As tens of thousands of people protested on the streets of Myanmar following a military coup, two photos circulated on Facebook and Twitter purporting to show police snipers aiming their weapons from a rooftop bar in the country's largest city,
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Is NOT Named For A Barrel Of Slaver’s Whips
Does the name and logo of the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store originate from a barrel of whips? And further, did "blacks call whites 'crackers' from the crack of the whip"? There are two different claims here, the first is false, and the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Campaign Did NOT Win ‘Two-Thirds Of the Cases Adjudicated’ — Unless You Count Pre-Election Day Suits
Has former President Donald Trump won "two-thirds of the cases that have been adjudicated by the courts" in his crusade to overturn the election result? That's only true if you leave out certain cases and add in others. The "two-thirds" c
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Underwhelming School Reopening Goal
Two studies show a school reopening goal detailed by the Biden administration for his first 100 days may have already been met before President Joe Biden took office. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki this week added some fine print to Biden’
FactCheck.org→ OAN Report Features Baseless Assertion of Election Fraud by Algorithm
Quick Take One America News Network recently spotlighted one man’s analysis that wrongly suggests precinct-level voting data in Georgia proved a computer algorithm was used to swing the election to President Joe Biden. A hand tally of paper ballo
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Ashli Babbitt’s Death ‘Exposed as a Hollywood Stunt’?
A blog with a history of publishing weaponized disinformation attempted to use the death of one of the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 as grist for another conspiracy theory. The “story,” posted on Before It’s N
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Minimum Wage Exaggeration
President Joe Biden overstated the impact of raising the federal minimum wage to $15, claiming that “if you’re making less than $15 an hour,” and working 40 hours a week, “you’re living below the poverty wage.” Not every
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: mRNA Vaccine Does NOT Increase Risk Of COVID Death, Provoke ‘Cytokine Storm,’ Turn Patients Into ‘Genetically Modified Organisms’
Do mRNA vaccines increase the risk of death for COVID-19 patients, provoke immune system over-reactions and turn patients into genetically modified organisms whose own immune systems attack them? No, that's not true: mRNA vaccines do not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The United States Did NOT Go From The ‘Highest’ In Exports In Oil And Natural Gas To The ‘Lowest’ In One Week
Did the United States go from the "highest" in exports of oil and natural gas to the "lowest" in one week during January 2021? No, that's not true: Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) do not support that claim. Duri
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Simone Biles Was Banned from Doing Moves Because They Couldn’t Score Them Fairly,’ and ‘They Were Too Dangerous for Other Gymnasts’
One day after the February 7 2021 Super Bowl LV victory of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Twitter user @yungwonk (Regina Pearson) quote-tweeted another user’s praise of quarterback Tom Brady with additional information: Simone Biles was banned from
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘In Finland Speeding Tickets Are Linked to Your Income’
In February 2021, a year-old Facebook post was shared tens of thousands of times, bearing the claim that in Finland, “speeding tickets are calculated based on your income”: The post, which was originally shared by the page “The Fe
AFP Fact Check→ Gas prices up on renewed crude oil demand, not US policy
Social media posts claim that US gas prices are at their highest since Barack Obama’s administration, blaming President Joe Biden for the uptick. This is misleading; while prices at the pump have risen since January 2021, experts attribute this to a
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use prevent the disease and are generally safe based on rigorous clinical trials and ongoing monitoring
REVIEW A video claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous and that healthcare workers who administer them are “war criminals” was published on 2 February 2021. The author of the video, titled “old man in a chair”, is Vernon Coleman, a for
Snopes→ Did Dems’ Video Omit Trump’s Telling Supporters To ‘Peacefully and Patriotically’ Protest at Capitol?
Social media posts claimed impeachment prosecutors ignored a key fact.
AFP Fact Check→ Picture of scalp does not show “Gorilla Glue girl” after hair drama
A picture showing an exposed scalp has been shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside claims that it shows Tessica Brown – better known on social media as “Gorilla Glue girl” – after scraping off her hair which she had appli
Full Fact→ Covid-19 survival rate is not 99.991% for under 60s
A video shared over 1,000 times on Facebook uses NHS England data to incorrectly claim that the Covid-19 survival rate for under-60s in the UK is 99.991%. This is wrong in a number of ways. In particular, it calculates the survival rate based on
AFP Fact Check→ Anti-vaxxer messages circulate online in Sri Lanka as island nation prepares for coronavirus vaccination drive
As Sri Lanka prepared to kick off a mass coronavirus vaccination drive, messages circulated on Facebook urging people in the island nation to cosume herbal remedies instead of taking the Covid-19 vaccine. The misleading claim was shared repeatedly in
AFP Fact Check→ Photo does not show a common Norwegian practice, but rather one woman’s quest to offload extra apples
An image showing bags of apples hanging from a white fence has circulated in multiple social media posts claiming that in Norway, it is common practice to share excess apples with those in need. This is misleading; the image was first posted by a wom
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a ferry disaster in the Bali Strait in 2016, not 2021
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube alongside a claim it shows a boat sinking off the coast of Indonesia’s Bali island in early February 2021. The claim is false: the video has circulated onli
AFP Fact Check→ These photos of Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha have been digitally manipulated
Three photos of Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha have been shared in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they are pictures of him as a young man. The claim is false; the photos have been digitally manipulated from Prayuth’s recent phot
AFP Fact Check→ This is an edited photo of the Sun created by an independent photographer, not NASA
A photo has been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows “the most clear picture of the Sun's surface” captured by US space agency NASA. The claim is false: the photo is an edited image that was ta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News DID Air Impeachment Proceedings On February 10, 2021
Is it true that Fox News Channel did not air the impeachment proceedings on Wednesday, February 10, 2021? No, that's not true: Fox News aired the impeachment from the beginning at 12 p.m. EST to 5 p.m. EST, and then cut away at 5 p.m. to
Snopes→ Can You Buy COVID-19 Vaccines on the Dark Web?
