SUMMARY A Facebook post claiming that the COVID-19 vaccine will lead to more severe disease, was published in November 2020 and went viral on the social media platform. Similar claims have also been published in other social media posts, like this o
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AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a protest in South Africa, not Bobi Wine supporters in the UK
A video viewed thousands of times has been shared in Facebook posts claiming to show UK-based supporters of Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine being dispersed by police while demonstrating outside their country’s embassy. The claim is false; th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Number Of Voters In Michigan Did NOT Exceed The Number Of Registered Voters
Did 8.1 million people vote in Michigan in the general election when there were only 7.8 million registered voters? No, that's not true: 5,579,317 people voted in Michigan out of the 8,061,525 registered voters there were as of October 20
AFP Fact Check→ Bill Gates was talking about side effects and did not say 700,000 people would be killed or permanently disabled by a Covid-19 vaccine
An article shared thousands of times on Facebook claimed that Microsoft founder Bill Gates said there will be 700,000 “victims” of death or disability from a Covid-19 vaccine. This claim is misleading; in an interview earlier this year, Gates said
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated in news reports about an incident in Brazil
A clip of a fatal shooting has been viewed hundreds of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that it happened in the US city of San Gabriel. The claim is false; this video has circulated in media reports about a fatal shooting in Brazil in
AFP Fact Check→ These photos circulated in 2019 in reports about destruction caused by Storm Wipha in Vietnam
Two photos of women weeping amid flood-ravaged homes have been shared in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim that it shows the aftermath of Typhoon Vamco, which slammed the Philippines in November 2020. The photos, however, have been shared in
AFP Fact Check→ The photos show old buses that were submerged to create an artificial reef in Sri Lankan waters
Several images of Sri Lankan buses being submerged in the ocean have been shared on Facebook alongside a claim the vehicles were dumped in the sea after the government failed to sell them at auction. The claim is misleading; the buses have been used
AFP Fact Check→ Image shows Joe Biden kneeling to speak to a boy in Detroit, not George Floyd’s daughter
An image showing US president-elect Joe Biden on bended knee in front of a child has resurfaced in numerous social media posts in Africa claiming the incoming American leader was apologising to the “daughter of George Floyd,” a black man whose deat
AFP Fact Check→ This image has circulated in reports since 2018 about Sri Lanka’s former prime minister opening a restored Buddhist temple
A photo showing former Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe pouring water into a pond has been shared multiple times in Facebook posts that claim it shows him performing a ritual for re-election in 2020. The posts circulated online after
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated in reports about Indonesian residents rejecting an Islamist group in 2017
A video has been viewed millions of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok, alongside a claim that it shows an Islamist group, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), being expelled from the Indonesian city of Semarang. The video w
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading viral posts shared in Myanmar warn of ‘Zombie deer virus’ outbreak after Covid-19 spike
Multiple Facebook posts shared in Myanmar claim that health experts have expressed “great concern” over a “Zombie deer virus” which they claim is “scarier than the coronavirus” and can spread among deer. The posts, which circulated onlin
Washington Post→ Fact-checking Trump’s cellphone rant of election falsehoods
In less than ten minutes, the president made at least 15 false or misleading claims
Full Fact→ There are no foetal cells in the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
“Share [this video] to...anybody that doesn’t want aborted foetal tissue fragments put into them or their DNA changed” Polly Tommey, 15 November 2020. A video originally posted on the Vaxxed II Facebook page, which has since spread f
Snopes→ Pilots, Civilians Given Life Terms over Turkey’s 2016 Coup
A Turkish court sentenced hundreds of military and civilian personnel to life prison sentences Thursday, proclaiming them guilty of involvement in the 2016 failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.
Health Feedback→ Face masks, handwashing, and vaccination do not weaken the immune system, and are effective measures to reduce the spread of infectious diseases
REVIEW Widespread public health measures have been implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce the spread of the disease. Posts like this meme on Instagram claiming that measures such as vaccination, wearing face masks or gloves, or f
AFP Fact Check→ This photo actually shows the Afghan capital of Kabul during winter
A photo of a snow-covered street has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in November 2020 that claim it was taken in the Pakistani city of Karachi. The claim is false; the photo was actually taken by an Afghan photog
AFP Fact Check→ This graphic from a Philippine broadcaster has been doctored to include a false quote about President Duterte
A graphic has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts purporting to show a genuine quote from a Philippine television personality published by a Philippine broadcaster. The alleged quote and the posts suggest the television personalit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Does NOT Contain Nanoparticles Never Used Before In Vaccines; Ingredients Are NOT Lethal
Is it true that Pfizer's vaccine candidate to battle COVID-19 is made and stored in such a way that scores of people could be severely sickened or even killed by its use? No, that is a conspiracy theory not supported by scientific studies
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC-TV’s Phoenix Affiliate Did NOT Report Thousands Of Fraudulent And ‘Non-Citizen’ Votes Found In Arizona Cut Joe Biden’s Lead
Did an Arizona television station report Joe Biden's lead shrank after thousands of votes were found to be fraudulent and that non-citizens were voting? No, that's not true: ABC15 repeated a data error from one county, posted by the Arizo
Snopes→ Trump Refuses To Accept Biden’s Win as Transition Proceeds
President Donald Trump baselessly claimed anew that he had won the election and uttered repeated falsehoods when he called into an event held by Pennsylvania Republicans to investigate unproven allegations of voter fraud.
