Has President Trump signed nine executive orders to combat child trafficking, with those orders not getting public coverage? No, that's not true: Trump has signed two executive orders that specifically mention human trafficking. Both were
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was NOT ‘Nominated And Confirmed’ To The Supreme Court 43 Days Before A Presidential Election
Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg "nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election"? No, that's not true: Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed in 42 days (not 43) in 1993 -- which was not an election year. The previous year, 1992, was an electio
FactCheck.org→ Contrary to Viral Claim, Trump OK’d Aid for California Fires
Quick Take Facebook posts claim that President Donald Trump has withheld aid from California to fight wildfires, while offering help to Russia. That’s a rehash of a controversy in 2019, when Trump threatened to withhold aid from California, while off
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Use A Teleprompter To Answer Questions During An Interview With Telemundo
Did Joe Biden use a teleprompter to answer questions during an interview with Telemundo? No, that's not true: The Spanish-language TV network said the accusation was "absolutely false." It published a video showing what happened: Biden wa
AFP Fact Check→ Texas ballot fraud story misrepresented by attorney general before spreading online
US Attorney General Bill Barr said a Texas man committed voter fraud with 1,700 mail-in ballots, a claim repeated more than 30,000 times on Facebook. This is false; Barr’s office said the nation’s top law enforcement officer was inaccurately briefe
FactCheck.org→ False Attack on Ginsburg Is Reprised After Her Death
Quick Take After Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, social media users reprised a false claim about the late Supreme Court justice — arguing she wanted to “lower the age of consent for sex to 12.” The old falsehood is a distortion of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Number 33 Appearing In Many COVID-19 News Reports Does NOT Have Any Special Significance
Does the appearance of the number 33 in a collection of news reports about COVID-19 cases represent anything that needs explaining? No. COVID-19 cases have been counted and reported around the world for hundreds of days. There is nothing
FactCheck.org→ Trump Campaign Takes Biden’s ‘Pledge of Allegiance’ Remarks Out of Context
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign claims a video it posted on social media shows Joe Biden botching the Pledge of Allegiance. But Biden’s words were taken out of context. He wasn’t trying to recite the full pledge, as the post
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Recognize Bill Barr for ‘Christlike Behavior’?
On September 23 2020, “Christlike” appeared on Twitter’s list of trending topics due to a viral tweet objecting to a Catholic organization’s decision to honor Attorney General Bill Barr: The National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
The Dispatch→ Did Joe Biden Garble the Pledge of Allegiance?
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FactCheck.org→ Ginsburg Was Confirmed Years Before the 1996 Election
Quick Take Facebook posts falsely claim that the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.” She was nominated and confirmed more than three years before the next presidential electio
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a student attacking his professor in Equatorial Guinea
A video of two men fighting has been viewed millions of times on Facebook alongside a claim that it shows Guinean President Alpha Conde violently confronting a minister. This is false; the footage was shot in Equatorial Guinea and shows a student at
AFP Fact Check→ No, this photo shows actor Amitabh Bachchan greeting a former Indian state government chief
A photo has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan greeting organised crime fugitive Dawood Ibrahim. The claim is false: the photo has circulated online sinc
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has been doctored to include an image of India’s first law minister on a UK bus
An image that purports to show a portrait of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, India’s first law minister, and his wife displayed on the side of a bus has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter. The posts claim the image shows
AFP Fact Check→ This image of Manila Bay has been doctored
An image purporting to show a long, pristine beach has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows Manila Bay in the Philippines after a government makeover. The claim is false; the image has been doctored from
AFP Fact Check→ The president of Sri Lanka’s court of appeal was first appointed to the post in January 2020
A claim that the president of Sri Lanka’s court of appeal, Judge A.H.M.D Nawaz, was appointed to the top post after allowing a lawmaker on death row to attend parliamentary sessions has been shared in multiple Facebook posts. The claim is false: the
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a 2017 protest in Bangladesh against the treatment of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
A video of a large crowd marching through the street has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim the footage shows demonstrators in the Indian city of Kolkata chanting Islamic slogans. The claim is false; the video actually
AFP Fact Check→ Hong Kong pro-democracy banner doctored on social media to label leader Carrie Lam ‘a jerk’
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts in September 2020 which purports to show a Hong Kong pro-democracy banner labelling the territory's leader Carrie Lam "a jerk". But the image has been doctored from a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images On Folded US Currency Did NOT Foretell The 9/11 Attacks — Most Bills Used In Video Were Printed After 2001
Are there images hidden in redesigns of US currency that depict a progressive scene of the attack on the World Trade Center and the collapse of the twin towers on September 11, 2001? No, that's not true: A video purporting to demonstrate
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Soros Does NOT Own Two Sigma Investments
Does George Soros own Two Sigma Investments? No, that's not true: The company's federal filings with the Security and Exchange Commission state that Soros has never been part of any ownership of the investment firm. The claim appeared in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Really High Gas Prices Was NOT The ‘Last Time Biden Was In Office’ — It’s From 2008 When George W. Bush Was President
Does a photo show high gas prices that were from "the last time Biden was in office"? No, that's not true. A photo has gone viral showing regular, plus and premium gas prices all above $5.00 with the claim that it was taken the "last time
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows the filming of a music video in Moscow
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows 200 bodies of dead novel coronavirus victims being lowered into a garbage truck in Russia. The claim is false; the clip shows the filming o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Botch The Pledge Of Allegiance
Did Joe Biden completely botch the Pledge of Allegiance during a campaign speech? No, that's not true and the comments were taken out of context. GOP rapid response director Steve Guest claimed that Biden "completely botches" the pledge d
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘During WWII, Lipstick Became a Sign of Patriotism’
The origin of one anti-fascist tactic circulated again on Facebook in August and September 2020, with some readers getting a new perspective on cosmetics and their impact. The post, which has been shared more than thousands of time times since its pub
FactCheck.org→ Nearly 10,000 COVID-19 Victims Died at Home
Quick Take Viral social media posts falsely claim that no one has died at home from COVID-19, implying that poor medical care contributed to the deaths or that the disease is a hoax. Nearly 10,000 coronavirus victims have died in their homes, according
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Pizza Gate’ Is NOT Real
Is "Pizza Gate" real? No, that's not true: So-called proof for Pizzagate is unsubstantiated and speculative. It relies on tricks of the trade common to people pushing unproven allegations. Authorities have described Pizzagate as a "fictit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Tweet ‘Obama Should Wait Until He Leaves Office To Pick Another Justice! If He Doesn’t, He Should Be Fired!’
