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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian Defense Official Oleksiy Danilov Did NOT Describe Moscow Concert Hall Attack As ‘A Lot Of Fun’ — It’s A Deepfake
Did Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, describe the Moscow concert hall attack on March 22, 2024, as "a lot of fun"? No, that's not true: The video purportedly showing an interview with Dani
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Royal Insider’ Did NOT Say ‘Kate Middleton Was Sacrificed and Replaced With Body Double’
Did a source close to the British royal family say that Catherine, Princess of Wales, was "sacrificed" or "murdered," and then "replaced" with a "body double"? No, that's not true: The article that made the claim was published by a websit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Amy Schumer Did NOT Say She Developed VAIDS As A Direct Result Of COVID-19 Vaccination
Did Amy Schumer say she developed "vaccine acquired immune deficiency syndrome" (VAIDS) as a result of COVID-19 vaccination? No, that's not true: Schumer said on her Instagram account that she has endometriosis, a disease that causes tiss
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UFO Recorded In Sweden
Did a video shared on social media genuinely show a UFO that was recorded flying over Sweden? No, that's not true: Lead Stories determined that the original clip shared on Instagram was created as part of a school project by 16-year-old S
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO Did NOT Seek Surveillance Powers To Monitor Every Person For ‘Disease Control’ — Proposed Plan NOT Legally Binding Document
Did the World Health Organization seek "surveillance powers to monitor every man, woman, and child for 'disease control'" as a post on Instagram implied? No, that's not true: The post in question referred to a set of WHO recommendations t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Microsoft Did NOT Say It Would Disable Computers of Users Who Share ‘Non-Mainstream Content’ Online
Did Microsoft announce plans to disable the computers of users who share "non-mainstream content" online? No, that's not true: This claim is completely made up, mis-stating what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in an interview with NBC's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO Did NOT Unveil ‘Global Police Force’ To Arrest Those Who Post Non-Mainstream Content Online
Did the World Health Organization unveil a "global police force," purportedly to arrest citizens who post independent media online? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could not find any evidence of a representative from the Organization ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Admit Disease X Will Be Leaked In 2025
Did the World Economic Forum admit that Disease X will be "unleashed onto the public" by 2025, with "devastating" consequences for humanity? No, that's not true: Disease X is not a known disease. It's a hypothetical pathogen that health c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Suggest Limit Of No More Than 2 or 3 Cups Of Coffee Per Year
Did the World Economic Forum declare that coffee drinkers will have to limit themselves to two or three cups of coffee per year in the future? No, that's not true: No recommendation to limit coffee consumption was made at the Forum's annu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Klaus Schwab Did NOT Say ‘Political Revolution’ Is ‘Destroying’ His ‘Great Reset’ Agenda
Did World Economic Forum founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab confess that there is a "political revolution" that is making headway against his "Great Reset" agenda? No, that's not true: Schwab never said that during his remarks ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Amateur Photography Of Mars Does NOT Disprove Current Scientific Understanding of The Red Planet
Does a video of Mars filmed with a Nikon p1000 camera prove that Hubble Space Telescope images of Mars are fake, and that Mars is not really a planet but a shining star that looks like "light shimmering in water"? No, that's not true: Ima
Health Feedback→ Rat study alleged to link COVID-19 vaccines to autism cannot be generalized to humans and contains important limitations
REVIEW A study published in the journal Neurochemical Research on 10 January 2024 became the subject of numerous social media posts on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). These posts alleged that the study showed COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could produce
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO Did NOT Order Biden To Arrest Americans Who Share ‘Non-Mainstream Content Online’
Did the World Health Organization order President Joe Biden to arrest Americans who share "non-mainstream content online"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence the organization ever said this. A spokesperson for the WHO den
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC News Did NOT Broadcast Report About Dr. Oz’s ‘Amazing’ Diabetes Cure — Audio Was Doctored
Did ABC News host David Muir advertise on air a diabetes cure discovered by TV personality and physician Dr. Mehmet Oz? No, that's not true: A clip containing images of both Muir and Oz used manipulated sound to mislead audiences. The vid
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Francis Did NOT Authorize WEF To Rewrite Fact Checked Version Of The Holy Bible
Did Pope Francis authorize the World Economic Forum to rewrite a fact checked version of the Holy Bible, and post about it on social media? No, that's not true: The social media post allegedly made by Pope Francis is fake, and there is no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California’s Recently Approved Plan Is NOT To Make Residents Drink Their Own Feces — And It’s NOT ‘Bill Gates Scheme’
Did California approve Bill Gates' plan to make residents drink their own feces? No, that's not true: A headline by The People's Voice grossly misrepresents the regulations that were approved by California's State Water Board on December
FactCheck.org→ Yale Preprint Recorded Patient Experiences, Did Not Demonstrate Vaccines Cause New Syndrome
SciCheck Digest A preprint on a Yale-based study described chronic symptoms self-reported after COVID-19 vaccination by 241 members of an online group. The paper, which has not been peer-reviewed, did not show how common these symptoms are in the g
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccinated Piers Morgan Did NOT Reveal He Has VAIDS, Which Doesn’t Exist
Did the British journalist Piers Morgan reveal that he has developed Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (VAIDS) and blamed it on the anti-vaccination community? No, that's not true: Morgan never said that he has VAIDS, which is n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cambridge Scientists Did NOT ‘Admit 25% Of Vaccinated People Now Have VAIDS’
Did Cambridge scientists "admit" that 25 percent of people vaccinated for COVID-19 now have "vaccine acquired immune deficiency syndrome"? No, that's not true: The scientific report that the claim is purportedly based on never mentions th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BMJ Did NOT Find ‘Child Mask Mandates Caused Irreversible Brain Damage’ — Study Didn’t Discuss It
Did an article published by one of the specialized scholarly outlets of the British Medical Journal say that child mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic led to "irreversible brain damage"? No, that's not true: The study didn't even m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NameDrop Feature In iOS 17 Update Is NOT As Dangerous As Some Warnings Suggest — Users Control Contact Sharing
Does the recent iOS 17 update include a new feature that can put iPhone users at risk of having their contact information stolen by a stranger passing by? No, that's not true: The NameDrop feature has several levels of security and contac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Trump Endorsed A Nearly $300 Water Filter In November 2023
Did former President Donald Trump advertise a water filter on Facebook? No, that's not true: Outside of the post making such a claim, Lead Stories did not find any evidence confirming that. A video with a Trump-sounding narration likely u
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Oprah Did NOT Promote ‘Minimum Wage Subsidy Card’ — Audio Was Edited
Did American TV producer and host Oprah Winfrey endorse a "minimum wage subsidy card" that helps those with hourly wages below $26 pay for gas and groceries? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no proof of such an incentive. The video
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – More fake ‘Quantum AI’ claims about Elon Musk spread online
Video shows “Elon Musk and the Dubai billionaire have unveiled new software called ‘Quantum AI.’”
