Late on May 14 2020 (or early on May 15 2020) Popeyes.com and BurgerKing.com were hacked, replaced with the following message, an email address, and the hashtag #OurMine: Our Mine is here[,] contact us for better security[.] Use of the hashtag #OurMin
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Hoax-Slayer→ New Zealand Inland Revenue Tax Refund Phishing Scam
According to this email, which claims to be from New Zealand's Inland Revenue, you are eligible to receive a tax refund from 2019. The post New Zealand Inland Revenue Tax Refund Phishing Scam appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Truth or Fiction?→ Were Pride Parades Cancelled Over COVID-19 Without Sparking Armed Protests?
Right-wing personality Tomi Lahren’s attempt to criticize “liberals” on Twitter was refuted when several other users pointed out that she was attempted to gin up controversy that was already moot. “To the pro-eternal shutdown c
FactCheck.org→ Treason Conviction Wouldn’t Erase Presidential Actions
Quick Take Social media posts targeting former President Barack Obama suggest he will be tried for “treason” and falsely claim that if convicted his title would be “stripped away” along with all his presidential actions. There
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The United States Is NOT The Only Country On Earth Where People Are Protesting Coronavirus Lockdown
Is the United States the only country on Earth that is protesting being on lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak? No, that's not true: There have been COVID-19 lockdown fueled protests around the world. There have been protests in France, Ger
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Striking’ Photograph of Children Playing in ‘Chalk Squares’ During Coronavirus Pandemic
On May 12 2020, the following image of small children separated by “chalk squares” on a playground during the COVID-19 pandemic began circulating: In a caption on the above iteration, the user wrote “Their reality …,” bu
FactCheck.org→ U.S. Isn’t the Only Country With Lockdown Protests
Quick Take A social media post falsely claims that “the United States is the only country on earth that is protesting” stay-at-home restrictions and business closures. People around the world have opposed mitigation measures designed to slo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Queen Elizabeth Was NOT Found Guilty In Missing Children Murder Case
Was Queen Elizabeth found guilty in a missing children murder case? No, this is not true: A claim that the British monarch tried and convicted in the disappearance of 10 native children from the Catholic-run Kamloops residential school in Brit
Snopes→ Did Elon Musk Tweet a Dessert Picture from a Restaurant Amid COVID-19 Restrictions?
He posted the photo of an ice cream sundae from Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant while stay-at-home orders were in effect.
FactCheck.org→ America’s Promise PAC
Political leanings: Democratic 2018 total spending: N/A After Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his 2020 presidential bid in early April, former senior aides of his 2016 and 2020 campaigns joined to form a super PAC to support former Vice President Joe B
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Will NOT Personally Profit From A COVID-19 Vaccine And He Does NOT Own A Company That Will Put A Tracking Microchip In You
Will Bill Gates personally profit from a COVID-19 vaccine and does he own a company that plans to implant microchips in everyone to track them? No, that's not true: Gates has spent more than $300 million of his own fortune to encourage develop
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Schools Did NOT Add A COVID-19 Vaccine To The Mandatory School Schedule
Did New York schools add a COVID-19 vaccine to the mandatory school schedule? No, that's not true. A claim warning that New York public schools have added a COVID-19 vaccination to the list of required vaccinations amid the coronavirus outbrea
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Say Any Protester Carrying a Firearm Will Be Arrested?
A British tabloid’s story on a right-wing demonstration in Michigan circulated via social media with a headline with a much different connotation than the one actually seen on its website. For Facebook users, the Daily Mail’s story on a Ma
FactCheck.org→ Warren, McEnany and Dueling COVID-19 Numbers
At a May 12 Senate committee hearing on COVID-19, while questioning National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, “We are right now at … 25,000 new infections a day and 2,000 death
FactCheck.org→ False Claim of Forced Removals Under Contact Tracing Bill
Quick Take Viral posts on social media falsely claim that a House bill would “give the government the power to forcibly remove” children from their homes. That’s not true. The bill actually provides $100 billion to fund COVID-19 contact trac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: House Democrats Did NOT Move to Remove National Anthem from Sporting Events
Did House Democrats move to remove the National Anthem from sporting events? No, that's not true. The story about the removal of the Star Spangled Banner was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Repu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Card Does NOT Exempt Anyone From Wearing A Mask In Public
Is a card claiming to exempt the holder from wearing a face mask in public the real deal, sanctioned by the government? No, that's not true: the anti-mask meme circulating on social media is full of mistakes. It claims to have the backing of t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democrats Did NOT Introduce Bill To Euthanize Seniors To Save Social Security
Did Democrats introduce a bill to euthanize seniors in order to save Social Security? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Elon Musk Use Buca di Beppo’s Photograph of a Sundae?
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk drew another round of criticism online after reposting a restaurant chain’s promotional photograph without attribution. Musk posted the photo — an “ice cream sundae in a martini glass,” as he describe
FactCheck.org→ Trump Distorts Biden’s Tax Plan
President Donald Trump falsely claims that Democrats propose “doubling, tripling, quadrupling your taxes” and that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s plan specifically would result in “doubling and tripling your taxes.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctors Are NOT ‘Encouraged’ By Hospitals And AMA To Overcount COVID-19 Deaths
Are U.S. doctors encouraged by hospitals and the American Medical Association to list COVID-19 on a death certificate when the novel coronavirus was not the cause of death? No, that's not true: While hospitals may get additional Medicare or Me
Truth or Fiction?→ Did U.S. President Donald Trump Tweet That Obama Didn’t ‘Prepair’ for the Coronavirus Pandemic?
