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
Search Results (11081) for: false
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Heroic Firefighter Is NOT ‘Sebastian Gates’ And He Did NOT Die After Saving This Child
Did "firefighter Sebastian Gates" die of carbon monoxide poisoning after rescuing a young girl from a fire? No, that's not true: This meme has been circulating since 2013 and contains a mixture of several different stories. The story is s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 132,000 ‘Likely Ineligible’ Ballots Have NOT Been Identified in Fulton County, Georgia
Have 132,000 ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, been identified as likely ineligible? No, that's not true: Officials in that county characterized the claim as "false and baseless." The claim appeared in an article (archived here) publishe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media Site Parler Has NOT Been Sold, Two Co-owners Say
Has social media site Parler been sold? No, that's not true: Co-owner Dan Bongino said on his verified Twitter account that rumors of the sale are false, and another co-owner is reported to have said the same in a Parler post. The claim a
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Mitt Romney Asked To Lead Health And Human Services In Biden Administration: Report’
On November 9 2020, Daily Wire appeared to publish (and then delete) an article headlined, “Mitt Romney Asked To Lead Health And Human Services In Biden Administration: Report”: Mitt Romney Asked To Lead Health And Human Services In Bide
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Husband Is NOT Owner Of Key Voting Machine And Software Company
Is it true that the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi owns a company whose software "glitched" during the election and switched votes from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden? No, this is not true. Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Does NOT Show Over 14,000 Dead People Voted In Wayne County, Michigan
Does a list show over 14,000 dead people voted in the 2020 presidential election in Wayne County, Michigan? No, that's not true. A video on Facebook claims there is a list showing over 14,000 dead people that either voted or registered to
Truth or Fiction?→ Does Benford’s Law Prove Election Fraud in Biden Votes?
After the 2020 election was called for former Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, “Benford’s Law” — a mathematical principle applied occasionally to the count of votes in any given election — became a hot topic on soci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hunter Biden Was NOT arrested for possession of Child Porn
Was Hunter Biden arrested for possession of child porn? No, that's not true: The claim provides none of the public documents that accompany an arrest and was made in a story from a fake news website published in Canada. The story originat
Full Fact→ Express opinion piece wrong to allege evidence of widespread voter fraud in US elections
“If you count the ballot fraud, most pollsters clearly failed. If you don’t include the fraudulent ballots, most pollsters failed on a spectacular scale [...] It therefore defies logic Biden secured more votes than Barack Obama. If only va
AFP Fact Check→ Wetting your head before your body while showering does not cause stroke, experts say
Multiple Facebook posts claim that people often have strokes while in the bathroom because they are showering in the "wrong sequence" by wetting their heads before their bodies. The posts claim this sequence "causes the body to adjust its temperature
AFP Fact Check→ The video has circulated since 2016 in reports about spoiled chicken being discarded in Saudi Arabia
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows French products being dumped from several lorries following calls for a boycott on them by Muslim nations in October 2020. The calls for a boycott came a
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a Canadian police officer assaulting a woman in custody in 2017
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube alongside a claim it shows a French policeman hitting a Muslim woman. The claim is false; the video has circulated in reports about a Canadian police
Snopes→ Was the Ballot of Deceased Man Named William Bradley Counted in Michigan?
During the 2020 presidential contest, false information on the internet spread faster than facts.
AFP Fact Check→ As world leaders congratulate Biden, Trump tweets he won
Hours after US television networks unanimously called the presidential election in Joe Biden’s favor, Donald Trump maintained it was he who had won, citing a falsely-inflated number of votes and suggesting that he was a victim of foul play.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Corrupted Software Was Used In Michigan; 6,000 Votes NOT ‘Stolen’ From Trump
Was corrupted voting system software used in Michigan to steal 6,000 votes from President Donald Trump and was that software also used in seven U.S. swing states? No, there is no evidence for the first claim, the second claim is false, wh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Was Not In Lead In Six States That Were Failing To Count And That Were Democrat Controlled On November 4th
Is it true that as of November 4, 2020, there were six Democratic-controlled states that showed President Trump in the lead over Joe Biden? No, this is not true. While Trump was ahead in seven (not six) uncalled states on Wednesday, Novem
Snopes→ Text of Statement from President Donald Trump on Election Result
“We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him ..."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NAACP Says It Did NOT Issue Warning About Violence Against Black Men This Weekend
Did the NAACP issue a warning in Georgia that white supremacists and other fringe groups will be targeting black men for violent acts this weekend? No, that's not true: The national leadership of NAACP and its Georgia chapter said separat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Department Of Homeland Security Did NOT Craft An Election Fraud Sting With Watermarked Ballots — This Is A Hoax
Did The Department Of Homeland Security craft an election fraud sting by printing watermarked ballots? No, that's not true: The design, printing and auditing of ballots are processes managed by state and local election officials. One of m