Truth or Fiction?→ Unveiling the History of the Steam Engine
The journey of the steam engine is one that mirrors humanity’s relentless pursuit of innovation and progress. From its rudimentary beginnings to its essential role in the Industrial Revolution, the steam engine has spurred periods of significan
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Latest Election Fraud Spin
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. In his latest election fraud spin, former President Donald Trump falsely suggested that 3,600 criminally duplicated ballots were counted in Atlanta’s Fulton County in the 2020 p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Billionaire N.R. Narayana Murthy Did NOT Endorse Quantum AI Trading Platform
Did Indian billionaire and businessman N.R. Narayana Murthy endorse a quantum computing software that uses quantum AI to trade stocks? No, that's not true: A fake voice has been used in a video on social media to make it appear Murthy mad
Truth or Fiction?→ Who Invented the Smartphone: A Factual Exploration
In the digital age we live in, it’s hard to imagine a world without smartphones. A far cry from the hefty, feature-light mobile devices of old, today’s smartphones are essentially compact, portable supercomputers. But how did we get here?
Truth or Fiction?→ Fact-Check: Is Java Named After an Indonesian Island?
Like any aspect of culture or technology, names often bear historical or symbolic weight. In the technological world, the names given to programming languages can carry significant implications for their public reception and recognition. One enigmati
Truth or Fiction?→ Unraveling the Origins of the Internet: Who Really Invented It?
The advent of the internet brought about a revolution which has since been the backbone of technological evolution and a cornerstone of globalization, becoming an essential component of our daily living. Unraveling its inception poses an intriguing e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Bill Gates ‘Facing Life Behind Bars On Child Rape Charges’ Over A Purported ‘Epstein Client List’ Mention
Is Bill Gates facing life behind bars on child rape charges due to his alleged inclusion on convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's supposed client list? No, that's not true: The article making the claim offers no proof that any charges hav
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NBC News Did NOT Report that Obama Was ‘Illegally Serving A Third Term’ As President
Did NBC News say that former President Barack Obama, who left the White House in January 2017, was serving a "third term" in 2023 as a shadow president? No, that's not true: NBC did not report that. Its news article only referred to claim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Matthew Perry Vowed To Expose Hollywood Pedophile Ring Before He Was Found Dead
Did actor Matthew Perry vow to expose "child predators" before his death? No, that's not true: The social media post purportedly by Perry that makes the claim is fake -- there is no proof of its existence on his Instagram account and it d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John Kerry Did NOT Say ‘We Must Sacrifice Billions Of Humans To Save Planet Earth’
Did U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry say, "We must sacrifice billions of humans to save planet Earth"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department told Lead Stories that this claim is false. The article making t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Greta Thunberg Did NOT Post A Photo Of Herself Holding A Poster Reading ‘6 Million Wasn’t Enough’ — Her Photo Was Doctored
Did the Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg post a photo of herself holding a placard that reads "6 Million wasn't enough"? No, that's not true: She never posted the photo in question. Thunberg did express her pro-Palestinian st
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Gates Foundation ‘Insider’ Admits Depopulation Drugs Are Pumped Into Fast Food Meals
Did a Gates Foundation "insider" say that depopulation drugs had been injected into U.S. fast food to sterilize most of the world? No, that's not true: The People's Voice, the website that made this claim, provided no proof that someone a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce A New Trading App Investing Platform On The BBC
Did BBC News broadcast "breaking" news that Elon Musk has a new trading app that will allow Britons to make so much money that they won't have to work anymore? No, that's not true: The BBC's website includes no such report and the footage
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Pope Francis Declares Klaus Schwab ‘More Important’ Than Jesus Christ
Did Pope Francis declare World Economic Forum chairman Klaus Schwab a "more important" figure than Jesus Christ? No, that's not true: The People's Voice, the website originally making the claim, provided no sources proving the pope said t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Mass Graves Of Thousands Of Children Killed By Fauci In Illegal Experiments’ NOT Found In NYC — Or Anywhere Else
Were the "mass graves of thousands of children killed ... in illegal experiments" by Dr. Anthony Fauci found in New York City? No, that's not true: The police department for the county where the mass graves supposedly rest says there are