Did Kamala Harris get caught on a hot mic saying that all Trump voters are idiots? No, that's not true: The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to manipulate Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made-up sto
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say On Hot Mic That Trump Voters Are Idiots
Did Kamala Harris get caught on a hot mic saying that all Trump voters are idiots? No, that's not true: The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to manipulate Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made-up sto
FactCheck.org→ Viral Post Falsely Attributed to Golfer Bubba Watson
Quick Take A viral post falsely attributed to PGA star Bubba Watson criticizes the Black Lives Matter movement and measures taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Watson has said the post “ain’t from me.” Full Story Facebook pos
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Was NOT Waving To An Empty Field; Firefighters In Background
Did Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wave to an empty field when he stepped off his jet in Tampa, Florida, as though he was waving to no one? No, that's not true. A video making this claim and gaining wide attention on social med
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Was NOT Waving To An Empty Field; Firefighters In Background
Did Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wave to an empty field when he stepped off his jet in Tampa, Florida, as though he was waving to no one? No, that's not true. A video making this claim and gaining wide attention on social med
AFP Fact Check→ Measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 remain legal in Canada
Facebook posts claim that Covid-19 regulations, such as mandatory mask ordinances, have been declared illegal in Canada. This is false; the Canadian parliament has made no such law, and the government said the “Council” that claimed to void the la
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘PCR’ Test For COVID Does NOT Inflate Case Count By 90%
Has the widely-used PCR test for COVID-19 returned false positive results, exaggerating the number of Americans infected? No, that's not true: The test accurately determines whether patients' nasal swabs show infection. But anti-quarantin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘PCR’ Test For COVID Does NOT Inflate Case Count By 90%
Has the widely-used PCR test for COVID-19 returned false positive results, exaggerating the number of Americans infected? No, that's not true: The test accurately determines whether patients' nasal swabs show infection. But anti-quarantin
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Joe Biden Receive Five Deferments During the Vietnam War?
Contrary to what critics claim, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s non-combatant status during the Vietnam War was not underreported prior to his 2020 campaign. Regardless, one Facebook user amassed more than 189,000 shares by claiming,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Epstein’s Private Banker NOT Found Dead; Murder Of Judge’s Son Not Related To Epstein Case
Was Jeffrey Epstein's private banker found dead and was the son of a judge handling a case related to Epstein murdered by a shooter who was later found dead? Most of this is not true, but the part that is lacks key facts that give it cont
Full Fact→ This viral post understates the risk of Covid-19 infection
A post circulating on Facebook makes several claims about coronavirus, flu and cancer. The post starts: “There will never be an end to Covid. It will never go away. We have to get used to it and get used to living with it. Flu came along, k
AFP Fact Check→ False claim circulates online that ‘hangover’ is a term derived from the historic practice of ‘sleeping on a rope’
A claim that the word “hangover” is derived from the historic practice frequented by British sailors during the reign of Queen Victoria, who bought “access to bend over a rope” after a heavy night of drinking has been shared hundreds of times o
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has been doctored to include communist hammer and sickle symbol
A photo purporting to show Philippine politicians Sarah Elago and Satur Ocampo donning head scarves with a hammer-and-sickle print has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts. The claim is false: the photo has been digitall
AFP Fact Check→ These photos show convoys at unrelated events in different Indian states in years past
A collage of three photos showing long queues of vehicles has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts in September 2020 alongside a claim that the convoys consist of members of the Rajput caste, who were travelling to th
AFP Fact Check→ Online misinformation follows rare sighting of baby elephant twins in Sri Lanka
After the rare sighting of twin elephant calves in Sri Lanka in July 2020, misleading claims and old photographs have circulated on Facebook. Some posts falsely claim the Sri Lankan pair were the first twin baby elephants born in South Asia. Other po
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pro Golfer Bubba Watson Did NOT Write a Post Questioning Black Lives Matter
Did pro golfer Bubba Watson write a post questioning Black Lives Matter? No, that's not true: Watson posted on his verified Twitter account that he wrote no such thing, saying, "it ain't from me." The claim appeared in a post (archived he
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Antifa Is NOT Calling For Election Rioting By Members Dressed As Trump Supporters — It’s An Old Post That Was Shared As Satire. And It Gets The Election Date Wrong
Is Antifa recruiting "comrades" to dress as President Trump supporters and police to riot on Election Day and fool people into thinking it was supporters of Trump who caused the mayhem? No, the online meme making the claim was posted by a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The NFL Is NOT Tax-Exempt
Is the National Football League (NFL) tax-exempt? No, that's not true: A search of the IRS database for nonprofits shows the NFL is not included in that listing. The league was tax-exempt until 2015 when it voluntarily relinquished its 50
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Protesters Did NOT Block Hospital Entrance Before Arrival Of Ambulances Transporting Wounded Officers
Did protesters block the entrance to Saint Francis Medical Center before the arrival of ambulances transporting the two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who had been shot in Compton on the evening of September 12, 2020? No, that's no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AARP Did NOT Spend ‘Millions In TV Ads Targeting Republican Candidates’ — Nonprofit AARP Is Prohibited From Involvement In Any Political Campaigns
Did the AARP spend millions of dollars on TV ads against Republicans? No, that's not true: The AARP is a federally approved non-profit organization that is legally prohibited from being involved in any political campaign in favor or again
AFP Fact Check→ Fox News is available in Canada
Posts shared thousands of times on Facebook claims that US cable news channel Fox News is not available in Canada due to media legislation in the country. This claim is false, according to Fox News and one of Canada’s largest television distributors.
