A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visiting a Hindu temple after declaring the country had reached its 100th consecutive
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Truth or Fiction?→ Will Boston University Begin Awarding Posthumous Degrees in 2020?
A story published by the student newspaper at Boston University attracted attention online on August 12 2020, after revealing the school’s move to formalize the process behind awarding posthumous degrees. The Daily Free Press first broke the sto
FactCheck.org→ Face Masks Don’t Cause Legionnaires’ Disease
Quick Take A viral social media post is spreading the falsehood that wearing a face mask to slow the spread of COVID-19 could cause Legionnaires’ disease. But Legionnaires’ disease is caused by bacteria that festers mostly in warm, standing
Truth or Fiction?→ Does a Facebook Live Reveal a Shocking Secret about ‘LOL Dolls’ Amid #SaveTheChildren Panic?
On August 11 2020, social media users shared a Facebook Live video (archived here), which purportedly unveiled a shocking surprise harbored by the popular LOL Surprise! dolls — that their bodies change color when immersed in water, often in the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Face Masks DO Work. Period.
Has no scientific study demonstrated masks protect people from COVID-19? No, that's not true: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a list of 19 scientific publications its infectious disease experts rely on whe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Descended From A Slave Owner, But It’s Not ‘An Inconvenient Part Of Her History’ Or A ‘Deep, Dark Secret’ That ‘Could Come Back To Haunt Her’
Did Kamala Harris descend from a slave owner and it is a "deep, dark secret" that has "come back to haunt" her? Yes, it is true that Sen. Harris does apparently have an Irish great-great-great-great-great grandfather who owned sl
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Sen. Kamala Harris
As a former 2020 presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris — now presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate — was on our fact-checking radar this election cycle. Here’s a rundown of the claims we addre
Truth or Fiction?→ Do 800,000 Children Go Missing Each Year in the United States?
As child trafficking rumors combined with COVID-19 disinformation went viral in August 2020, concurrent rumors appeared that 800,000 children go missing every year in the United States — or that 2,000 are disappeared each day: Vi
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Weekend Press Briefings
President Donald Trump made several false, misleading and exaggerated claims in press briefings he held Aug. 7 and 8 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, spinning the facts on COVID-19 and the economy, among other topics: Trump fa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Packed Street Does NOT Show Sturgis 2020 Crowd
Does a photo of thousands of people packed shoulder to shoulder without face masks show the crowd at the Sturgis 2020 motorcycle rally? No, that's not true: The photo was taken at a previous Sturgis rally when there was not a COV
Snopes→ Did CNN Publish Contradictory Articles on Hydroxychloroquine?
Information about hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, published in two CNN articles, was neither contradictory nor inaccurate — despite attempts to make it look that way.
AFP Fact Check→ False claim circulates online in the Philippines that Canada is ‘free’ of the novel coronavirus
Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared thousands of times in August 2020 claim that Canada is “free” of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The claim is false; as of August 9, 2020, the Canadian government reported it had
Health Feedback→ Contrary to claim in viral Facebook post, the flu vaccine does work and certain types of cancers can be cured
REVIEW A Facebook post published at the end of July 2020 expressed skepticism at how we could “make a vaccine in 6 months for an illness that [we] STILL don’t understand”—heavily implied to be COVID-19—by claiming that we “can’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Treasury Law Does NOT State It Is Unlawful For Businesses To Refuse TO Take Cash
Does U.S. Treasury law make it unlawful for American businesses to refuse to take "legal tender" cash as payment for goods and services? No, that's not true: The Federal Reserve, which oversees the U.S. money supply, made it clea
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Joe Biden ‘Take a Knee’ Near His Childhood Home?
Despite being thoroughly debunked, a series of posts pushing a fake claim about former Vice President Joe Biden remained available online even as new reports shed light on Facebook’s unwillingness to stop far-right disinformation. In early July
FactCheck.org→ Video Using Trump’s State of the Union Address Wasn’t ‘Banned’
Quick Take A viral video on Facebook claims to show a “campaign ad” for President Donald Trump that was “banned” by Facebook. There’s no evidence the video — showcasing audio from Trump’s 2020 State of the Unio
FactCheck.org→ Biden Video Deceptively Edited to Make Him Appear ‘Lost’
Quick Take A deceptively edited video clip of Joe Biden circulating on social media cuts an hour-long speech to less than one minute, retaining only parts of statements and his pauses between words. Full Story Joe Biden, former vice president and presu
AFP Fact Check→ No evidence flu vaccines make children more vulnerable to coronavirus infections
Social media posts claim children vaccinated against the flu are at a significantly higher risk of contracting other respiratory infections, including coronaviruses. This is false; large studies in British Columbia and the US found no evidence that the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Face Masks Kill Or That Microchips Will Be Forced Into Everyone Through Vaccines
Are face masks dangerous and deadly, and would a COVID-19 vaccine alter our DNA and be used implant microchips in everyone? No, that's not true. Face masks are proven to be safe, and since there is no current vaccine, it is not p
FactCheck.org→ Voting by Mail in the Swing States
President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked mail-in voting as “fraudulent” and “corrupt,” even going so far to suggest it might be a reason to postpone the Nov. 3 election. But voters can use that option without giving a reas
Full Fact→ Leicester residents are not being forcibly tested for coronavirus
A post shared hundreds of times on Facebook suggests that people in Leicester are being forcibly tested for Covid-19 by council representatives and police officers. This is not true. Leicester City Council told Full Fact that while they are knock
Health Feedback→ Wearing masks aims at slowing SARS-CoV-2 circulation, not protecting against a certain death
REVIEW In August 2020, a post circulating on social media, which received millions of views, questioned how people who are not wearing face masks in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic have still remained alive. Using the rhetorical technique of “j
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has been doctored to include a manipulated placard about Myanmar’s 2020 elections
An image has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows a Myanmar actor urging people to vote for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the upcoming general elections in Myanmar. T
AFP Fact Check→ Hoax circulates online that Fauci ‘knew’ about effective coronavirus treatments in 2005
Multiple posts shared hundreds of times on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and on various websites claim that US top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci “has known for 15 years” that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are effective treatments
Snopes→ Can You Get Legionnaires’ Disease from Face Masks?
