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Snopes→ US Asks Honduras to Arrest, Extradite Ex-President Hernández
Honduran security forces surrounded Hernández’s neighborhood and the Supreme Court of Justice scheduled an urgent meeting to select a judge to handle the extradition request.
Full Fact→ Wales and Scotland are getting money to fund a council tax rebate
Members of the Scottish and Welsh governments have claimed that they will not receive any new funding to match the UK government’s £150 council tax rebate in England for homes in bands A-D. Last week @HMTreasury said Wales would rece
Washington Post→ Here’s why Trump once again is claiming ‘spying’ by Democrats
Special counsel John Durham made a court filing that excited Trump and his supporters, but the allegations are murky and disputed. Here's an explainer to bring you up to date.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Chief Justice John Roberts Was Arrested
Did Chief Justice John Roberts get arrested? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Roberts was arrested as of February 14, 2022. The video in this Facebook post does not mention Roberts once. The caption of the post also misspell
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Clips Do NOT Provide Evidence of Reptilian Beings Or Shapeshifters
Does this compilation of video clips provide evidence of a race of shape-shifting reptilian beings who live among us? No, that's not true: This collection of videos shows an assortment of interesting video artifacts with a variety of expl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Judge Did NOT Order Ottawa Police To Return Seized Fuel Taken During ‘Freedom Convoy’
Did a judge order the Ottawa Police Service to return all the fuel they seized during demonstrations related to the Canadian "Freedom Convoy"? No, that's not true: According to Canadian officials, no such court order was found. The claim
Snopes→ Congress Approves Sex Harassment Bill in #MeToo Milestone
The measure bars employment contracts from forcing people to settle sexual assault or harassment cases through arbitration rather than in court.
Full Fact→ McDonald’s doesn’t use mechanically separated chicken
A viral post on Facebook depicting a smooth extrusion of bubblegum-pink substance claims this is “mechanically separated chicken” which is used in the production of fast food chicken items. 'Mechanically separated meat' is obtained by forci
Full Fact→ No link between Covid-19 vaccines and new HIV strain
A post on Facebook draws a link between high Covid-19 vaccination rates in the Netherlands and the discovery of a new, more virulent HIV variant in the country. The post reads “Congratulations, you VAIDS’ed yourself”. The term “
Full Fact→ Keanu Reeves did not say ‘humanity is showing signs of breaking free from the matrix’
A number of posts on Facebook, shared hundreds of times, falsely claim that actor Keanu Reeves said that “humanity is showing signs of breaking free from the matrix”. The lengthy alleged quote from the star of the Matrix franchise goe
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘First Article Of Impeachment Laid Out Against Joe Biden,’ February 2022 Headline
On February 9 2022, Trendolizer identified an article that was purportedly (and partly) headlined, “First Article of Impeachment Laid Out Against Joe Biden.” Trendolizer flagged it as virally popular; Facebook shares of the link looked lik
Full Fact→ Viral posts about £49 fuel vouchers are false
Posts shared thousands of times on Facebook claim that anyone with less than £4 credit on a prepayment energy meter (also known as a pay-as-you-go meter) and is struggling financially, is eligible for two free fuel vouchers a year, worth £4
Washington Post→ The ERA and the U.S. archivist: Anatomy of a false claim
Court after court has ruled that the ERA's ratification deadline was in 1982, yet ERA supporters such as Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) keep falsely saying the U.S. archivist can simply declare that the amendment is part of the U.S. Constitution.
The Dispatch→ Arizona Bill Peddles Debunked Election Fraud Claims
Cyber Ninja workers examine Arizona ballots in May 2021. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem introduced a bill earlier this week to attempt, once again, to decertify the results of the Arizona 2020 presidential elect
Truth or Fiction?→ Ottawa Honking Ban
On February 7 2022, popular posts on Imgur and Reddit’s r/worldnews reported that a judge in Ottawa had temporarily “banned” honking in the province: Court grants injunction to silence honking in downtown Ottawa for 10 days
Full Fact→ False US military health data misrepresented as NHS figures
A post on Instagram claims that incidences of health conditions such as female infertility, neurological abnormalities and cancers have dramatically increased, citing figures claimed to have come from the NHS. It’s not clear what time perio
Full Fact→ We don’t know how many children aren’t on school rolls
A BBC article, published in January, claims that “between 80,000 and 100,000 children [are] not on any school rolls at all” following national Covid-19 lockdowns. This is not accurate. The article attributes this figure to the Children&rsqu
Full Fact→ West Yorkshire Police is not investigating the Covid-19 vaccine programme
Multiple Facebook posts claim West Yorkshire Police is investigating the Covid-19 vaccine programme. This is not true. The posts include a reference number and encourage other Facebook users to contact the force with reports of adverse reactions they s
FactCheck.org→ Biden Repeats False Claims at Gun Violence Meeting
In remarks at a Feb. 3 gun violence prevention task force meeting, President Joe Biden repeated claims about gun rights and gun manufacturing that fact-checkers have previously found to be false. Biden said when the Second Amendment passed, “you
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mennonites In Photos Were Going To Church, But Some Hutterites DID Cook Dinner For Canadian Trucker Convoy
