On April 24 2022, Facebook page “The Other 98%” shared another page’s Twitter screenshot from @Goodable, in a post about the Brooklyn Public Library purportedly granting teenaged readers access to uncensored material: The Brooklyn
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The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims That Obama Adviser David Axelrod Was Arrested
(Photograph by Paul Morigi/Getty Images/Concordia Summit.)A Facebook post claims that David Axelrod, former senior adviser to Barack Obama and political commentator for CNN, was arrested in Chicago on April 15. The post shares a screenshot of a viral a
Logically→ A video shows children being trained to shoot in a madrasa.
The video of Muslim children being taught how to use firearms is not from the Indian madrasas. The viral video is from Afghanistan.
Full Fact→ Rishi Sunak’s in-laws’ company isn’t registered in Rwanda
Several posts on Facebook claim that Infosys, an IT firm founded by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife’s father, is registered in Rwanda. They also claim the UK outsources “many of its immigration processes” to the firm. The impl
Full Fact→ Viral pensions post has its maths all wrong
We’ve seen a number of Facebook posts with a list of claims about pensioners, telling people to “print this off, send it to a Rishi SUNAK and demand payment [sic]”. The 600-word long viral essay makes a number of claims, including som
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Rothschilds, Vatican Are Trillionaires, Richest In The World
Does the Rothschild family have an amassed wealth of $2 trillion? Do the pope and Vatican City have a net worth of $20 trillion? No, a post making those claims does not substantiate the numbers. Both of these groups are extremely wealthy,
PolitiFact→ More states remove permit requirement to carry a concealed gun
Governors in Ohio, Indiana and Alabama signed laws allowing permitless gun carry in March and Georgia’s governor is expected to sign a similar law in April. Law enforcement say it’s a bad policy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Is Cousin To George Soros
Did a Pentagon official say that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the cousin of George Soros? No, that's not true: There is no evidence of a Pentagon official saying this or of a familial relationship between Zelenskyy and billi
Full Fact→ Why Rishi Sunak’s wife’s tax status isn’t a direct consequence of her citizenship
It has been reported that the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife, Akshata Murty, does not pay UK tax on foreign earnings by virtue of having non-domicile status. Being non-domiciled means you live in the UK, but your “permanent home”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukraine Does NOT Grow 25% Of World’s Wheat – It’s Only 3%
Does Ukraine produce 25% of the world's wheat crop? No, that's not true: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates Ukraine's annual wheat harvest at just over 3% of the global total. Ukraine accounts for
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a GOP Senator Say the Supreme Court Shouldn’t Have ‘Weighed In’ on Interracial Marriage?
Right-wing Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana (R) quickly backtracked on March 22 2022 after offering interracial marriage as an example of issues that the Supreme Court, in his opinion, should leave up for individual states to decide. Braun made the remark to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Video Filmed At Night Does NOT Prove That He is In Poland
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flee Kyiv for a bunker in Poland? Is this evident because he posted a video filmed in front of a greenscreen with a scene of Kyiv added as a background? No, that is not a conclusive argument: Th
FactCheck.org→ Ads Attacking Dave McCormick
The campaign of Dr. Mehmet Oz and a super PAC supporting him are running ads that seek to paint his chief rival in the Pennsylvania Senate Republican primary, Dave McCormick, as a “friend” of China who outsourced Pittsburgh jobs and is out
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘An Octopus Walking On The Beach … 🐙’
On March 15 2022, the account @UberFacts shared purported video of an “octopus walking on the beach” on Twitter, but with certain odd details. For example, the octopus appeared to have nine tentacles. A search quickly indicated that the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Nigeria Sent ‘Over 5,500 Military Forces to Ukraine’
Did Nigeria send over 5,000 "military forces to Ukraine"? No, that's nothing to substatiate such a claim: The Nigerian federal government has discouraged Nigerian citizens from joining Ukrainian military forces, as of March 7, 2022. The M
Health Feedback→ Claim that COVID-19 deaths have been “vastly overcounted” is baseless; the evidence suggests the opposite
REVIEW On 1 March 2022, The Epoch Times published a piece by Joseph Mercola, the biggest purveyor of anti-vaccine disinformation according to a report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, where he claimed that COVID-19 “deaths have been vast
FactCheck.org→ Rothschild & Co. Has Office in Russia, Contrary to Conspiracy Claim on Social Media
Quick Take Rothschild & Co. has an office in Moscow and has been operating in Russia since the mid-1990s. Yet posts on social media falsely claim that Russia has barred the Rothschild banking family from doing business in the country. The claim is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Threaten Nigeria For Sending Troops To Ukraine During Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin threaten to "level the whole nation" of Nigeria for sending troops to Ukraine during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true: In the clip used to make the claim, which was published in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Neither Zelenskyy NOR Putin Threatened To Send Troops To Ghana’s Border In Response To ‘Jokes’ About Russia-Ukraine War
Did the Ukrainian president threaten to send troops to Ghana's border for alleged "jokes" about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war? No, that's not true: Not only does Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy not appear in the video used to pur
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s State of the Union Address
Summary In his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, before turning to his accomplishments and agenda for the coming year. Some of his statements didn’t square with the facts. Biden
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Kari Lake’s Speech at CPAC
Moments before Donald Trump took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday night, Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake addressed the audience and delivered one of the most dishonest speeches of the entire eve
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Apple Pay and Google Pay No Longer Work on Moscow’s Metro System,’ Causing Queues
On February 28 2022, Irish journalist Jason Corcoran tweeted the following image, which was purportedly a photograph of long queues at a Moscow metro station after Apple Pay and Google Pay stopped working in Russia: Apple Pay and Google Pay no longer
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims on Vaccines, Election 2020, and January 6 From CPAC
(Photograph by Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images.)The agenda for the second day of the Conservative Political Action Conference was diverse, with events like “Breaking China’s Power: No more ‘10% for the Big Guy’” to “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Combat And Training Footage Does NOT Show Ukraine In 2022
Does this video show live or footage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022? No, that's not true: This footage was originally posted on YouTube at least as early as October 2021. The video was flipped to make it harder to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: More People ARE Dying In Their Prime Of Life, But Q3 2019 Comparisons Mislead; Also, COVID Causes Rise
Did the death rate of working-age Americans rise 40 percent from the summer of 2019 to the summer of 2021? Yes, there has been a sharp rise. Is the COVID-19 pandemic not the cause? There is no basis to blame it on anything other than the
Truth or Fiction?→ The ‘Freedom Convoy’ Ran on Regurgitated Disinformation Narratives
There was nothing original about the “convoy” that disrupted the Canadian capitol of Ottawa in early 2022. The occupation dovetailed almost entirely with other right-wing demonstrations, starting with the use of Facebook as both an organiza
Truth or Fiction?→ How Did Hush Puppies Get Their Name?
