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AFP Fact Check→ Face mask use does not lead to Legionnaires’ disease
Posts shared thousands of times on social media claim Legionnaires' disease, a serious type of pneumonia, can be contracted through reusable face masks, implying that it could be mistaken for COVID-19. This is false; experts say Legionnaires’ disease
Snopes→ Were USPS Mailboxes Removed in Oregon?
The number of U.S. Postal Service collection boxes overall has fallen by at least 60% since the 1980s.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Trump Say That Without a Deal ‘They Can’t Have Universal Mail-in Voting, They Just Can’t Have It’?
During ongoing controversy over United States Postal Service slowdowns and mail-in voting in August 2020, historian Heather Cox Richardson posted a status update to Facebook quoting United States President Donald Trump as saying that withholding USP
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Legal Documented Proof That Trump Is A Child Rapist
Is there legal documented proof that Donald Trump is a child rapist? No, that's not true: The claim is based on a lawsuit filed in 2016 by a woman who claimed Trump raped her when she was 13 years old. The complaint, which was di
AFP Fact Check→ Conspiracy theory falsely links Obama to sexual misconduct
Social media posts tied to the QAnon conspiracy theory suggest that photos show former US president Barack Obama and actor George Clooney abusing a child. This is false; the photographer who took the photos in Italy said he did not see anything suspici
AFP Fact Check→ Hoax returns: Moon and Mars will not appear of equal size in night sky
Facebook posts shared thousands of times claim that the Moon and Mars will appear to be the same size in the night sky on August 27, 2020. The claim is a frequently-repeated hoax that can be traced back to 2003, and US space agency NASA has explained t
FactCheck.org→ Trump Proves Biden Right on USPS Funding, Mail-In Ballots
In late June, Joe Biden claimed President Donald Trump “wants to cut off money for the post office so they cannot deliver mail-in ballots.” At the time, we wrote that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee had no evidence of Trump’s
Full Fact→ Gavin Williamson did not say pupils will be overpromoted into jobs that are beyond their competence
It has been widely claimed on social media that, in reference to A-level results day, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “The danger is that pupils will be overpromoted into jobs that are beyond their competence.” This is not true.&
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: If You Had COVID-like Symptoms In The U.S. Last September, You Did NOT Have COVID-19
If you had a bad cough, high fever, shortness of breath and other COVID-19-like symptoms last September, did you have COVID-19? No: that's not true. The claim provides no evidence, while infectious disease experts relying on mult
The Dispatch→ Did Kamala Harris Frame and Prosecute a Man for Murder?
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Poynter→ Tucker Carlson misrepresented Kamala Harris’ comments on women accusing Joe Biden of inappropriate touching
Editor’s note: This article was originally published by PolitiFact, which is owned by the Poynter Institute, and is republished here with permission. If your time is short Over the span of a few days in 2019, four women accused Joe Biden of inappr
AFP Fact Check→ This image actually shows an actress in a scene from a Japanese television show
An image purporting to show Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow holding a gun during a “secret military training” has been shared repeatedly in multiple posts on Facebook and online forums. The claim is false; the image actually shows Japan
AFP Fact Check→ Repeated claims that Nigeria’s president is dead promoted by supporters of separatist group
Facebook posts regularly circulate claiming that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is dead and that the man who has taken his place is a lookalike. This is false; reports of Buhari’s death have been greatly exaggerated since 2017, when supporters f
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows an animal rights activist with cheetahs in South Africa in 2019
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts which claim it shows a “caretaker” lying next to several cheetahs at a Hindu temple in India. The claim is false; the video shows an American animal rights
AFP Fact Check→ No tourists have been allowed to visit New Zealand since March 2020 — this photo has circulated online since 2016
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts in August 2020 which claim it shows “Chinese tourists allowed to go out of the Auckland bubble”. The posts were shared after New Zealand's government reimposed a coronavirus lo
AFP Fact Check→ No, this photo was taken in the Chinese city of Tianjin in August 2015
A photo of a massive crater has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim it was taken at the site of an explosion in the Lebanese capital of Beirut in August 2020. The claim is false; the photo shows the aftermath of an exp
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Senator Kamala Harris IS A United States Citizen And IS Eligible To Be President
Is Kamala Harris not a United States citizen, making her ineligible to be president because of the laws of her parents' home countries? No, that's not true. Social media posts claim that the presumptive Democratic vice presidenti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say She Listened To Snoop And Tupac In College
Did Kamala Harris say that when she was in college she listened to Snoop and Tupac, although their music was not released until six years after she graduated? No, that's not true: Sen. Harris did tell a radio show host that she l
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Call Joe Biden ‘A Racist And A Rapist’
Did Kamala Harris call Joe Biden a racist and a rapist? No, that's not true: There's no record nor any other evidence that she's used either word to describe the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The claim appeared as
AFP Fact Check→ Canadian children with COVID-19 symptoms can quarantine with a parent or guardian
Facebook posts shared thousands of times in Canada claim that parliament has passed a law that would allow the government to quarantine a child who showed COVID-19 symptoms at school separately from a parent. This is false; Canada’s legislature has n
AFP Fact Check→ US presidents can spend tax dollars with executive orders
Following US President Donald Trump’s executive actions extending financial relief to Americans hit by the coronavirus pandemic, a post shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter claims US presidents cannot spend taxpayer dollars with
AFP Fact Check→ US far from reaching herd immunity for COVID-19
A Facebook post shared thousands of times claims the United States has reached herd immunity for COVID-19. But experts say this is false, and that the country is far from the point where enough people have the immunity necessary to curb the disease’s
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Nick Jonas Tweet That It’s ‘Weird’ He Sings Songs About Sexy Ladies with His Brothers?
