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WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump retweets video tying BLM, antifa to an assault. Neither group was involved.
A White House official said the president's retweets do not imply endorsement. He earns Four Pinocchios.
Snopes→ ‘When Can We Open Fire?’: Facebook Group with Self-Proclaimed Military Members Made Violent Plans for Kenosha
A handful of the group's participants claimed to be members of the U.S. Army.
TruthOrFiction→ Two Killed in Kenosha During Racial Violence Inflamed in Facebook Groups
As racial violence escalated and echoed throughout the United States during the summer of 2020 and “civil defense” groups formed on Facebook and appeared at demonstrations throughout the country, a gunman shot and killed two people during
Top Fact Checks→ A group of seven or eight people was trapped in a control room under the rubble in the Beirut explosion.
A rescuer in Beirut port's grain silos confirmed that a group of seven or eight people might have been trapped in a buried closed room on August 6.
Snopes→ Are These Victims Who Were ‘Beat Up by a BLM Hate Group’?
Yet another meme sought to denigrate a particular group by using misrepresented photographs.
Snopes→ Facebook Bans Some, But Not All, QAnon Groups, Accounts
Facebook says it will restrict the right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon and will no longer recommend that users join groups supporting it.
Liste→ Repeated claims that Nigeria’s president is dead promoted by supporters of separatist group
Facebook posts regularly circulate claiming that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is dead and that the man who has taken his place is a lookalike. This is false; reports of Buhari’s death have been greatly exaggerated since 2017, when supporters f
FactCheck.org→ Republican Group Selectively Edits Biden Tax Remark
A Republican group’s TV ad uses an out-of-context video clip of Joe Biden saying if he is elected president, “your taxes are going to be raised, not cut.” That was Biden’s response to one person at a 2019 campaign rally who said
Snopes→ Pro-Russia Vaccine Misinfo Finds Home in US Facebook Groups
As various countries race to produce a successful coronavirus vaccine, disinformation experts are bracing for a steady drum of misleading claims and propaganda aimed at undermining competing countries’ efforts to develop an antidote.
Liste→ This image from World War 2 shows an American soldier guarding a group of Nazi prisoners
A black-and-white photograph of a man with a rifle and dagger holding a group of soldiers captive has been shared on Facebook hundreds of times with the claim that it shows Italian troops surrendering to an Ethiopian officer. The post insinuates this i
TruthOrFiction→ 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
Snopes→ Native American Groups Ask NFL to Force Redskins Name Change
More than a dozen Native American leaders and organizations sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell calling for the league to force Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to change the team name immediately.
Snopes→ Facebook Groups Pivot to Attacks on Black Lives Matter
A loose network of Facebook groups that took root to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home has pivoted to a variety of new targets. Their latest: Black Lives Matter and the nationwide protests of racial injustice.
Full Fact - All content→ What do we know about Covid-19 inequalities among people from minority ethnic groups?
In the early stages of the coronavirus epidemic in the UK, and in the absence of data splitting out Covid-19 deaths by ethnicity, reports of health workers from minority ethnicities dying of Covid-19 was the first clue that some groups of people might
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Is a Muslim Group Preparing to Patrol Streets in Minneapolis?
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Snopes→ No, Antifa and Muslim Groups Aren’t Policing Minneapolis Under ‘Muslim Rule’
The claim appears to have originated with a state representative who does not live in Minneapolis.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Daughters Of The Confederacy Group Did NOT Sue NASCAR For ‘Violating First Amendment’
Did the Daughters of the Confederacy sue NASCAR for violating the First Amendment? No, that's not true: This claim is from a satirical article written by a known network of satire websites. Once the user clicks on the story -- instead of just
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Some Facebook groups created to protest lockdowns are now hotbeds for misinformation
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/20/tech/facebook-reopen-groups/index.html Earlier this spring, as some Amer
FactCheck.org→ Donations to Black Lives Matter Group Don’t Go to DNC
Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim donations made on the Black Lives Matter website go “directly” to the Democratic party, because the group uses ActBlue Charities — an online fundraising platform. Donations go to the B
Liste→ This quote does not exist in the newspaper and Soros’ philanthropic group denied funding any protests
A text image purporting to show a quote that billionaire financier George Soros told BILD, a major German newspaper, has been shared widely on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The image claims that in 2014 Soros said he is “going to bring down the Un
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Soros Did NOT Say He Is ‘Funding Black Hate Groups’ To ‘Bring Down’ The U.S.