AFP Fact Check→ Posts mislead about Joe Biden’s president-elect status
Posts on social media claim that there is no “office of president elect” and accuse Joe Biden of appropriating the title. This is misleading; nearly-complete election results confirm Biden’s victory and the “office” of the president-elect, t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Many Studies Find Masks DO Work Against The Spread Of COVID-19
Do many studies find that cloth masks don't stop viruses like COVID? No, that's not true: An article making that claim does not cite any recent or specific studies showing masks don't work. To the contrary, the Centers for Disease Control
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 35,000 Votes Were NOT Added To Every Democratic Candidate In Arizona
Were 35,000 votes added to every Democratic candidate in Arizona? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support that statement. In some legislative races, Democratic candidates received fewer than 35,000 votes total, which makes the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Footage IS Recorded At All Ballot Drop Locations In Georgia And Recordings CAN Be Requested
Is video recorded of all ballot drop-off locations in Georgia, and is the video available to the public upon request? Yes, that's true: Continuous or motion-sensor footage is recorded of all ballot drop-off locations in Georgia. Any membe
FactCheck.org→ Baseless Conspiracy Theory Targets Another Election Technology Company
Quick Take An unfounded conspiracy theory of widespread election fraud claims that an election technology company called Smartmatic switched votes in the 2020 election. But Smartmatic provided ballot-marking machines to only one U.S. county in the elec
FactCheck.org→ Danish Study Doesn’t Prove Masks Don’t Work Against the Coronavirus
Q: Did a recent study in Denmark show that face masks are useless for COVID-19? A: No. The study found that face masks did not have a large protective effect for wearers — not that masks provide no protection at all or don’t offer benefits to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Did NOT Issue This Document of Thanksgiving Rules
Did Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf finalize and issue on October 27, 2020, a list of 13 rules for Thanksgiving household visits? No, that's not true: The document offered in support of the claim is not an official state document. It is design
FactCheck.org→ Ad Links Warnock to ‘Defunding the Police’
A conservative group’s deceptive TV ad suggests that Democrat Raphael Warnock supports defunding the police. He has said multiple times that he doesn’t. The ad, from the American Crossroads super PAC, features Harris County, Georgia, Sherif
FactCheck.org→ Checking the Facts in the World of Trump
I guess I picked the right year to take up fact-checking. I had been in journalism for a very long time. I had run a national magazine, overseen news operations at newspapers in many cities, covered Washington during the Watergate era, written columns
Logically→ U.S. postal worker and vote ‘whistleblower’ recants his statement on ballot tampering.
Hopkins said that he did not recant his story but provided no evidence to support his claim. An investigation into the matter is currently ongoing.
Snopes→ Was Parler Hacked?
Rumors ran wild about the right-wing social media site Parler getting hacked, but so far, these claims are unsubstantiated.
AFP Fact Check→ Photo of weapons seized in Ethiopia was taken before Tigray crisis
As tensions grow between Ethiopia’s government and dissident Tigray forces, a photograph circulating on social networks purports to show weapons handed over by soldiers of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The claim is false; the weapons w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Parler Was Hacked, NO Sensitive Information Found Online
Was the Parler social network hacked? No, there is no evidence for that. The original news came from a now deleted tweet by a conceptual artist known for high-tech art projects. A configuration file that was supposedly part of the hack ha
AFP Fact Check→ Old photos of Aung San Suu Kyi shared in false posts about her ‘showing support for Thai pro-democracy protesters’
Two photos of Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show her raising a three-fingered salute in support of Thai pro-democracy protesters. The claim is false
Washington Post→ Trump tweets string of falsehoods about Wisconsin absentee voters
The president is casting doubt on Wisconsin’s election results, but every part of his claim is false.
AFP Fact Check→ The UAE’s temporary suspension of visas for Pakistanis is due to Covid-19, Pakistan says
Multiple TikTok and YouTube videos viewed thousands of times claim the United Arab Emirates stopped issuing visas for Pakistanis and other nationals of Muslim countries because of their continued refusal to recognise the state of Israel. The claim, h
AFP Fact Check→ Doctored weather forecast circulates in false Facebook posts about tropical cyclones hitting the Philippines
A photo has been shared repeatedly on Facebook alongside a claim it shows a series of tropical cyclones set to hit the Philippines immediately after Typhoon Vamco made landfall in November 2020. The claim is false: the photo has been digitally altered
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has circulated in a news report about a raid on an Indian sweet shop that uncovered a rotten dessert
A photo has been shared in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim that it shows political party workers in the east Indian state of Bihar dumping Indian sweets after losing an election. The claim, however, is false; the photo has circul
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Was NOT ‘Caught Red Handed Stealing Votes on Live TV’
Was Dominion Voting Systems "caught red handed stealing votes on live TV"? No, that's not true: A video claiming to show an unexplained vote change taking votes away from Donald Trump and giving the exact same number to Joe Biden on elect
AFP Fact Check→ This video is a 2017 comedy sketch of an actor vandalising an Oval Office set
A video has been viewed thousands of times on YouTube and in other online posts alongside a claim it shows incumbent US President Donald Trump smashing the Oval Office after losing the US election in November 2020. The claim is false; the video shows a