Did a large group of Amish people in Manitoba, Canada prepare a barbecue supper for 800 people to support the "Freedom Convoy" and was this plan disrupted by Winnipeg police? That's partially true: But this photo does not show that event
Full Fact→ Vaccinated Brits won’t have AIDS by the end of February 2022
An article shared on social media falsely claims that by the end of February everyone in the UK who has received a Covid-19 vaccine will have Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It also wrongly alleges that “‘vaccine’-related m
Full Fact→ Rishi Sunak wrong to say we’ve had a ‘colder than usual’ winter
“We have had a colder than usual winter so we have used up more of our own stores of gas here at home.” Rishi Sunak MP, 4 February 2022. In The Sun newspaper, Chancellor Rishi Sunak claimed some of the recent steep rise in energy prices ca
Full Fact→ Estimates of heart condition prevalence in the UK isn’t linked to vaccines
A video being shared on Facebook makes a number of claims about a recent study into how common a heart condition is in the general population, but the central claim is that this has only come about due to the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine. This is no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates, Dr. Fauci, Dr. Tedros Are NOT Facing Death Penalty From International Tribunal
Are leaders including billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates; Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID); and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (W
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Photo Is NOT Ancient Egyptian Dentistry — This Dental Work Is From The 20th Century
Did the ancient Egyptians do the dental work seen on the skeleton pictured below? No, that's not true: The picture circulating that is being called dentistry from ancient Egypt is dental work done by an Italian dentist at the turn of the
Full Fact→ Michael Gove incorrect to say 97% of PPE procured ‘fit-for-purpose’
“We did everything we could to get that equipment [PPE], 97% of the equipment that we secured was ready, fit-for-purpose and there on the front line” Michael Gove, 2 February 2022. On the Today programme, Michael Gove claimed that 97% of P
Full Fact→ Government websites make percentage error on National Insurance rise
The government web page which explains planned increases to National Insurance, states that contributions will increase by 1.25% from April. In fact, the rise is a 1.25 percentage point increase applied to existing National Insurance rates, not a perce
FactCheck.org→ Biden Promise on SCOTUS Nominee Not Unique
While running for president in 1980, Ronald Reagan pledged at a campaign event that “one of the first Supreme Court vacancies in my administration will be filled” by a woman, saying it’s “time for a woman to sit among our highest jurist
Snopes→ Georgia DA Investigating Trump Asks FBI for Security Help
Fani Willis on Sunday wrote a letter to the FBI office in Atlanta asking for a risk assessment of the county courthouse.
Full Fact→ What did Boris Johnson tell MPs about the alleged 13 November Downing Street party?
Following the publication of Sue Gray’s initial update on her report into the alleged parties in Downing Street during lockdown, there has been speculation about whether or not Boris Johnson misled Parliament over an alleged party on 13 November
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Same Executive at NBC Greenlit Fear Factor and The Apprentice, Setting an Unbelievable Sequence of Events in Motion’
On January 29 2022, the Facebook page “Millennials for Guillotines” shared a screenshot of the following tweet, which described an NBC executive who was purportedly responsible for singlehandedly changing the course of history: Lol the sa
Full Fact→ Video filmed at police station is filled with Covid-19 vaccine misinformation
A video posted on Facebook shows a campaigner demanding the police shut down Covid-19 vaccine centres and claiming there is a “live criminal investigation” into the Covid-19 vaccine programme. She also claims that vaccines have led to &ldqu
Full Fact→ Claims Covid-19 vaccines have led to five times more deaths than other vaccines are based on false assumptions
An article on a blog, The Exposé, reports that the UK has recorded five times more deaths “due to” the Covid-19 vaccines than all other vaccines over the past five years. This is based on real data provided by the Medicines and Healt
Full Fact→ Facebook video on unvaccinated people makes incorrect claims about DNA
A video of a far-right pastor comparing the unvaccinated to the Biblical prophet Noah and his family has been viewed over 100,000 times on Facebook. The clip falsely claims that Covid-19 vaccines alter a person’s DNA. Rick Wiles who founded
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccines Do NOT Create Spike Protein Buildup In Brain, Lung, Heart, Bone Marrow, Sex Organs
Do COVID-19 vaccines cause patients to suffer by triggering them to produce spike proteins throughout the body, including the brain, lung, heart, bone marrow and reproductive organs? No, that's not true: The claim was made without citatio
Truth or Fiction?→ The Online Trick to ‘Send Student Loan Debt Collectors Packing’
Social media users relying on a graphic circulating online in January 2022 to hold student loan debt collectors at bay should be wary. The graphic, which surfaced in January 2022, pushes the claim that a person had “sent four student loan debt co
PolitiFact→ Sean Hannity – Joe Biden isn’t first to prioritize race, gender in picking SCOTUS nominee, as Sean Hannity claimed
“There's never been a president (before Joe Biden) that has made race and gender the defining factor” for a Supreme Court nomination.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About Biden and Breyer’s Face Masks
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FactCheck.org→ False Reports of Wisconsin Assembly’s Action on 2020 Electors
Quick Take A resolution introduced in the Wisconsin Assembly to reverse the state’s 2020 presidential electoral votes for President Joe Biden was referred to the Rules Committee on Jan. 25. The committee chair tweeted that the resolution was R