A video posted on Facebook suggests that ethylene oxide, a gas used to sterilise lateral flow swabs, will react upon contact with moisture and create deadly antifreeze and that ethylene oxide can immediately cause cancer. The video also claims that the
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pine Needle Tea, Suramin Are NOT Cures For Autism Nor ‘Antidote’ For COVID Vaccine Side Effects
Does suramin or pine needle tea cure autism and serve as an antidote to people's adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: There is no evidence pine needle tea contains suramin, a drug invented by Bayer in the 20th cent
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Berlin Vote To Expropriate 240,000 Apartments Is NOT Legally Binding
Did Berlin citizens cast a "decisive vote" on the expropriation of 240,000 privately owned apartments? No, that's only partially true: In a referendum, proponents of expropriating large real estate companies won by a large margin, but it'
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Administration Is NOT Implementing A Per-Mile ‘Driving Tax’ — It’s A Pilot Program
Is the Biden administration implementing a per-mile "driving tax" that would charge U.S. drivers an estimated eight cents per mile? No, that's not true: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which has not passed at the time of writi
Snopes→ Did Draymond Green Wear a ‘F*ck It, Die Then’ Vaccine Shirt?
One shirt seller said: "Whether it’s a fake photo or a real one, it doesn’t matter!"
Truth or Fiction?→ Do National Son’s Day and National Daughter’s Day Even Exist?
On September 27 2021, Facebook user Owen Youngman posted about “National Son’s Day” and “National Daughter’s Day,” two purported “National Days” prompting significant social media engagement. YoungmanR
Full Fact→ CDC has not said SARS-CoV-2 has never been isolated
An Instagram post shows a screenshot of a headline from the website Daily Expose, which describes Covid-19 as a “hoax” and states: “CDC documents admit they have never isolated the virus”. Isolating a virus means tak
Full Fact→ No evidence government spreading fuel shortage rumours to sell surplus
Posts on Facebook claim recent fuel shortages were orchestrated by the government and industry in order to sell off fuel surpluses accumulated during the pandemic before they expired. There is no evidence for this. Oxidation and evaporation can,
Climate Feedback→ Rain fell on Greenland summit for the first time on record, as accurately reported by CNN
SUMMARY An article published in CNN discusses observations made by scientists stationed at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet. Reporting on a summary released by the US National Snow and Ice Data Center, the article describes how rain, ins
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain ‘Sharp Metal Pieces’ Or ‘Metal Structure’
Do the COVID-19 vaccines contain "sharp metal pieces" or some kind of "metal structure"? No, that's not true. A video claims doctors and scientists have performed a new experiment where they looked at vials of "pure vaccine" for multiple
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Boebert Did NOT Tweet Pelosi’s Whereabouts During January 6 Insurrection, Only That Pelosi Had Been Evacuated
Did U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert live-tweet Speaker Nancy Pelosi's whereabouts during the January 6, 2021, insurrection? Not exactly: Boebert tweeted when Pelosi was removed from the House chamber, but did not tweet where Pelosi was specifica
FactCheck.org→ Generals Contradict Biden on Afghanistan Advice
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, contradicted President Joe Biden’s claim last month that top military advisers didn’t recommend keeping a residual force in Afghanist
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reddit Post And Re-posts Elsewhere Are NOT A Parent Forcing A Gender Transition On Their Child — It’s A Fabricated Story
Did this Reddit post, which migrated to other platforms, chronicle a transgender parent forcibly giving their child the female hormone estradiol so that their son could transition into their daughter? No, that's not true: The content was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Audit Did NOT Show Trump Won The State
Did the Arizona audit show that Donald Trump won the state? No, that's not true: The audit in Maricopa County, Arizona's most populous county, showed that Joe Biden beat Trump there by nearly 45,000 votes. That edge contributed to Biden's
Health Feedback→ FDA experts support COVID-19 vaccines, didn’t author unsupported allegations of vaccine-caused deaths
REVIEW As of 22 September 2021, 54% of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But discussions about the possible waning of vaccine-induced immunity over time and the spread of the Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant has prompted scient
Full Fact→ We do know that Covid-19 vaccines work
A real video of Bill Gates from July 2020 is being shared on Instagram in a post from 23 September 2021. The post misleadingly uses the video to suggest that the Covid-19 vaccines may not work. The original video comes from 22 July 2020, and shows Mr G
Full Fact→ Ethylene oxide-sterilised swabs won’t cause harm during pregnancy
A post on Facebook shows a screenshot from the Public Health England (PHE) website about ethylene oxide, with an arrow pointing to a line that says “ethylene oxide may be harmful to the unborn child”. Text over the picture says “STERI
Full Fact→ Chevening isn’t “taxpayer-funded” in the usual sense
The Deputy Prime Minister is complaining about having to share his 115-room taxpayer-funded mansion Angela Rayner MP, 22 September 2021 The right honourable lady should check her facts, because Chevening is funded by a charity—not a penny of ta
The Dispatch→ Was the Maricopa County Database ‘Wiped’ Before the Cyber Ninjas Audit?
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Full Fact→ Has Brexit caused higher gas prices?
