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Full Fact→ Viral video spreads misinformation about ethylene oxide and Ivermectin
A viral video on Facebook, viewed thousands of times, contains a number of incorrect or misleading claims related to the Covid-19 pandemic. These inaccurate statements concerning the safety of the chemical ethylene oxide, the efficacy of the drug
Snopes→ Joe Rogan (Not a Doctor) Spreads Anti-Vaccine Misinformation
Dr. Anthony Fauci called the podcast host's recent comments about young people and COVID-19 vaccines "incorrect."
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook account impersonating Johns Hopkins Medicine spreads fabricated job listings
A Facebook account purporting to represent Johns Hopkins hospitals and facilities claims to be offering jobs at the famed US medical institution, with promises of free visas, tickets and accommodation for successful applicants. However, this is false;
FactCheck.org→ Texas Doctor Spreads False Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest Federal officials authorized two mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 after they were determined to be safe and effective against symptomatic illness in clinical trials. But a Texas doctor, in a widely shared video, falsely claims the vaccines do
AFP Fact Check→ Account impersonating Ugandan police spokesman spreads baseless claims about opposition leader
A Facebook account using the name and photo of a Ugandan police spokesman has been spreading false information, including that former presidential candidate Bobi Wine is planning violent demonstrations in Uganda. This Facebook account, however, does n
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading video on risks from charging phone spreads worldwide
A video shared hundreds of thousands of times warns against using mobile phones while they charge because “electric waves” will pass through your body. This advice is misleading, according to experts who say other appliances would also exhibit simi
AFP Fact Check→ Fake Ted Cruz climate change tweet spreads after Mexico trip
A purported 2016 tweet from Senator Ted Cruz saying he’ll believe in climate change when Texas is affected was shared online after he flew to the warmth of Mexico last week while millions endured frigid weather in his home state. The tweet is false;
Full Fact→ Fake letter from Cabinet Office spreads on social media
A fake “leaked” letter claiming to come from the Cabinet Office has been spread on Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp, apparently showing that “damage to the wider economy” is a government priority, and disorder will be quelled with
AFP Fact Check→ Old post spreads misinformation about illegal arms shipment to Nigeria
An old Facebook post with images of uniformed men standing next to a shipment of weapons has resurfaced alongside claims that it shows illegal firearms concealed in a container carrying food supplies from France to Nigeria’s troubled Borno state. But
Logically→ QAnon spreads conspiracy theories.
QAnon is an unfounded far-right conspiracy movement speculating discredited information from social networks with unsubstantiated claims and photos.
Truth or Fiction?→ Twisted Tea Circle K Fight Video Spreads Virally
On December 24 2020, “Twisted Tea” became a popular trending term in the wake of footage showing an altercation at an Ohio Circle-K. Footage of the incident, which involved racial slurs and a can of Twisted Tea, was shared to r/PublicFrea
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim spreads online that AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine contains MRC-5 foetal cells
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook which claim it shows that the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine contains MRC-5 cells originally taken from an aborted human foetus. The claim is misleading: the Ast
AFP Fact Check→ New Zealand party spreads misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines, attributed to anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy Jr
A New Zealand political party has shared a claim on Facebook that the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine will “intervene directly in the genetic material of the patient and therefore alter the individual genetic material”. The post, shared hundreds of times a
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘My Wife Has Cancer’ Reddit Comment Spreads Virally, Prompts Discussion of American Healthcare System
A November 30 2020 post to Reddit’s r/awfuleverything spread virally across platforms, prompting discussions all over social media about u/binkybrain’s original comment and the cost of cancer care in the United States: Poor guy
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim about US prescription drug prices spreads on social media
Posts shared millions of times on Facebook claim that prescription drug prices in the United States rose in the eight years preceding President Donald Trump's term and that costs have since fallen faster than at any point since 1967. But these claims
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim about US prescription drug prices spreads on social media
Posts shared millions of times on Facebook claim that prescription drug prices in the United States rose in the eight years preceding President Donald Trump's term and that costs have since fallen faster than at any point since 1967. But these claims
AFP Fact Check→ Hoax article claiming George Soros was arrested for US election interference spreads across social media
An article claiming that billionaire financier George Soros was arrested for interference in the 2020 US election has received hundreds of shares and thousands of views on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The report includes an image of a purported indic
AFP Fact Check→ Trump spreads false claim of Pennsylvania vote switching
US President Donald Trump tweeted a claim that 221,000 votes were switched from him to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, and that others were changed or deleted elsewhere. This is false; Pennsylvania’s Department of State
AFP Fact Check→ Trump campaign spreads doctored image to cast doubt on election reporting
The day after the 2020 presidential election was called for Joe Biden, the communications director for Donald Trump’s campaign tweeted a photo of a newspaper front page announcing Al Gore’s victory 20 years earlier to highlight an alleged mistake b
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Special Paper,’ ‘Watermarked Ballots’ Conspiracy Theory Spreads on Social Media
As Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden began pulling ahead in the 2020 election, Twitter user @jdburney1 generated engagement and accrued followers by advancing a “watermarked ballots” conspiracy theory (which we archived h
AFP Fact Check→ Eric Trump spreads false claim about burned ballots
Donald Trump’s son Eric claimed on Twitter that 80 ballots cast for the president were burned. This is false; the City of Virginia Beach said they were sample ballots, not ones used by voters.
