the President-Elect’
On November 10 2020, disinformation purveyors began pushing memes containing claims that the transition team for Joe Biden — the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential elections — invented the “Office of the President-Elect,” and
FactCheck.org→ Trump Baselessly Alleges COVID-19 Vaccine Announcement Was Delayed
In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump claimed — without evidence — that the pharma company Pfizer and his own Food and Drug Administration purposely held off on releasing positive interim results about a COVID-19 vaccine candidate u
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows the funeral of former Nigerian leader Yar’Adua – not President Buhari, who is alive
A video showing a body wrapped in a Nigerian flag and carried by military officers through a crowd has been shared thousands of times online, with claims that it documents the funeral of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. This is false; the footage c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 10,000 Dead People Did NOT Vote In The Presidential Election In Michigan, Officials Say
Did 10,000 dead people vote in Michigan in the November 3, 2020, presidential election? No, that's not true: Election officials in Michigan call it a baseless claim and say it is impossible for dead people to vote in their state. The clai
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claims circulate online in Thailand that Singapore treats anyone older than seven as adult in court of law
Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared thousands of times claim that Singapore treats anyone older than seven years old as an adult in the criminal court system and suggest that Thailand should adopt a similar system. The posts claim youths aged ov
Truth or Fiction?→ Has RealClearPolitics ‘Rescinded’ Pennsylvania and ‘Uncalled’ the Race?
After the 2020 election was “called” with former United States Vice President Joe Biden as victor, a rumor circulated that a website called RealClearPolitics had “rescinded” Pennsylvania, effectively undoing Biden’s win:
AFP Fact Check→ Wisconsin poll clerks did not illegally add witness addresses to mail-in ballots
Articles shared tens of thousands of times on social media claim Wisconsin, a state crucial to president-elect Joe Biden’s victory, may have broken the law by allowing poll clerks to fill in missing witness addresses on absentee ballots. This is fals
The Dispatch→ Did RealClearPolitics Rescind a Projection That Biden Won Pennsylvania?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: RealClearPolitics Did NOT Rescind Call For Biden Winning Pennsylvania
Did Joe Biden lose his status as president-elect after RealClearPolitics rescinded its call of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden? No, that's not true. RealClearPolitics Co-founder and President Tom Bevan tweeted it was false news. A search of we
Health Feedback→ A rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths starting in September 2020 contradicts the claim by Michael Yeadon that “the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”
REVIEW This video by talkRADIO, a national talk radio station in the U.K., was uploaded to YouTube on 5 November 2020 and went viral on Facebook, receiving more than 93,000 views. The video features a conversation between talk show host Julia Hartle
AFP Fact Check→ Unrelated photos shared in online posts about deadly bombing at Islamic school in Pakistan
Two photos — one showing a pen and a pencil lying in a pool of blood and another showing an injured child — have been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim they reveal the aftermath of a bombing
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows US mail-in ballots that were never opened or filled out, local officials say
A photo of several US mail-in ballots lying on the ground has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim they were votes for incumbent US President Donald Trump that were found “dumped by the side of the
AFP Fact Check→ These images show police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh beating an alleged thief
An image has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts in November 2020 on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows an Indian television journalist being assaulted by police in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The claim is false; the i
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows the funeral of a man in Chechnya in 2018
Footage of an Islamic funeral procession has been viewed hundreds of thousands of time in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows the funeral of a Chechen man who was shot dead by French police after he killed French teacher
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a protest in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Weibo and Facebook alongside a claim that it shows clashes between police and protesters in Thailand. The claim is false; the footage in fact shows a protest in the legislative office of Indonesia
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows computer-generated imagery from a 2014 US movie
Footage that purportedly shows destructive tornadoes has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube that claim the video shows tornadoes in Toronto, Canada. The claim is false: the footage is actually com