Rumors about masks are getting more creative, but health experts still recommend wearing cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Washington Post→ Schumer’s overblown attack on GOP proposal for medical malpractice lawsuits
The Democratic leader was wrong to say a GOP bill would allow “no medical malpractice suits till 2024, even if they’re not covid-related.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a Georgia High School’s Senior Class Photographed Together Without Masks?
Online criticism concerning safety measures in schools trying to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic circulated around a second Georgia school in August 2020 as a photo spread online showing an entire senior class gathered together without face covering
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Most Important Video You’ll Ever Watch’ Is A Rehash Of Misleading Coronavirus Vaccine Claims
Is it true that "the" coronavirus vaccine will alter the DNA of people who receive it, making it a menace to humanity and making future generations not fully human? Or that nanoparticles are going to be injected into humans with
FactCheck.org→ False Claims Follow Old Portland Mugshots
Quick Take Old mugshots circulating on social media falsely suggest that they show 13 teachers who were recently arrested during the protests in Portland, Oregon. The photos are actually from 2017, and the posts provide no evidence that any of them are
Full Fact→ How to check coronavirus cases near you
If you live in England, it is easy to check how many cases of Covid-19 are being reported in your area each day. The government publishes this information every afternoon, along with other data, on its coronavirus dashboard. How to check First, v
Full Fact→ Universal Credit monthly allowance is more than House of Lords daily allowance – for now
A post on Facebook with over 1,000 shares has claimed the following: “The new *daily* allowance for peers in the House of Lords is £323. The *monthly* allowance for a single person over 25 on Universal Credit is £317.82” This
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has circulated online since at least 2017 in reports about stray dogs in India
A photo that shows dogs sitting on hospital beds has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it was taken in the Indian city of Muzaffarpur in July 2020 after the city saw widespread flooding and a c
Full Fact→ What are the quarantine rules if you return to the UK from abroad?
If you travel to the UK from a country outside of Ireland and the UK’s Crown Dependencies, you will have to self-isolate for 14 days, unless the country you are coming from is exempt. Our readers have asked us to explain the rules. If you h
Full Fact→ Ordinary face masks are not harmful
We’ve seen posts on Facebook claiming or implying that face masks can be harmful, because they force the wearer to breathe in too much carbon dioxide. For most masks and face coverings, as we have mentioned before, this is not true. (In rar
Full Fact→ A baseless paper that linked skin cells, 5G and coronavirus has been retracted
We have been asked by our readers to look into a scientific paper, titled “5G Technology and the induction of coronavirus in cells”. The paper makes a number of claims about 5G and the human body. Since we started writing about it, the jour
Truth or Fiction?→ Founder of Abuse Survivors Group Accused of Creating — and ‘Killing’ — Fake Twitter Professor
A Twitter account that had gained visibility within academic circles on the platform was suspended on August 3 2020 amid a maelstrom of skepticism of its legitimacy and well as criticism toward the user suspected of creating the account as well as the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wearing Dirty Masks Does NOT Cause Legionnaires’ Disease
Can wearing dirty face masks cause Legionnaires' disease? No, that's not true: Legionnaires' disease, a type of pneumonia, is caused by bacteria called Legionella. There's no evidence to suggest that a person can contract the dis
Snopes→ Did Democrats Fail To Wear Masks at John Lewis’ Funeral?
This photograph actually predates the COVID-19 pandemic by about five years.
AllSides→ Is Moderna Tied to Fauci, Gates, Soros, and Epstein?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moderna-conspiracy/ In mid-2020, the American biotechnology company M
Snopes→ Is Moderna Tied to Fauci, Gates, Soros, and Epstein?
A spoof omnibus conspiracy theory linked a company developing a potential COVID-19 vaccine to several prominent figures.