You can certainly find people claiming to sell them.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: In A Fire, Yale Library’s System Would NOT Kill Those Inside With No Oxygen While Protecting Rare Books
Does a Yale Library have a fire-suppression system that, in a blaze, would leave anyone caught in the building to die without oxygen while rare books would be protected? No, that's not true: The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Capitol Shooting Is NOT Exposed As A Hollywood Stunt
Was the fatal shooting of a woman at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, exposed as a Hollywood stunt? No, that's not true: The death of Ashli Babbitt during last month's riots is very much real. It was confirmed by authorities and her f
Snopes→ Top Michigan Republican Stands by Capitol ‘Hoax’ Comments
One of Michigan’s highest-ranking Republicans stood by his false claims that it is a “hoax” to blame supporters of then-President Donald Trump for the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Casual Reminder That in 1861, 11 Senators and 3 Representatives Were Expelled from Congress for Failing to Recognize Lincoln’s Election and Supporting Insurrection’
On February 10 2021, a post titled “Casual Reminder” was shared to r/WhitePeopleTwitter. The post claimed that in 1861, a total of fourteen lawmakers were “expelled from Congress” for failing to recognize the election of Abraha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell Did NOT Say Capitol Rioters Were ‘Drugged By Antifa Sluts’
Did Mike Lindell say Capitol rioters were "drugged by antifa sluts"? No, that's not true: The claim was made in an article posted to a satire website with completely made-up quotes from Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow. The claim appeared as
The Dispatch→ Did Tampa’s Mayor Say That Mask Violations Would Be Handled by Police?
After the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Super Bowl victory on Sunday, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor held a press conference, during which several viral social media posts claimed she said individuals not wearing face masks at the Super Bowl would be “identifie
AFP Fact Check→ Age of consent not lowered by Biden administration
An image of a purported CNN news story shared on social media claims that President Joe Biden’s administration has lowered the US age of consent to eight. The claim is false; age of consent laws do not fall under presidential jurisdiction, and the sc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Super Bowl Attendees Were NOT ‘Packed Like Sardines’ at Tampa Stadium: There Were Also 30,000 Fan Cutouts
Were Super Bowl LV attendees "packed like sardines" at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on February 7, 2021, creating the potential of a superspreader COVID-19 event? No, that's not true: Those weren't all people at the champions
Full Fact→ Labour’s figures on the cladding crisis are far too high
On 1 February, the Labour Party claimed that “11 million people [are] stuck in the cladding crisis”. Versions of this claim have been repeated by many Labour politicians and media outlets. The “cladding crisis” refers to problem
Logically→ The U.S. military has rescued tortured children from tunnels beneath Capitol Hill.
The claim is part of a conspiracy theory being spread by social media users. US Officials have denied reports of child rescue.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of The Sun Was NOT Captured By Parker Solar Probe In Outer Space
Did the Parker Solar Probe capture this brilliant high resolution image of the sun? No, that's not true: The Parker probe is not equipped to take direct photos of the sun. This photograph was produced by an astrophotographer named Bray Fa
AFP Fact Check→ This video has been edited to include a recording of a voice taunting Pakistani PM Imran Khan
A video of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been viewed more than one million times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube alongside a claim that it shows him being ridiculed by a caller during a live phone-in. The claim is false: th
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows former US President Donald Trump working in Florida in 2017, not 2021
A photo has been shared thousands of times on Twitter alongside a claim it shows former US President Donald Trump working in his office in the US state of Florida in 2021, shortly after President Joe Biden was inaugurated. The claim, however, is false
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows a child member of a rebel group in Myanmar
A photo has been repeatedly shared in multiple Twitter, Facebook and YouTube posts that claim it shows a child member of a communist rebel group in the Philippines. The claim is false: the photo shows a child member of an ethnic armed rebel group in M
AFP Fact Check→ False video reports of Shanghai earthquake use old images of past disasters
Videos viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter purport to show the aftermath of a major earthquake in the Chinese city of Shanghai on January 31, 2021. The claim is false: the images in the clips show var
AFP Fact Check→ Photos shared in misleading context to suggest they show Erdogan inspecting homes for survivors of a 2020 earthquake
Three photos have been shared thousands of times on Facebook alongside a claim they show Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inspecting the construction project of “70,000 elite houses” for survivors of a 2020 earthquake. The claim is misleading
AFP Fact Check→ These photos show UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson celebrating Brexit in January 2020
Photos circulating on Facebook purport to show UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson banging a traditional Burmese gong in support of people in Myanmar after a military coup on February 1, 2021. The claim is false: the photo shows Johnson celebrating Britai