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
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Announce During Russia-Ukraine Conflict That Part Of Pakistan Should Belong To India
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict to announce that part of Pakistan should belong to India? No, that's not true: The clip used to make the claim shows Putin talking about econom
Full Fact→ Collection of heart attack articles includes one fake
A post being shared on Facebook includes a number of screenshots of articles about what can cause heart attacks “in 2022”. One of these is a completely fake news story and one is from over a decade ago. We have checked several examples of m
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 “
FactCheck.org→ DeSantis Misleads on Omicron-Resistant COVID-19 Antibody Treatments
After the Food and Drug Administration pulled its authorization of two COVID-19 antibody drugs because the treatments are highly unlikely to work against the omicron variant, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida misleadingly claimed the decision had been made
FactCheck.org→ DeSantis Misleads on Omicron-Resistant COVID-19 Antibody Treatments
After the Food and Drug Administration pulled its authorization of two COVID-19 antibody drugs because the treatments are highly unlikely to work against the omicron variant, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida misleadingly claimed the decision had been made
Full Fact→ Dissolved Omicron nanotechnology company has nothing to do with Covid-19 variant
A number of posts on Facebook show a screenshot of the Companies House web page for a company called “Omicron Nanotechnology Limited”, and imply the naming of the new Covid-19 variant, also called Omicron, is somehow related. We have fact c
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Maximum Legal Campaign Donation is Indexed to Inflation, But the Minimum Wage is Not’
On December 1 2021, Imgur user Lanhdanan shared an undated Twitter screenshot with an uncited claim that maximum campaign donations were tied to inflation — but the federal minimum wage was not: Although, as mentioned, the context of the date wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taliban And Afghanistan Did NOT Skip Vaccines, Escape Mass Deaths During Global COVID-19 Pandemic
Did the Taliban survive from February 2020 through August 2021 with no vaccines, no masks or business shutdowns and capture Afghanistan with no mass deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic? No, that's not true: These claims were made without
FactCheck.org→ Malala Yousafzai Has Responded to Taliban Takeover, Plight of ‘My Afghan Sisters’
Quick Take Malala Yousafzai has expressed deep concerns for women and children in Afghanistan since the Taliban entered the country’s capital on Aug. 15. Yet a post on social media falsely accused Yousafzai, a children’s rights advocate, of bei
Snopes→ AP: Taliban Leader Reported in Kabul for Talks
Senior Taliban leader Amir Khan Muttaqi is said to be in the Afghan capital negotiating with Kabul’s political leadership, including Abdullah Abdullah, who once headed the country’s negotiating council, and former President Hamid Karzai.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘In the Cayman Islands, There Is a Modest Five-Story Building That Is Home to 18,857 Companies’
On July 16 2021, an Imgur user shared a Bernie Sanders quote meme which alleged that a “modest building” in the Cayman Islands was the address for “18,857 companies”: Text on the meme attributed its creation to “Ro Khanna
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts misquote Pakistan PM’s comments on Prophet Mohammad
A video clip of an interview of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been viewed millions of times in Facebook posts alongside a claim he said it is not essential for Muslims to accept Prophet Mohammad as the last prophet of Allah. The claim is fals
Logically→ Budget cuts across London have reached at least £35 million.
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, London Mayor Sadiq Khan cut £38 million from the Greater London Authority’s 2020-21 budget.
Snopes→ Did a Black Woman Get Prison for Illegal Voting, While a White Man Got Probation?
In May 2021, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna cited race as the decisive factor in the vastly different punishments given to Crystal Mason and Bruce Bartman.
Logically→ UP government to send a plane to pick up oxygen from Bokaro.
Empty oxygens tanks are being airlifted to the Bokaro steel plant of Jharkhand and further transported to various cities through trains or roads.
AFP Fact Check→ The video shows double-muscled sheep breed from Belgium
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim that it shows a clone of a goat-and-pig hybrid animal called Khanzarof. The claim is false. The video actually shows Beltex sheep, a breed which orig
Health Feedback→ The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines aren’t operating systems, and won’t transform the human body into a virus making factory
REVIEW On 29 March 2021, marketing and life coach Damon Jones, who goes by the handle @youngkhanthadon on Instagram, posted a video on Instagram, which was then shared on a Facebook page called Vintage King on 31 March 2021. In the video, a man iden
AFP Fact Check→ Social media posts falsely claim Pakistan government hiked petrol prices in March 2021
Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim the Pakistani government raised petrol and diesel prices on March 1, 2021. The claim is false. In February 2021, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan decided to maintain current petrol and diesel rates desp
Logically→ Indian army demolished Chinese bunkers after the PLA moved back from their positions.
The viral video of the Indian army demolishing Chinese bunkers actually belongs to a rescue operation in Uttarakhand.
Truth or Fiction?→ Peace Sign Origin: Nuclear Disarmament?
A February 21 2021 Facebook post about the purported origins of the “peace sign” or “peace symbol” was popular almost immediately. The post stated that the hand sign was conceived on that date in 1958 by a British graphic desig
Truth or Fiction?→ Peace Sign Origin: Nuclear Disarmament?