On August 12 2020 a screenshot was shared to Facebook, purporting to show a genuine Twitter thread in which Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers wondered aloud whether it was “weird” to “sing about sexy ladies” with your brothers:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Leak The Identities Of SEAL Team 6 Members
Did Joe Biden leak the identities of SEAL Team 6 members? No, that's not true: Though he publicly praised the SEALs for the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, he did not identify members of the elite unit by name. The claim a
Full Fact→ Can children be detained without their parents’ consent if the authorities think they have coronavirus?
We’ve seen a number of posts on Facebook claiming that the Coronavirus Act means that children can be taken out of school without their parents’ or carers’ permission and detained for 14 days if they are suspected to have Covid-19. Ot
Poynter→ The U.S election has all the ingredients to become a river of disinformation
The U.S presidential election will take place in 82 days, but fact-checkers from all over the world can already tell that the United States has the ingredients to see a campaign flooded by mis/disinformation. Here are some urgent tips not only for the
Poynter→ Trump’s COVID-19 executive order-palooza explained
PolitiFact and MediaWise are teaming up to debunk misinformation about the coronavirus crisis. To have Coronavirus Facts delivered to your inbox weekly, click here. Editor’s note: As a reader of Coronavirus Facts, you understand that 2020 has bro
Poynter→ Platforms scramble to contend with QAnon. Are they too late?
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and accountability journalism, from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here The Q factor For people who thought QAnon exis
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows a football pitch in Moscow, Russia
A photo has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts that claim it shows a football pitch inside a forest in India. The claim is false; the photo shows a football pitch in Russia.
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim circulates on Facebook that Australian bank will stop accepting cash and cheque deposits
Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim that Australian bank Westpac will stop accepting cash and cheque deposits by the end of 2020. The claim, however, is misleading; in response to the social media posts, a spokesperson for the bank
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim recirculates online about ‘image of northern lights seen from space’
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter which claim it shows the “northern lights seen from space” as captured by NASA. The image, however, has been shared in a misleading context; NASA told AFP the i
AFP Fact Check→ This photo was taken in China almost ten years before the novel coronavirus pandemic
A photo has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim it shows Japanese officials paying tribute to frontline workers during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The claim is false; the photo shows a group of workers in China in 20
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim circulates online about New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s visit to Hindu temple
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visiting a Hindu temple after declaring the country had reached its 100th consecutive
FactCheck.org→ Face Masks Don’t Cause Legionnaires’ Disease
Quick Take A viral social media post is spreading the falsehood that wearing a face mask to slow the spread of COVID-19 could cause Legionnaires’ disease. But Legionnaires’ disease is caused by bacteria that festers mostly in warm, standing
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Kamala Harris Say She Would Opt for More Policing in 2009 — Before Describing it as ‘Status-Quo Thinking’ in 2020?
After United States Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden confirmed his selection as Kamala Harris as his running mate on August 11 2020, a Facebook meme purportedly quoted Harris on policing in 2009 and 2020 — expressing what appear
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2 Million Women And Children NOT Held Captive Last Year Under The Getty Museum
Were 2 million women and children held captive under The Getty Museum in Los Angeles last year? No, that's not true. "These claims are fictitious and dangerous and of course we refute them," Lisa Lapin, vice president of communic
AFP Fact Check→ Photo used to criticize Kamala Harris does not show her parents
Social media posts shared thousands of times claim a man and woman pictured with Kamala Harris are her father and mother, accusing her of pretending to be a black American. This is false; the people who appear in the photo with the Democratic vice pres
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Missteps on COVID-19 Mortality
President Donald Trump exaggerated Americans’ comparative success battling the coronavirus, falsely saying in a press briefing that the U.S. per capita death rate is lower than “most” of Western Europe. He also claimed a 9% decrease in COVID-19 f
Truth or Fiction?→ Does a Facebook Live Reveal a Shocking Secret about ‘LOL Dolls’ Amid #SaveTheChildren Panic?
On August 11 2020, social media users shared a Facebook Live video (archived here), which purportedly unveiled a shocking surprise harbored by the popular LOL Surprise! dolls — that their bodies change color when immersed in water, often in the