On May 12 2020, a screenshot of a purported tweet from United States President Donald Trump circulated — in which he purportedly lashed out at Barack Obama and said that his predecessor didn’t “prepair” for the coronavirus pa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Pennsylvania Governor Breaking His Own Social Distancing Rules
Is Pennsylvania's governor breaking his own social distancing rules in a photo? No, that's not true: A meme making that claim uses a old photo from a news conference held 11 days before Gov. Tom Wolf issued the first "stay at home" order for P
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Police ‘Forcing A Family’ Out Of Home In Handcuffs NOT Tied to COVID-19 Or HR 6666
Did police violently force a family from their home in handcuffs because they were in violation of House Resolution 6666? No, that's not true. The incident shown in a video is unrelated to the coronavirus or proposed legislation. It happened i
The Dispatch→ Did the Obama Administration Leave Behind Any Kind of Pandemic Plan?
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Snopes→ Facebook to Pay Moderators $52M for Psychological Damages
Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to its content moderators whose job has them viewing graphic and disturbing posts and videos on its platforms.
FactCheck.org→ Testing, By the Numbers
Flanked by large signs proclaiming, “America leads the world in testing,” President Donald Trump said at a May 11 press conference, “we’ve prevailed on testing.” While the United States has done more total tests for COVID-19 t
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Woodstock Occur ‘in the Middle of a Pandemic’?
On May 1 2020, the American Institute for Economic Research reported that Woodstock was held during a pandemic — information which, in a vacuum, could pass for a charming piece of late 1960s nostalgia. But this information does not exist in a
FactCheck.org→ Where the U.S. Ranks in COVID-19 Deaths Per Capita
The United States has one of the highest rates of COVID-19 deaths per capita in the world. However, President Donald Trump made the false claim that “Germany and the United States are the two best in deaths per 100,000 people.” As of May 11, the U.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Falsely Suggests Pennsylvania Is Making ‘No Effort’ to Reopen
At a May 11 press conference, President Donald Trump falsely suggested that Pennsylvania was making “no effort” to reopen its economy, which was largely shut down by the novel coronavirus pandemic. In fact, the state is in the midst of a ph
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Incredibly Terrible’: L.A. Times’ ‘Mutant Coronavirus’ Story Put Under The Microscope
A Los Angeles Times story reporting the appearance of a “dominant” new strain of COVID-19 has prompted criticism for relying on a document that had not been vetted through a traditional peer-review process. The May 5 2020 story covers the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Tweet Obama ‘Had 8 Years To Prepair The Next President For A Pandemic And He Failed’
Did President Trump post a tweet blaming President Obama for failing to prepare him for a pandemic and celebrating that there are still more people alive than dead? No, that's not true: this is a fake tweet. The president never wrote this. An
Climate Feedback→ Article in Business Insider accurately describes results from a study estimating up to 3 billion people could live in much warmer temperatures by 2070
SUMMARY The article in Business Insider discusses findings from a study published May, 2020 that projected one to three billion people could live in much warmer climates by 2070, assuming migration is limited and greenhouse gas emissions remain high
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Ventura County COVID-19 Testing and Removing Children from Homes?
Among early May 2020 rumors about “forced testing” Americans for COVID-19 (occasionally with increasingly hysterical rumors about purported home intrusions under H.R. 6666) was a consistent claim that the government sought to remove childr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Fauci Did NOT Serve On Microsoft’s Board of Directors
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci serve on the board of directors of tech giant Microsoft, and was MIcrosoft co-founder Bill Gates Fauci's boss? No, this is not true. Fauci, one of the leaders on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, never served on the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HR 6666 Is NOT Going To Forcibly Remove People With COVID-19 From Homes As Dr. Rashid Buttar Claims
Does House Resolution 6666 provide funds to forcibly removed people with COVID-19 from their homes as Dr. Rashid Buttar claims in videos? No, that is not true: HR 6666 would not mandate that citizens be removed from their homes if they test po
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HR 6666 Would NOT Ban Anyone Not Vaccinated For COVID-19 From Churches, Schools, Medical Buildings That Get Money From The Bill
Does House Resolution 6666 ban people not vaccinated for COVID-19 from entering churches, schools, and medical buildings that receive money from the legislation? No, that's not true: No provision in this proposal makes vaccinations mandatory.
Snopes→ Does H.R. 6666 Authorize Removing COVID-19 Patients from Their Homes?
Viral posts claimed that proposed legislation by U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush would supersede constitutional rights during the coronavirus disease pandemic.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Say ‘Small-Minded’ People Must ‘Surrender Their Rights’ To ‘All-Powerful Sovereign’
Did President Barack Obama say that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs," and "that order and progress can only come when individuals surrender their rights to an all-powerful soverign"? No, that's not true
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Give $3.7 Million Grant To Wuhan, China, Virology Lab To Study Coronavirus
Did President Barack Obama award $3.7 million to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2015 to study the coronavirus that has grown into a global pandemic? No, that is not true: Government documents show that the money -- actually about $3.4 mill