The Dispatch→ Did Jeffrey Goldberg ‘Confess’ That His Atlantic Article About Trump Could Be False?
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Full Fact→ Claims the Royal British Legion won’t sell poppies to avoid upsetting ‘minorities’ are false
A block of text that claims that the Royal British Legion will not be selling poppies in some areas this year due to complaints from “minorities” is circling again on Facebook. The text reads: “I've just heard some really shocki
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show A ‘Fire Drone’ And Has NOT Been Blocked By Social Media Platforms
Did Twitter, Google and YouTube block users from seeing video of an aerial flame-thrower starting wildland fires? No, that's not true: the video has been available on several social media feeds since Aug. 21, 2020. Also, the video shows a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blonde Woman In Meme About Ambush Of Los Angeles County Deputies Is NOT The Wounded Female Officer
Is a blonde woman pictured in a meme about the Los Angeles sheriff's deputies who were shot in their squad car the actual female officer who was wounded? No, that's not true. The photograph of a woman with long blonde hair in posts that h
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)
AFP Fact Check→ Old photos of former US Ambassador with Thai student leader used to claim foreign involvement in protests
A photo collage has been shared repeatedly on Facebook and messaging app LINE alongside a claim that it shows a Thai student activist meeting the American ambassador to Thailand in September 2020 to plan further anti-government protests. The claim is
AFP Fact Check→ Hoax circulates online that Thailand raised its coronavirus alert to the ‘highest level’
A video has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim that Thailand’s Ministry of Health has raised the country’s alert on the novel coronavirus to the “highest level”. The claim is false; a spokesman for Thailand
AFP Fact Check→ The photo was taken in Chemnitz during a far-right rally in 2018
A pair of photos have been shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that one of the photos shows German police removing their helmets in solidarity with protesters in Berlin. The claim is false; the first photo was taken in t
AFP Fact Check→ This footage has circulated online since 2008 about a performance by a Japanese singer
A video of a woman singing has been shared hundreds of times in Facebook posts that claim the footage shows a performance by Xi Mingze, daughter of Chinese President Xi Jinping, at her graduation ceremony from Harvard University in 2014. The claim is f
AFP Fact Check→ Footage of police clash from India’s West Bengal is misrepresented as Bangalore
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows clashes between police and armed protesters in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. The claim is false; the video actually shows police clashi
AFP Fact Check→ Photo of Myanmar workers from Covid-shuttered factory misrepresented as ‘illegal’ Bengali migrants
A photo has been shared in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim that it shows “illegal Bengalis” being arrested in Myanmar in September 2020. However, the claim is false: the photo in fact shows Myanmar workers who were mistakenly stopped
AFP Fact Check→ These photos show the aftermath of an accidental fire at a Hindu temple, Indian police say
Photos of a charred statue of the goddess Kali were shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that “jihadis” carried out an arson attack against the Hindu deity in the Indian state of West Bengal. The claim is false; loca
AFP Fact Check→ Chinese tourists holiday in Indian hotspot? No, they’re actually in Tibet
A video of a group of Mandarin-speaking tourists on a scenic lake has been viewed tens of thousands of times in Facebook and Twitter posts that claim it shows Chinese nationals holidaying on the Indian side of a lake that straddles the countries’ bor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: North American Bison Numbers Were Not Reduced To Only Twenty Seven Individuals
Did colonizers kill bison until there were only 27 left? No, that's not true: While it is true that North American Bison Herds were brought dangerously close to extinction due to a variety of factors, and this had a devastating impact on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New ‘Trumpcare’ Plan Is NOT Set To Finally Fix Healthcare — NOT Related To President Trump
Is there a new "Trumpcare" insurance plan -- credited to President Trump -- available that will "finally fix healthcare"? No, that's not true: An insurance plan promoted on Facebook as "Trumpcare" is not related to President Trump. Lead S
FactCheck.org→ Vice Presidential Vacancy Isn’t Automatically Filled by House Speaker
Quick Take A viral Facebook post wrongly suggests that if Joe Biden were to become president and later step down, Nancy Pelosi would become vice president. The Constitution says the vice president would become president and nominate a replacement; Cong
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Donald Trump Paid Hundreds of Workers To Help With Search And Rescue After 9/11
Did Donald Trump pay hundreds of workers to help with search-and-rescue efforts after 9/11? It's unclear, but unlikely: Almost immediately after the attacks, Trump told reporters that he had men helping in the efforts. But we could find n
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Louisiana Man Drop Dead Moments After Calling a Woman a Racial Epithet?
In September 2020, what looked like a news article about a Louisiana man who instantly died after using a racial slur to insult a woman went viral across social media platforms: "No one who knew the woman personally spoke to reporters nor th
Truth or Fiction?→ Attempted Florida Pizza Shop Abduction: ‘Hold Tight to Your Babies. 😭😭 They Are Coming for Them’
On September 11 2020, a Facebook user shared the following screen recording of an apparent attempted child abduction, captioned “Hold tight to your babies. They are coming for them”: That had been captured from the Instagram acc