Did Donald Trump tweet "Obama should wait until he leaves office to pick another Justice! If he doesn't, he should be fired!" in April 2016 about an election year Supreme Court vacancy? No, that's not true. This is a fake tweet that Trump
Truth or Fiction?→ Bar Owner Dies by Suicide After Indictment for Allegedly Shooting, Killing Protester?
On September 22 2020, hyperpartisan site BlueLivesMatter.blue/The Police Tribune published an article headlined, “Bar Owner Commits Suicide After Being Indicted For Shooting Rioter Who Attacked Him”: It began: The Nebraska store
The Dispatch→ Did Trump Tweet in 2016 That Obama Shouldn’t Nominate a Supreme Court Justice?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Accused Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT Have To Be At Initial Extradition Hearing — A Lawyer Was There For Him
Was accused Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse required to show up for his first hearing after allegedly killing two people and wounding a third during a racial justice protest in August 2020? No, that is not true. Rittenhouse did not have
FactCheck.org→ Ginsburg Didn’t Tweet About Hillary Clinton
Quick Take An image of a bogus tweet supposedly from the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about Hillary Clinton began circulating after Ginsburg’s death. Ginsburg did not have a personal Twitter account, and did not author the tweet claimin
Full Fact→ Unlicensed vaccines are not untested
A number of posts on Facebook and Twitter have used a link to a government consultation about vaccines to make a number of unfounded claims about government changes to how vaccines are introduced in the UK. One such post reads: “After 18th Sept,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Man Was NOT Arrested For Filling Out 1,700 Ballots As Attorney General Barr Said In Interview — DOJ Says Barr Was Misinformed
Was a Texas man arrested for filling out 1,700 ballots as Attorney General William Barr claimed in a Sept. 2, 2020, CNN interview? No, that's not true: Barr was misinformed when he made the statement, according to the Department of Justic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Women And Children Are Not Being Targeted By Sex Traffickers With A $100 Bill Left On Their Car At A Mall
Are women and children being targeted by sex traffickers who leave a $100 bill on their car at a shopping mall? No, that's not true. This is an urban legend that was debunked earlier this year and has been in circulation for years. The ma
AFP Fact Check→ No, this video has circulated in reports about US firefighters starting controlled fires to stop spread of wildfires
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and Weibo published in September 2020 alongside a claim it shows a fire started by a Chinese “spy” on the West Coast of the United States. The footage ha
Full Fact→ Building a Model for Collaborating to Combat Misinformation Crises
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted a slew of measures attempting to grapple with huge volumes and newly challenging kinds of misinformation—from internet companies, fact checkers, governments and public health bodies. Fact checkers collaborate
Health Feedback→ The virus causing COVID-19 most likely evolved in natural wildlife populations before spreading to humans
REVIEW On 14 September 2020, the Chinese virologist Li-Meng Yan published a a pre-print (an unpublished draft of a science paper) on the website Zenodo claiming to provide evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was created in a la
AFP Fact Check→ This timelapse video shows a 150-minute bullet train journey between Osaka and Tokyo
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows a Japanese bullet train travelling from Osaka to Tokyo in ten minutes. The claim is false: the footage is actually a timelapse video of
AFP Fact Check→ Old Myanmar navy photos recirculated with false anti-Bengali claim during coronavirus pandemic
Four photos have been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show Myanmar’s navy "shooting Bengalis" to prevent them from entering Myanmar with the novel coronavirus. The claim is false; the photos were origin
AFP Fact Check→ British TikTok star clarifies she was not victim of sexual assault in Pakistan after viral video shared in misleading context
A video of a woman speaking to camera has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube that claim it shows the victim of a high profile gang rape in Pakistan describing her ordeal. But the footage has been share