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim spreads online that Jacinda Ardern ‘bribed New Zealand media’ to win re-election
Multiple Facebook and Instagram posts shared hundreds of times in October 2020 claim New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern “bribed New Zealand mainstream media with NZ$125 million" taken from the country's taxpayers in order to win re-election.
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim spreads online that flu vaccines administered in South Korea in 2020 were made in China
Multiple posts shared repeatedly on Facebook and Twitter in October 2020 claim that more than 40 South Koreans have died after receiving a flu vaccine that was imported from China. The posts suggest that all flu vaccines recently administered in South
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim spreads online that Sri Lankan opposition politicians wore ‘bullet wound’ sticker to protest drug lord’s death
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim a group of Sri Lankan opposition politicians wore a sticker resembling a bullet wound in protest over the death of a notorious drug lord. The claim is misleading; a spokesperson for the group, who
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Fake Melania’ Rumor Spreads Again After Photograph From White House Lawn
On October 24 2020, Twitter user Zack Bornstein shared a photograph of President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump… or was it? The only thing I'll miss from this administration is them swapping in new Melanias and just pretending we won
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim spreads online that majority of sanitary towels in South Korea contain cancer-causing chemicals
Multiple posts on Facebook and Naver, South Korea’s largest web portal, claim that 97% of sanitary towels in distribution in South Korea contain chemicals that can cause cancer. The claim, however, is misleading; the data cited in the misleading po
Health Feedback→ The group Doctors for Truth spreads misinformation about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus, and the reliability of diagnostic tests
REVIEW A video showing a press conference from a group calling itself Doctors for Truth circulated on social media in mid-October 2020, receiving hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. In this conference, several individuals made claims about th
FactCheck.org→ Meme Spreads Misinformation on Presidential Endorsements
Quick Take A widely shared meme misrepresents Joe Biden’s endorsements. Biden hasn’t been endorsed by antifa or the Black Lives Matter organization, though BLM co-founders support him. And while President Donald Trump has been endorsed by the major
AFP Fact Check→ False claim that the Philippines has a new vice president spreads across social media platforms
A video viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple Facebook, TikTok and YouTube posts claims a newspaper reported that Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the new Philippine vice president. The claim is false; the article referenced in the video does not
FactCheck.org→ Viral Image Spreads Bogus Trump Quote on COVID-19 Recovery
Quick Take A viral image on social media is spreading a fabricated quote attributed to President Donald Trump. There’s no evidence the president ever said that doctors have “never seen a body kill the Coronavirus like my body,” and th
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim about vaccines and polio outbreaks in Africa spreads online
A claim that polio outbreaks reported in several African countries in September 2020 were caused by corresponding vaccines has been shared multiple times on websites and various social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. The claim is mislea
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim about vaccines and polio outbreaks in Africa spreads online
A claim that polio outbreaks reported in several African countries in September 2020 were caused by corresponding vaccines has been shared multiple times on websites and various social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. The claim is mislea
AFP Fact Check→ Trump spreads manipulated video of Biden featuring song by N.W.A.
A video clip spread by US President Donald Trump on Twitter of Joe Biden at an event in Florida has been digitally altered to replace Spanish-language hit “Despacito” -- which the Democratic candidate played on his phone -- with anti-police brutal
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘I Just Tested Positive for Coronavirus’ Engagement Bait Spreads on Facebook
On July 25 2020, Facebook user Stiven Flores shared the following photograph, with a claim he had “just tested positive for coronavirus” and an aggressive push for others to share the post in order to collect “prayers”: Alongsi
Health Feedback→ Cloth masks are effective at reducing virus transmission because it spreads in respiratory droplets, which are larger than smoke particles and the pores in fabric
REVIEW Memes appeared on Facebook in late August 2020 claiming that cloth masks are ineffective at reducing virus transmission because smoke particles are larger than virus particles and cannot be filtered by cloth masks (see examples here and here)
FactCheck.org→ Inaccurate Story About Trump Supporter Spreads Again
Quick Take A viral meme falsely claims to show President Donald Trump touching the face of a “veteran wounded so badly that he had no arms.” The man shown in the meme was born without arms and is not a veteran. Trump himself amplified the i
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim spreads online that New Zealand has authorised troops to enter homes to enforce COVID-19 quarantine
A video shows a candidate in the upcoming New Zealand elections claiming that the country's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, authorised the military to enter private residences in order to enforce COVID-19 quarantine measures. It has been viewed tens
Snopes→ Incorrect Phone Number for Mental Health Helpline Spreads on Social Media
The correct phone number for the UK mental health charity Mind is 0300-123-3393.
AFP Fact Check→ Trump spreads video of doctor who claims hydroxychloroquine cures COVID-19
President Donald Trump used Twitter to spread footage of a doctor who claims a combination of medicines including hydroxychloroquine will cure COVID-19. But there is currently no cure for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and the false infor