A February 21 2021 Facebook post about the purported origins of the “peace sign” or “peace symbol” was popular almost immediately. The post stated that the hand sign was conceived on that date in 1958 by a British graphic desig
Health Feedback→ Strong evidence lacking to support claim that ivermectin is a cure for COVID-19 ; there are only limited clinical results at this stage
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the world since early 2020 sparked an intense research effort to uncover cures for it. To date, scientific and general public media outlets presented several molecules as possible cures for COVID-19, such
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Needle Cap Was On For London Mayor’s Flu Shot Publicity Photo In September, NOT For COVID-19 Vaccine Injection In December
Does a photo show London Mayor Sadiq Khan getting a COVID-19 vaccination with the cap still on the needle? No, that's not true: This photo was posted to Twitter by the Mayor London on September 28, 2020 with a message about how to book an
Truth or Fiction?→ Seattle ‘Poverty Defense’ Proposal Sparks Viral Outrage
On December 14 2020, right-wing clickbait site the Daily Wire claimed that the city of Seattle, Washington was mulling over a “poverty defense”: Seattle Considering ‘Poverty Defense’ Exempting Criminals Based On Their Needs https://
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Schumer and Pelosi ‘Shoot Down’ a COVID Relief Bill and $600 Checks for Americans?
As the global COVID-19 pandemic closed in on its first year, calls in the United States for second stimulus checks mounted in December 2020, the dubious right-wing blog DailyWire.com published an item (“Schumer, Pelosi Shoot Down Trump Covid Rel
Full Fact→ No evidence Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine affects women’s fertility
We’ve been asked by a number of readers about claims that the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, which has been approved for use in the UK, could lead to infertility in women. The reason given for this is that the vaccine works by igniting an immu
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Mexico Planning Joint Military Intervention with Canada If Trump Refuses to Leave Office’
On November 11 2020, a screenshot of a purported article featured the headline “Mexico Planning Joint Military Intervention with Canada If Trump Refuses to Leave Office”: The screenshot showed a story dated November 9 2020, with NPR repor
Health Feedback→ There is no evidence supporting the claim that preexisting T cell immunity reduces COVID-19 mortality and infection rate; such cross-reactive T cells predate the pandemic
REVIEW Claims questioning the mortality or death toll from COVID-19 have recurrently appeared since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. A video published in October 2020 by chiropractor Eric Berg, who is not a medical doctor and has no backgrou
FactCheck.org→ The 2020 FactCheck Awards
Summary It’s Election Day, which our longtime readers know means it’s time for our just-for-fun awards. Here we recognize some of the campaign ads that made an impression on us — good, bad or otherwise — during the 2020 election
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Virus NOT Man-made And Vaccine NOT Forced On Unwilling
Is the U.S. pushing an under-tested, dangerous coronavirus vaccine on unwilling people as part of a depopulation agenda? And was the virus man-made and weaponized in U.S. and Chinese labs? No, these claims are untrue. There are no plans t
AFP Fact Check→ Famous Pakistani TikTok user Hyderabadi targeted by death hoax
A video claiming that a Pakistani social media star died in a car accident in August 2020 has been viewed millions of times in multiple posts on TikTok, Facebook and YouTube. The claim, however, is false: as of October 2020, TikTok star Ali Khan Hyder
Full Fact→ MPs haven’t given themselves a £3,300 pay rise
A post on Facebook claims that New Zealand’s MPs took a 20% pay cut during the pandemic to help the economy, while “our Tory government gives itself a £3,300 pay rise instead”. This is not quite right. UK MPs’ salary
Full Fact→ Crime in London has risen less than the rest of England since 2016
“Since Boris Johnson stepped down as London mayor, crime in Khan’s London has soared at five times the rate of the rest of the country.” The Sun, 1 October 2020 After being “mugged in broad daylight” recently, journalist
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Nobel Nonsense
In recent rallies, President Donald Trump has repeatedly conflated winning a Nobel Peace Prize with being nominated for one, and has wrongly faulted the media for ignoring his nomination after making former President Barack Obama’s nomination in 2009
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the USPS Order the Removal of 671 Mail-Sorting Machines?
As criticism continued to surround Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s tenure atop the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), a meme circulating online highlighted the removal of mail sorting machines in several states. The graphic, first posted on California
AFP Fact Check→ False claim circulates on social media about man pictured dining with Bollywood stars
A photo of several prominent Bollywood figures has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that one of the men pictured is Indian organised crime fugitive Dawood Ibrahim. The claim is false; the man
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Was NOT Born In Pakistan
Was President Donald Trump actually born in Pakistan as Dawood Ibrahim Khan and then adopted by the Trump family nine years later? No, that's not true: Donald Trump was born in Queens, New York, and an image of his birth certific
Snopes→ Opposition Candidate Leaves Belarus, Urges End to Protests
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a 37-year-old former English teacher without any prior political experience, had managed to unite fractured opposition groups and draw tens of thousands to her campaign rallies.
Full Fact→ Shaun Bailey’s comments on the congestion charge lack context
“By deciding to increase the Congestion Charge, @SadiqKhan put politics above London’s economic recovery after Covid. Mr Mayor, just reverse it.” Shaun Bailey, Conservative party candidate for Mayor of London, 19 July 2020 “Th