Did George Soros say in a 2014 interview with Bild, Germany's largest and most popular tabloid newspaper, that he was "going to bring down the United States by funding Black Hate groups"? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Bild told Lead Sto
Snopes→ Officials See Extremist Groups, Disinformation in Protests
U.S. officials sought to determine whether extremist groups had infiltrated police brutality protests across the country and deliberately tipped largely peaceful demonstrations toward violence.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Dark-money group smears Valerie Plame with ‘white supremacist’ label
Congressional hopeful Plame had a horrible Twitter day in 2017. But does she pal around with Nazis?
Snopes→ Anti-Lockdown Protests Originated With Tight-Knit Group Who Share Bigger Goal: Trump 2020
The driving force behind Michigan's anti-lockdown protests — and their connections to the family of Betsy DeVos — is even more complex than we initially thought.
Snopes→ Group Buys Alabama Abortion Clinic to Keep It from Closing
An Alabama-based abortion rights group used a flood of donations that poured in from across the country after the ban to purchase the state’s busiest abortion clinic to ensure it stays open.
Snopes→ Groups Sow Doubt About COVID Vaccine Before One Even Exists
Groups that peddle misinformation about immunizations are already taking aim at a future coronavirus vaccine, potentially eroding confidence in what could be humanity’s best chance to defeat the virus.
TruthOrFiction→ Is a Homophobic Church Group Running a COVID-19 Clinic in New York City?
A mobile clinic erected in New York City to help residents infected by COVID-19 (a.k.a. the “coronavirus”) is not only run by radical homophobic cleric Franklin Graham, it is requiring volunteer workers to express support for an anti-LGBTQ
Snopes→ Officials: US Strikes Iran-Backed Group That Hit Iraq Base
The U.S. launched airstrikes in Iraq, American officials said, targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British troops at a base north of Baghdad.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DNC Group Did NOT Teach Illegals To Vote
Was a DNC group caught on video teaching illegal immigrants how to vote illegally? No, that's not true: A video purporting to catch someone with a voter registration group linked to the Democratic National Committee was edited to inaccurately
Snopes→ Did One Group of Undercover Cops Try to Arrest Other Undercover Cops?
Police chief: "This is probably one of the most embarrassing things I’ve seen in this department since I’ve been appointed."
Snopes→ Amsterdam Bans Tour Groups from Sex Workers’ Windows
“It is disrespectful to treat sex workers as a tourist attraction,” Amsterdam Deputy Mayor Victor Everhardt said in a statement.
Snopes→ White Supremacist Propaganda Spreading, Anti-Bias Group Says
Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the nation jumped by more than 120% between 2018 and last year, making 2019 the second straight year that the circulation of propaganda material has more than doubled.
Snopes→ 3 More Linked to Neo-Nazi Group Arrested in Georgia
The Base, a collective of hardcore neo-Nazis that operate as a paramilitary organization, has proclaimed war against minority communities within the United States and abroad, the FBI has said.
Hoax-Slayer→ ‘Hearts of Love Devil Worshippers’ WhatsApp Group Warning is a Hoax
According to a post that is currently circulating via WhatsApp, you should not join a group called "Hearts of Love". The post ‘Hearts of Love Devil Worshippers’ WhatsApp Group Warning is a Hoax appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Snopes→ Relief Group: 216,000 Have Fled Homes in Northwest Syria
Government forces have been bombarding southern and eastern Idlib province, the last rebel stronghold in the war-torn country, since late November.
Snopes→ Cowboys for Trump Group Now Says Sand Wasn’t from Monument
Iconic gypsum sand that the group Cowboys for Trump had said was from White Sands National Monument in New Mexico and was sent to Washington for the U.S. Capitol Tree lighting ceremony this week was actually gathered just outside the monument, one of t
Snopes→ Ads Assail Conservative Legal Group over Trump’s Court Picks
A liberal activist group is launching a digital ad campaign targeting the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization that has championed judges appointed by President Donald Trump, such as Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gors
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Has Anyone Had to Give Back the Security Deposit?’ Landlord Round Table Facebook Group Post
On November 20 2019, a Twitter user posted an unredacted apparent screenshot from the Facebook group “Landlord Round Table,” in which an original poster appeared to ask fellow landlords if any of them ever had “to give back the secu
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO Ukrainian Indictment Claims $7.4 Billion Obama-Linked Laundering, Does NOT Put Biden Group Take At $16.5 Million
Does a Ukrainian indictment claim there is a $7.4 billion Obama-linked money laundering scheme, and does the indictment put a Biden group's take at $16.5 million? No, that's not true: There was no such indictment as of November 21, 2019. The f