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Logically→ Viral Facebook posts about missing person ‘George Smith’ are fake
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Internet Personality Lil Tay Has NOT Died, Despite August 9, 2023, Death Notice On Her Instagram Page
Did child rapper and foul-mouthed internet sensation Tay "Lil Tay" Tian die on or about August 9, 2023? No, that's not true: No official records document the death after her Instagram page featured a statement announcing the death of the
The Dispatch→ Fact-Check: Is the COVID Vaccine Killing One Person for Every 1,000 Doses?
A new article relies on data that is self-reported and unverified.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: VAERS Data Is NOT ‘Crystal Clear’ Proof That COVID-19 Vaccines Are Killing ‘1 Person Per 1,000 Doses’
Does data collected from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) prove that COVID-19 vaccines are "killing an estimated 1 person per 1,000 doses," resulting in "676,000 dead Americans"? No, that's not true: The claim originated
PolitiFact→ Pregúntale a PolitiFact: ¿Por qué el gobierno excluye de las cifras de desempleo a ciertas personas?
En Español: El gobierno define a las personas como “desempleadas” si están activamente buscando trabajo. Esta ha sido una política por muchas décadas.
AllSides→ Conspiracy theory falsely links Obama to personal chef’s paddleboarding death
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/08/02/obama-chef-tafari-campbell-died-in-paddleboarding-accident-fact-check/70507813007/
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking conspiracy theories about death of Obamas’ personal chef
Tafari Campbell, a White House sous chef later hired as a personal chef by Barack and Michelle Obama, died while paddleboarding in a pond near the Obamas’ Martha’s Vineyard home. Police say his death wasn’t suspicious, but social media was soon a
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Tafari Campbell: Obamas’ personal chef did not tweet before his death about Barack Obama’s arrest
Tafari Campbell, the Obamas’ personal chef who drowned, tweeted that he had “information that will lead to the arrest of Barack Obama.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flagger In Metro Chicago NOT Killed By Fentanyl-Laced Water Given By Person In Passing Car
Did a flagger working for "NPL Pipeline Company in the Chicago suburbs" die after being given a bottle of water "suspected" of being "laced with fentanyl"? No, that's not true: NPL told Lead Stories that the report is "entirely false." Th
Logically→ Visuals of a naked person hitting police officials in Uttar Pradesh falsely linked to Manipur
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Is this the oldest person ever? Only according to the fictitious website that first wrote about him
Photo shows “the oldest man in the history of mankind” recorded by Guinness World Records.
PolitiFact→ ¿Cuántas personas trans hay en Estados Unidos y por qué las sobrestimamos?
En Español: Las personas transgénero representan alrededor del 1% de la población de EE.UU., pero las encuestas muestran que la gente percibe que son el 20%. ¿Qué dicen los psicólogos sobre nuestra tendencia a sobrestimar?
Logically→ No, the Philadelphia mass shooting suspect is not a transgender person
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Atlantic Did NOT Publish ‘A Man Exposed His Genitals To My 6 Year Old’ Article — Spokesperson Denied It
Did The Atlantic magazine publish an article titled, "At this weekend's Pride parade a man exposed his genitals to my 6 year old. She was horrified. Am I raising a bigot?"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the magazine told us that
Logically→ No, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate was not photographed with Dawood Ibrahim
Logically→ Video from Myanmar shared claiming army personnel assaulted Kuki Christian girl in Manipur
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, el gobierno no está pagando hasta $26,000 a personas que trabajaron durante la pandemia
"Si trabajaste en el año 2020 puede ser que te deban muchísimo dinero” a través de un “crédito que está activo hasta ahora”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Person’s Race Is NOT Encoded In Their Social Security Number
Does a person's Social Security number reveal information about their race? No, that's not true: This rumor is based on fears that personal information encoded in a Social Security number could result in racial discrimination. This concer
Logically→ Video of AIMIM MLA quarreling with police personnel shared as from Karnataka
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t fear the Reaper; Death personified doesn’t darken King Charles’ door at coronation
Video shows the “Grim Reaper” appearing at King Charles III’s coronation.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, no puedes ver conversaciones de WhatsApp de otra persona al marcar un código y su número
En WhatsApp puedes leer todas las conversaciones de tu pareja, “solo tienes que marcar *785# el número de su celular* # y listo”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Shirtless Person In Jockstrap Is NOT Traceable To UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
Does a photo that has been circulating online since November 2022 show British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak flashing his bare chest and wearing nothing but a white lab coat and a jockstrap? No, that's not true: This photo cannot be traced b
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – That’s no masked impersonator. It’s really President Joe Biden.