FactCheck.org→ Viral Video Doesn’t Show Fraud by Election Workers in PA
Quick Take A video from a livestream of the vote-counting process in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, shows election workers transcribing votes from damaged ballots so they could be scanned and recorded, according to the county. Social media users are sh
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Bogus Claim of ‘Election Interference’ and More
In addition to baseless allegations of “illegal votes” in swing states, President Donald Trump used his relatively brief remarks — just 16 minutes long — during a Nov. 5 public appearance at the White House press room to make fa
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Wild, Baseless Claims of Illegal Voting
In remarks resembling an attack on democratic elections, rather than a presidential speech, President Donald Trump doubled down on his campaign pledge: “The only way we can lose, in my opinion, is massive fraud.” In his Nov. 5 comments, he offe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Deleted Tweets In Aftermath of Election
Did White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany start deleting tweets from the days leading up to and following the November 3, 2020, presidential election? No, that's not true: A review of the @PressSec Twitter account shows no evidence
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michigan Did NOT Add 138,000 Biden Votes With None For Trump; Wisconsin Did NOT Have A 4 AM Ballot Dump
Did Michigan add 138,000 votes and none of them were for Trump and was there a 4 a.m. ballot dump in Wisconsin? No, that's not true. Lead Stories and other news outlets have debunked similar claims by showing records of a Michigan clerica
AFP Fact Check→ Mystery Covid-19 test result rumor fuels claims Canada figures inflated
A Facebook post describing a person in Canada who was allegedly diagnosed with Covid-19 after cancelling a swab appointment is circulating online amid false claims that the number of infections is inflated. The Alberta government said any such situatio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Postal Service Did NOT Fail To Deliver 27 Percent Of Mail-In Ballots From Urban Florida Districts
Did the USPS fail to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots from Florida's urban areas? No, that's not true: The 27% figure originates from a misinterpretation of USPS data that cropped up the day after Election Day. U.S. Postal Service officials
The Dispatch→ Did Michigan’s Election Website Show Donald Trump Winning the State?
a.image2.image-link.image2-683-1024 { padding-bottom: 66.69921875%; padding-bottom: min(66.69921875%, 683px); width: 100%; height: 0; } a.image2.image-link.image2-683-1024 i
FactCheck.org→ Biden Did, Indeed, Get More Votes Than Obama
Quick Take The votes are still being counted and the results are unofficial, but former Vice President Joe Biden already has surpassed former President Barack Obama’s record of 69.4 million votes in 2008. But conservative personalities on social
FactCheck.org→ Viral Image Shows Outdated Claims About Detroit Voter Rolls
Quick Take Facebook users are sharing a meme that alleges a host of inaccuracies in Detroit’s voter rolls in the context of the 2020 election. But the claims stem from a 2019 lawsuit that was withdrawn after the group that filed it said the city
AFP Fact Check→ These images are old and do not show scenes of unrest in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray
Two pictures, one of a plane crash and the other of soldiers walking on a dusty road, have been making rounds on Facebook claiming to show the escalating conflict between separatists and the army in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. But the claims a
AFP Fact Check→ The video actually shows a Russian social media personality burning his luxury German-made car
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that it shows a young man setting fire to his French-made luxury car in response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s defense of the Prophet Muhammad’s
AFP Fact Check→ Fake suicide note attributed to late South Korean comedian Park Ji-sun circulates online
An image purporting to show the "genuine suicide note" of late South Korean comedian Park Ji-sun’s mother has been shared multiple times across social media platforms. These posts circulated online just a day after the comedian and her mother were f
AFP Fact Check→ These photos have been doctored to include the hammer and sickle symbol
A photo album purporting to show Philippine youth leaders wearing communist badges on their clothes has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts. But the claim is false: the photos have been doctored to add the hammer-and-sickle symbol.
AFP Fact Check→ No, this photo in fact shows the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013
A photo of a road littered with toppled trees and debris has been repeatedly shared in Facebook posts that claim it shows the aftermath of Typhoon Goni, which hit the Philippines in November 2020. The claim is false; this photo actually shows the afte
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim circulates online that US President Trump told people to vote for Myanmar’s NLD
A doctored picture of US President Donald Trump has been shared thousands of times on Facebook alongside a claim that he has just won the US presidential election and urges Myanmar to vote for the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) in their upc
AFP Fact Check→ Hoax circulates online that CIA has granted Thai protest leaders political asylum in the United States
Multiple Facebook posts have shared a claim that Thai protest leaders have been granted political asylum in the United States by the CIA. The claim is false: the CIA does not grant political asylum as it falls under the US Department of Homeland Secur
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mainstream Media Is NOT Censoring ‘AP OneWire’ Press Release About ‘Obvious Election Fraud’ — This Is A Hoax
Did the Department of Homeland Security issue a private "press release" through "AP OneWire" that was then leaked through the website treeofliberty.me? No, that's not true: The AP (Associated Press worldwide news organization) does not ha