We’ve seen a number of claims on Facebook that high gas prices in the UK are in large part down to Brexit, and namely the fact that the UK has left the EU’s Internal Energy Market. One says that in its coverage the BBC “forget to ment
AllSides→ The Age of Progressive Misinformation
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/09/the-age-of-progressive-misinformation/ How does a stupid and ri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Is Not Rated ‘Toxic,’ No Evidence For ‘Eugenics’ Conspiracy Theory
Are COVID vaccines toxic and did mysterious "globalists" seek to kill off the weak and enslave the rest of the world's population by triggering the pandemic? No, that's not true: Both are recycled conspiracy theories, being repeated in a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report ‘Rogue Special Operations Team Exits Afghanistan’
Did Fox News publish a report stating "Rogue Special Operations Team Exits Afghanistan"? No, that's not true: The claim appeared on a counterfeit newsroom account using a fake name. A Fox News representative told Lead Stories, "FOX News d
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Covid Killed 47 Out Of Every 100,000 People’ in ‘Counties Where Trump Got over 70 Percent of the Vote’
As COVID-19 continued to rage through the United States in late September 2021, a tweet (later shared to Imgur) claimed that the virus killed 47 out of 100,000 people in counties where former U.S. President Donald Trump received 70 percent or more of
Health Feedback→ No scientific evidence for claim by pathologist Ryan Cole that COVID-19 vaccines weaken the immune system
REVIEW An article published by LifeSiteNews on 13 September 2021, claiming that an Idaho doctor observed a 20-fold increase in cancer occurring in people who had received the COVID-19 vaccine. The article received more than 9,000 engagements on Face
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Duplicate Ballots’ In Maricopa County, Arizona, Are NOT Proof Of Voter Fraud
Are "duplicate ballots" in Maricopa County, Arizona, proof of voter fraud? No, that's not true: "Duplicate ballots" or ballot envelopes don't prove duplicate votes. If a voter sends back a mail-in ballot and the signature on the envelope
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is Another Foreign Spam Network’s Clickbait Bid For American Eyeballs: Disconnected Headlines, Tell-Tale Avatars
Does the headline on this post correctly summarize the contents? No, that's not true: This video is another example of a clickbait tactic of a spam network that deceptively captures the attention of an American audience with hot-topic hea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Google Search Result Timestamps Are NOT Guaranteed To Be Exact Publication Dates
Are Google search result timestamps guaranteed to be the exact publication dates of web pages? No, that's not true: Google can only approximate the date that a web page was published. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) posted t
Truth or Fiction?→ How to Fight Disinformation — Part III: Distraction
On September 20 2021, shocking photographs and accompanying video made the rounds on news networks and social media appearing to show border agents on horseback whipping asylum-seekers on foot as they ran in terror: A mounted U.S. Border Patrol agent
Truth or Fiction?→ Most Hospitals ‘Legally Have to Forgive Your Medical Bills’ if You Make Under 300 Percent of the Federal Poverty Line
On September 23 2021, an Imgur user shared a TikTok video in which a user claims that most hospitals have to “legally forgive your medical bills” if you earn less than 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines”: Reposting for the
Full Fact→ MP makes unevidenced claims about vaccine damage
On 17 September Conservative MP Sir Christopher Chope presented the Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill for its second reading in the House of Commons. The bill seeks to require the government sets up an independent review into “disablement
Logically→ Inhaling hydrogen peroxide could prevent COVID-19.
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America warns people that inhaling hydrogen peroxide can damage the lungs and does not treat or prevent COVID-19.
FactCheck.org→ Ads Distort How Much Biden’s Tax Plans Could Cost ‘Your Family’
The 2022 budget proposed by President Joe Biden would redistribute income, hitting high-income earners with tax increases and providing refundable tax credits to low- and middle-income Americans. Ads from the conservative Club for Growth targeting nine
Logically→ Pfizer has voluntarily recalled all lots of its anti-smoking drug over carcinogen presence.
Pfizer's recall of Chantix over a "potential increased cancer risk in humans" is wrongly being used to question the safety of the company's vaccine.Sharing the screenshot of a Daily Mail article on the recalling of Chantix, an anti-smoking d
Logically→ A toy company produced a toy version of an electronic cigarette, aimed at children.
This toy does not exist. The picture of the toy was made by serial meme maker Adam Padilla in 2017.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Researcher Did NOT Document Claim That 80% Of German COVID-19 Deaths Are Actually From Other Causes
Did a leading German medical doctor prove that 80% of those in the official tally of COVID-19 victims died of something else? No, that's not true: The claim relies on a newspaper interview in which Dr. Bertram Haussler was speculating abo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meme Is NOT Correct That There Is No Scientific Proof Behind FDA Approval
Is a meme correct in implying that there is no scientific proof behind the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of vaccines? No, that's not true: The FDA provides publicly available documentation on its website for each of the th
FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread Dubious Claim About Ivermectin and Male Fertility
SciCheck Digest The Food and Drug Administration says male infertility is not a known side effect of the antiparasitic medication ivermectin. Dubious claims that the drug sterilizes 85% of male users were incorrectly attributed to a questionable 2011
Truth or Fiction?→ Facebook Data Mining Posts
On September 22 2021, actor Wil Wheaton shared a warning about data mining on Facebook (one of many circulating at the time), advising followers to educate themselves about data mining. Facebook Warnings About Data Mining in September 2021 Wheaton̵
Full Fact→ Covid vaccines aren’t comparable to thalidomide scandal
An Instagram post which includes photos of children born with birth defects, appears to compare the thalidomide scandal with the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme. While it doesn’t mention Covid-19 vaccines explicitly, text at the to