Video shows someone impersonating Joe Biden in a mask.
Full Fact→ Emergency alert won’t give government access to your location or personal data
The alert works via cell towers that send the message to all connected devices in their area.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man’s Search For Birth Mom NOT Real — It’s Ruse To Get Shares, Harvest Personal Information
Does a man born in a specific town need help spreading a post about his search to find his birth mother who played the organ at a Nazarene church? No, that's not true: This false narrative is yet another instance of a spammer's ruse to tr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Found Dog’ Posts Are NOT Legit Effort To Find Owner — It’s A Ruse To Get Shares And Harvest Personal Info
Was a dog picked up on the road in some town and is she "really depressed and not eating," and will sharing the post help to locate the owner of this "sweet girl"? No, that's not true: This found dog post is one of many narratives that ar
PolitiFact→ Viral image – That person with President Biden is his granddaughter, not a ‘little boy’
A video shows President Joe Biden “getting off plane with little boy dressed like girl.”
PolitiFact→ La violencia armada es la principal causa de muerte entre las personas de 1 a 19 años
En Español: Una activista dijo que la violencia armada es la causa de muerte número 1 de niños y adolescentes, superando a los accidentes de tráfico. El dato es correcto si nos fijamos en las edades de 1 a 19 años.
Logically→ Norm Macdonald did not tweet about the possibility of a transgender person committing a mass shooting before his death
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Ohio State University Advising Students Against Voting in Person on Election Day for Reasons Related to Financial Aid?
On March 27 2023, journalist Sam Levine tweeted about Ohio State University’s purported warning to students about “voting in person on election day” and their financial aid packages: Wow — Ohio State University is advising stu
Full Fact→ Emergency alert won’t ‘access personal data’
False claims about the emergency alert the government is testing in April are spreading online.
Full Fact→ Emergency Alerts won’t match personal data with information collected during the pandemic
A Facebook post falsely claims that the government’s new Emergency Alert service will collect data from someone’s phone.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: False Promotions Use Famous Brand Names — Tricking People To Hand Over Personal Information
Can simply answering three or four questions and paying a nominal handling fee qualify people to redeem tickets, receive expensive products, $500 or even $1,000 gift cards, store credit or compensation from well-known brands? No, that's n
Truth or Fiction?→ Sen. Steve Drazkowski: ‘I Have Yet to Meet a Person in Minnesota That is Hungry’
On March 15 2023, popular Reddit posts to r/WhitePeopleTwitter and r/nottheonion referenced comments from Sen. Steve Drazkowski (R-Minnesota) about legislation covering school lunches: State Lawmaker Opposed to Free School Lunch Proposal Sa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Is NOT Offering To Pay Homeowners To Install Solar Panels — Site Harvesting Personal Info
Did Elon Musk offer to pay 100 homeowners to test the "newest technology of solar panels"? No, that's not true: This offer that's too good to be true is a ruse to collect personal information and is not associated with Musk or Tesla in an
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Nikola Tesla Say ‘When You Understand That Every Opinion Is a Vision Full of Personal History …’
On February 16 2023, a metaphysics-focused Facebook page attributed a quote (“When you understand that every opinion is a vision full of personal history … you will begin to understand that every judgment is a confession”) to invento
Logically→ 20-year-old Alyssa Carson is the first person selected for a one-way mission to Mars.
While Carson aims to become the first person to step foot on Mars, NASA has not selected her for a one-way mission to the planet.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Drinking This Juice Will NOT Make A Person Lose 15 Pounds In Two Weeks
Will a juice made of cucumber, pineapple, ginger and lemon juice make a person lose 15 pounds if they drink it twice a day for two weeks? No, that's not true: A clinical dietician said if a person is eating/drinking other things also, the
Logically→ BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said Modi becoming prime minister is an insult to democracy.
An edited version of BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhaita's comment during a news show has been shared with misleading claims.