On February 12 2022, a Facebook user shared the following post, which purportedly describes how “hush puppies” got their name: Escaping slaves used to throw balls of fried cornmeal out to distract the hounds from tracking them. The hound st
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Standing Up During The Night Does NOT Cause Sudden Death
Does this screenshot of a WhatsApp post convey important information to avoid sudden death at night? No, that's not true: This advice -- that sitting up or standing up suddenly in the middle of the night could cause sudden death -- was re
Health Feedback→ Study on SARS-CoV-2 antibodies levels following infection don’t prove that recovered patients are protected from reinfection
REVIEW As of February 2022, more than 77 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection, with more than 4 million requiring hospitalization, and more than 910,000 deaths. But many of these outcomes are preventable with vacc
Truth or Fiction?→ Britney Spears vs. Somali Pirates Meme
On February 9 2022, a “fun fact” meme explaining that the music of pop star Britney Spears was used to repel Somali pirates in 2013 appeared on Imgur: Spears was shown at the top left of the meme, and a group of men in a small boat, arms r
Logically→ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has 138 criminal cases against him.
Yogi Adityanath's election affidavit had no criminal case pending against him, the Election Commission of India stated.
Full Fact→ Income tax, fuel tax and inheritance tax all existed 100 years ago
A post on Facebook, shared almost a thousand times, lists dozens of taxes alongside the logo for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), claiming that “not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago”. This is not true. Income tax, which is inclu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Daguerreotype Is NOT Abraham Lincoln — Who Was NOT A Runaway Slave
Is this a picture of Abraham Lincoln, who was a runaway slave who changed his identity to avoid being lynched? No, that's not true: The man pictured is an unidentified person who sat for a portrait by Augustus Washington, a daguerreotypis
Health Feedback→ Majority of ten countries listed in viral chain message haven’t dropped all COVID-19 restriction measures and aren’t considering COVID-19 as a seasonal flu, despite claims
REVIEW On 2 February 2022, a screenshot was shared on Facebook of a Telegram message from Christiane Northrup who claimed that ten countries had “announced the cancellation of all quarantine procedures, Corona tests, and compulsory vaccination”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctors In Western Countries Are NOT Being Arrested For Prescribing Ivermectin
Are doctors in Western countries being arrested for prescribing ivermectin? No, that's not true: Representatives of the American Medical Association, the Federation of State Medical Boards and Health Canada said they knew of no health pro
Health Feedback→ Robert Malone made multiple misleading or unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 and vaccines on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast
REVIEW On 31 December 2021, the actor and comedian Joe Rogan interviewed (see full transcript of the interview here) the scientist Roger Malone for The Joe Rogan Experience, a Spotify-exclusive podcast. With an estimated audience of millions of peop
Snopes→ Florida Man Charged After 4 Found Dead at Canada-US Border
Steve Shand, 47, was charged with human smuggling after seven Indian nationals were found in the U.S. and the discovery of the bodies.
Full Fact→ No evidence Australian child ‘Lachlan Leary’ died from vaccine
Numerous posts across Facebook, Twitter and unreliable “news” sites claim that a seven-year-old boy named Lachlan Leary recently died in Sydney, Australia, after being vaccinated against Covid-19. The posts take the form of what appea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Government Medicare Program Does NOT Offer A Flex Card
Is the U.S. government's Medicare program providing "flex cards" to qualified seniors that allow them to spend up to $2,800 a year? No, that's not true: Flex cards -- attached to a flexible spending account with money put aside for specif
Lead Stories→ An open letter to YouTube’s CEO from the world’s fact-checkers
Ms. Susan Wojcicki, It's been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The world has seen time and time again how destructive disinformation and misinformation can be for social harmony, democracy, and public health; too many